diff --git a/share/man/man4/awi.4 b/share/man/man4/awi.4 index 9395243676f5..e7c26b990415 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/awi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/awi.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $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