[Midnightbsd-cvs] src: bwi.4: Document the "temporary" firmware installation procedure and
laffer1 at midnightbsd.org
laffer1 at midnightbsd.org
Mon Jan 19 17:40:09 EST 2009
Log Message:
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Document the "temporary" firmware installation procedure and make a few other adjustments for MidnightBSD. This must get better.
Modified Files:
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src/share/man/man4:
bwi.4 (r1.1 -> r1.2)
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Index: bwi.4
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RCS file: /home/cvs/src/share/man/man4/bwi.4,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -L share/man/man4/bwi.4 -L share/man/man4/bwi.4 -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- share/man/man4/bwi.4
+++ share/man/man4/bwi.4
@@ -86,16 +86,20 @@
.El
.Sh FILES
The firmware for the adapter is not shipped with
-.Dx
+.Mx
and must be obtained separately.
An archive with firmware files that are known to work can be found at:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~sephe/bwi/v3.tbz
.Ed
.Pp
-The firmware files have to reside in
-.Pa /etc/firmware/bwi
-and will be loaded when the interface is brought up.
+The firmware files are built as part of the bwifw module and
+must be loaded for
+.Nm
+to work. Place the files in
+.Pa /usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/bwi
+and build bwifw in
+.Pa /usr/src/sys/modules/bwifw
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr cardbus 4 ,
@@ -108,13 +112,21 @@
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
-.Dx 1.11 .
+.Dx 1.11
+and
+.Mx 0.3
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Sepherosa Ziehau .
+It was later ported to
+.Fx 7.0 ,
+then brought into
+.Mx 0.3
+by
+.An Lucas Holt .
.Pp
The hardware specification was reverse engineered by the people at
.Pa http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net .
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