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Revision 1.62 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sat Oct 14 06:29:11 2023 UTC (7 months, 3 weeks ago) by jmc
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_7_5_BASE, OPENBSD_7_5, HEAD
Changes since 1.61: +3 -3 lines
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align the intel wifi entries with the other pci wifi entries; ok stsp

Revision 1.61 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Thu Sep 21 09:07:53 2023 UTC (8 months, 2 weeks ago) by stsp
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_7_4_BASE, OPENBSD_7_4
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belated iwn(4) man page update: 40MHz channels are supported since Nov 2021

Revision 1.60 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Wed Jan 5 17:39:24 2022 UTC (2 years, 5 months ago) by jmc
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_7_3_BASE, OPENBSD_7_3, OPENBSD_7_2_BASE, OPENBSD_7_2, OPENBSD_7_1_BASE, OPENBSD_7_1
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adjust Xr for fw_update to section 8;
ok afresh sthen deraadt

Revision 1.59 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sun Oct 24 12:32:42 2021 UTC (2 years, 7 months ago) by kn
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Use ifconfig(8)'s "join" command by default

Its adoption went quite well, so install "join" rather than the old "nwid"
in new hostname.if(5) files and follow this trend in our wifi manuals.

OK deraadt sthen

Revision 1.58 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Fri Oct 15 08:10:44 2021 UTC (2 years, 7 months ago) by kn
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Teach modern "inet autoconf"

This goes in line with hostname.if(5), unwind.conf(5), ifconfig(8)
as well as our installer.

OK deraadt

Revision 1.57 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon May 3 11:58:51 2021 UTC (3 years, 1 month ago) by stsp
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_7_0_BASE, OPENBSD_7_0
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fix typo from previous commit

Revision 1.56 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon May 3 11:58:06 2021 UTC (3 years, 1 month ago) by stsp
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Mention in CAVEATS that iwn(4) doesn't support 40MHz channels yet.

Revision 1.55 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sat May 16 17:03:34 2020 UTC (4 years ago) by jmc
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_6_9_BASE, OPENBSD_6_9, OPENBSD_6_8_BASE, OPENBSD_6_8
Changes since 1.54: +5 -5 lines
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document that these devices support background scanning;
suggested by and ok stsp

Revision 1.54 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sun Nov 10 14:10:41 2019 UTC (4 years, 6 months ago) by sthen
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_6_7_BASE, OPENBSD_6_7
Changes since 1.53: +14 -8 lines
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for the net80211 drivers supporting WPA, update to a new unified text showing
that WPA1 is disabled by default, and provide a couple of extra pointers about
configuration. direction of change proposed by stsp, ok jmc stsp

Revision 1.53 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Fri Mar 29 07:07:05 2019 UTC (5 years, 2 months ago) by jmc
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_6_6_BASE, OPENBSD_6_6, OPENBSD_6_5_BASE, OPENBSD_6_5
Changes since 1.52: +9 -6 lines
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add notes for drivers which support powersave; help/ok stsp
while here i knocked out a Tn from iwn and tidied it a little...

Revision 1.52 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sun Jul 15 10:44:49 2018 UTC (5 years, 10 months ago) by phessler
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_6_4_BASE, OPENBSD_6_4
Changes since 1.51: +3 -4 lines
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adjust hostname.if examples to show "wpakey" on the same line as "nwid"

OK jmc@

Revision 1.51 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Fri Jan 15 18:50:13 2016 UTC (8 years, 4 months ago) by tj
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_6_3_BASE, OPENBSD_6_3, OPENBSD_6_2_BASE, OPENBSD_6_2, OPENBSD_6_1_BASE, OPENBSD_6_1, OPENBSD_6_0_BASE, OPENBSD_6_0, OPENBSD_5_9_BASE, OPENBSD_5_9
Changes since 1.50: +7 -2 lines
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add missing HISTORY section to iwm and iwn man pages; ok jmc

Revision 1.50 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Jan 4 15:28:07 2016 UTC (8 years, 5 months ago) by jmc
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adjust CAVEATS for 802.11n; ok stsp

Revision 1.49 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Tue Feb 10 20:38:58 2015 UTC (9 years, 3 months ago) by stsp
Branch: MAIN
CVS Tags: OPENBSD_5_8_BASE, OPENBSD_5_8, OPENBSD_5_7_BASE, OPENBSD_5_7
Changes since 1.48: +3 -3 lines
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iwn(4) error says 'firmware too short', not 'firmware file too short'.
Fix the man page.

