add a note that the PRISM-II is supported by wi(4), and adhoc,flag0

(aka WaveLAN adhoc mode) is only supported for DS radio.
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.\" $NetBSD: awi.4,v 1.8 2000/07/04 14:37:37 onoe Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: awi.4,v 1.9 2000/07/21 17:39:58 onoe Exp $
.\"
.Dd October 31, 1999
.Dt AWI 4
@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ AMD PCnetMobile IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA wireless network driver
The
.Nm
driver supports various IEEE 802.11 wireless cards
which run AMD PCnetMobile firmware based on AMD 79c930 controller.
which run AMD PCnetMobile firmware based on AMD 79c930 controller
with Intersil (formerly Harris) PRISM radio chipset.
It provides access to 32kb of memory shared between the controller
and the host.
All host/device interaction is via this shared memory, which can be
@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ the coverage is limited spatially due to lack of roaming capability.
.Pp
In addition to these two mode in IEEE 802.11 specification, the
.Nm
driver also supports a variant of adhoc mode out of spec, which makes
possible to communicate with adhoc mode of
driver also supports a variant of adhoc mode out of spec for DS radio cards,
which makes possible to communicate with adhoc mode of
.Xr wi 8
driver. The NWID doesn't affect in this mode.
.Pp
@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ driver include:
.Pp
The original Xircom Netwave AirSurfer is supported by the
.Xr cnw 4
driver, and the PRISM-II cards are supported by the
.Xr wi 4
driver.
.Sh MEDIA SELECTION
The DS cards support
@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ media types, while the FH cards support
media type. For each media type,
.Em adhoc
mediaopt can be used to indicate the driver to operate in adhoc mode.
Also,
For DS radio cards,
.Em adhoc,flag0
mediaopt can be used for
.Xr wi 4