From df6a85e5ca2bf6c72af86a2dbaa739cc6dd10891 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Sperling Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 08:36:44 +0000 Subject: Document known bugs in iwm(4) which are unlikely to get fixed for 5.7. --- share/man/man4/iwm.4 | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'share') diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwm.4 b/share/man/man4/iwm.4 index 55a2d905d1f..4b08b1be5bd 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/iwm.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/iwm.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: iwm.4,v 1.5 2015/02/10 20:37:15 stsp Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: iwm.4,v 1.6 2015/02/21 08:36:43 stsp Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2007,2008 .\" Damien Bergamini . All rights reserved. @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: February 10 2015 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 21 2015 $ .Dt IWM 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -141,3 +141,13 @@ the adapters. Additional work is required in .Xr ieee80211 9 before those features can be supported. +.Sh BUGS +The firmware crashes if the MAC address is changed with +.Dl # ifconfig iwm0 lladdr ... +.Pp +Occasionally, firmware errors occur before association to a wireless +network has completed. Several attempts may be required before link +is successfully established. +.Pp +802.11a support is disabled because transmitting packets in this mode +does not work yet. -- cgit v1.2.3