Revision 1.48 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sun Feb 8 13:48:37 2015 UTC (9 years, 3 months ago) by stsp
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The error message on firmware load failure in iwn(4) changed, sync man page.

Revision 1.47 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Fri Feb 6 23:46:30 2015 UTC (9 years, 4 months ago) by sthen
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Make it obvious that wireless ethernet adapters supporting 802.11g also
support 802.11b.  Extended from a diff by dlg, stsp agrees.

Revision 1.46 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sat Feb 15 20:28:19 2014 UTC (10 years, 3 months ago) by tedu
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_5_6_BASE, OPENBSD_5_6, OPENBSD_5_5_BASE, OPENBSD_5_5
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jmc notes that the previous commit made for some funny wording.
WPA is the current standard, but not the only one. ok krw

Revision 1.45 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sat Feb 15 01:41:16 2014 UTC (10 years, 3 months ago) by tedu
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WPA is a real standard, not only a de facto one.
(these man pages do like their copy and paste.)

Revision 1.44 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Tue Feb 11 19:57:19 2014 UTC (10 years, 3 months ago) by kettenis
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Mention the Wireless-N 2200 and Wireless-N 135/105 adapters.

Revision 1.43 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Tue Feb 11 12:23:14 2014 UTC (10 years, 3 months ago) by jmc
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pci.4: update iwn(4) description
iwn.4: new sentence, new line

Revision 1.42 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Feb 10 19:33:48 2014 UTC (10 years, 3 months ago) by kettenis
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Fix typo in previous commit.

Revision 1.41 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Feb 10 19:33:15 2014 UTC (10 years, 3 months ago) by kettenis
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Mention the Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230.

Revision 1.40 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Tue Aug 20 13:46:53 2013 UTC (10 years, 9 months ago) by millert
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Update Damien Bergamini's email address, as requested.

Revision 1.39 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Wed Aug 14 06:32:34 2013 UTC (10 years, 9 months ago) by jmc
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no longer any need to quote macro lines with >9 args;
From: Jan Stary

Revision 1.38 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Tue Jul 16 16:05:49 2013 UTC (10 years, 10 months ago) by schwarze
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_5_4_BASE, OPENBSD_5_4
Changes since 1.37: +3 -3 lines
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use .Mt for email addresses; from Jan Stary <hans at stare dot cz>; ok jmc@

Revision 1.37 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sun Jun 2 20:23:33 2013 UTC (11 years ago) by tedu
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Changes since 1.36: +8 -8 lines
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change format strings in error messages to reasonable values more likely
to be understood by people who don't program in C.
ok everyone

Revision 1.36 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Thu Feb 14 07:40:42 2013 UTC (11 years, 3 months ago) by jmc
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_5_3_BASE, OPENBSD_5_3
Changes since 1.35: +14 -21 lines
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rework EXAMPLES somewhat, and remove the obsolete NONE NONE NONE dhcp
stuff; ok krw

Revision 1.35 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Sep 17 11:04:24 2012 UTC (11 years, 8 months ago) by sthen
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Changes since 1.34: +4 -7 lines
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Update wording for device firmware to talk update fw_update(1).
Noticed by jcs, discussed with jmc, ok jmc ajacoutot dcoppa deraadt

Revision 1.34 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Wed Aug 15 19:17:02 2012 UTC (11 years, 9 months ago) by jmc
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use Lk for links;

Revision 1.33 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Thu Jun 9 14:21:11 2011 UTC (13 years ago) by deraadt
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_5_2_BASE, OPENBSD_5_2, OPENBSD_5_1_BASE, OPENBSD_5_1, OPENBSD_5_0_BASE, OPENBSD_5_0
Changes since 1.32: +3 -3 lines
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firmwares move to a new url, backed by many addresses

Revision 1.32 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sun Jan 9 16:00:53 2011 UTC (13 years, 4 months ago) by damien
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_4_9_BASE, OPENBSD_4_9
Changes since 1.31: +2 -5 lines
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radio temperature sensor is gone.

Revision 1.31 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Fri Dec 31 18:49:31 2010 UTC (13 years, 5 months ago) by damien
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new firmware package with updated image for the 6250.

Revision 1.30 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Nov 1 17:59:09 2010 UTC (13 years, 7 months ago) by jmc
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- switch from wpapsk to wpakey
- remove the "return device to default settings" example, which theo says
is rubbish

ok deraadt

Revision 1.29 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sat Jun 19 08:05:23 2010 UTC (13 years, 11 months ago) by damien
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_4_8_BASE, OPENBSD_4_8
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new iwn-firmware-5.5 package that contains an update for
Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200/Ultimate-N 6300 adapters.

see the release notes here:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=127690155503943&w=2

Revision 1.28 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Thu Jun 3 17:57:36 2010 UTC (14 years ago) by damien
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new iwn-firmware-5.4 package that includes the firmware image
for Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 adapters.

firmware images for other adapters do not change.

Revision 1.27 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Thu Apr 29 09:20:17 2010 UTC (14 years, 1 month ago) by jmc
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crikey! all our wireless pages had the Os macro out of place;

Revision 1.26 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sun Mar 28 17:27:10 2010 UTC (14 years, 2 months ago) by jasper
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- tweak the way firmware links are displayed

with and ok jmc@

Revision 1.25 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Wed Feb 24 17:20:34 2010 UTC (14 years, 3 months ago) by damien
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The iwn-firmware-5.3 package contains a new iwn-6000 firmware image
for Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200/Ultimate-N 6300.

See http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=126697113419549&w=2
for a list of changes.

Revision 1.24 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Tue Nov 17 19:18:21 2009 UTC (14 years, 6 months ago) by damien
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The marketing people at Intel found some overhyped names for their
latest generation of 802.11 chips (Calpella platform):
Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 and Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300.

Document those and add some indications about which chipset can be
found on which Centrino platform.

Revision 1.23 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Oct 26 19:05:50 2009 UTC (14 years, 7 months ago) by damien
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specifies that intel wifi link 1000 is a single-chip solution.
sync 4965 description with others.

Revision 1.22 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Oct 26 19:01:55 2009 UTC (14 years, 7 months ago) by damien
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s/Draft-N/n/
remove 'b' if 'g' is supported since 'g' => 'b'.

Revision 1.21 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sat Oct 24 21:13:02 2009 UTC (14 years, 7 months ago) by damien
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add codenames

Revision 1.20 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sat Oct 24 18:14:57 2009 UTC (14 years, 7 months ago) by damien
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huge diff introducing many of the recent changes made by intel to iwlwifi:
- ICT interrupts for >=5000 series (avoids reading IWN_INT which is slow)
- support v2 firmware header (including build number)
- switch to v2 firmware api (requires a firmware package upgrade)
- initial support for 1000 series and initial bits for upcoming 6000
  series (untested as hardware is not available to the general public)
- many bug fixes, including workarounds for hardware bugs

make sure to update your iwn-firmware package to iwn-firmware-5.2.

Revision 1.19 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Wed Sep 2 07:00:24 2009 UTC (14 years, 9 months ago) by jmc
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the `W' in WEP apparently stands for wired, not wireless;
from Scott Radvan

Revision 1.18 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon May 18 16:16:39 2009 UTC (15 years ago) by damien
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_4_6_BASE, OPENBSD_4_6
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new firmware package containing image for Intel Wifi Link 5150.
images for 4965, 5000, 5100 and 5350 are not modified.

Revision 1.17 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Feb 16 08:15:22 2009 UTC (15 years, 3 months ago) by jmc
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CVS Tags: OPENBSD_4_5_BASE, OPENBSD_4_5
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use `` instead of $(), since the former works for both csh and ksh; as
pointed out by claudio

Revision 1.16 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Jan 5 13:33:26 2009 UTC (15 years, 5 months ago) by jmc
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note that 802.11n is not currently supported, as we do for other
similar devices; ok damien

Revision 1.15 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Fri Dec 12 17:05:15 2008 UTC (15 years, 5 months ago) by damien
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new firmware for 4965AGN adapters (firmware for 5000 Series does not change.)
see http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122902161516579&w=2

package contains:
iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.57.2.23.tgz
iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11.tar.gz

from: http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads

Revision 1.14 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Dec 8 08:38:29 2008 UTC (15 years, 6 months ago) by jmc
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remove links to the ipw web page, as damien no longer maintains it;
ok damien

Revision 1.13 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Nov 3 17:36:49 2008 UTC (15 years, 7 months ago) by damien
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s/5GHZ/5GHz/ for consistency.

Revision 1.12 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Nov 3 17:29:47 2008 UTC (15 years, 7 months ago) by damien
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HW CCMP + use plural for firmware files.

Revision 1.11 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Tue Oct 14 09:44:58 2008 UTC (15 years, 7 months ago) by jmc
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oops, and a word to make the text make sense again;

Revision 1.10 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Tue Oct 14 09:43:07 2008 UTC (15 years, 7 months ago) by jmc
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- shorten the name description for this device
(new description from damien)
- format the text in the man page a little, to avoid line wrap

ok damien for the Nd bit

Revision 1.9 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Oct 13 16:37:52 2008 UTC (15 years, 7 months ago) by damien
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document 5000 Series support and new firmware url.

Revision 1.8 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Tue Jul 29 16:44:19 2008 UTC (15 years, 10 months ago) by jmc
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- beef up the text on wep/wpa
- simplify wpa example

help/ok damien

Revision 1.7 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Mon Jul 28 20:10:28 2008 UTC (15 years, 10 months ago) by damien
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document WPA-PSK support.

"i would really appreciate just something going in" jmc@

Revision 1.6 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Thu Apr 17 14:01:22 2008 UTC (16 years, 1 month ago) by jmc
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remove the CONFIGURATION section from the wireless pages:
the addition of the wpa options have shown just how unwieldy it had
become, it's already in ifconfig(8) anyway, and "ifconfig -m" will
get the relevant ones.

ok dlg jsg

Revision 1.5 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Fri Nov 30 19:12:09 2007 UTC (16 years, 6 months ago) by damien
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new 4965AGN firmware: 4.44.1.20.

Revision 1.4 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Fri Sep 7 14:00:46 2007 UTC (16 years, 9 months ago) by jmc
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two reasons to put the ultra long URL in a display instead of (the usual) .Pa:

(1) it will stop newer versions of groff complaining
(2) it avoids line split so you can cut/paste it more easily

Revision 1.3 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Thu Sep 6 18:37:19 2007 UTC (16 years, 9 months ago) by damien
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fix .Nd

Revision 1.2 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Thu Sep 6 16:55:51 2007 UTC (16 years, 9 months ago) by damien
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s/Wi-Fi/WiFi/ since it is how Intel spell it.

Revision 1.1 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Thu Sep 6 16:37:03 2007 UTC (16 years, 9 months ago) by damien
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new iwn(4) driver for Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN.
no support for 802.11n functions yet (need work in net80211(9) first).
committed over my 4965AGN, with only 2 of 3 antennas plugged :-)

needs a firmware that is not freely redistributable (see man page).

ok deraadt@

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