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Author SHA1 Message Date
Andriy Voskoboinyk
7453645f2a rtwn(4), urtwn(4): merge common code, add support for 11ac devices.
All devices:
- add support for rate adaptation via ieee80211_amrr(9);
- use short preamble for transmitted frames when needed;
- multi-bss support:
 * for RTL8821AU: 2 VAPs at the same time;
 * other: 1 any VAP + 1 sta VAP.
RTL8188CE:
- fix IQ calibration bug (reason of significant speed degradation);
- add h/w crypto acceleration support.
USB:
- A-MPDU Tx support;
- short GI support;
Other:
- add support for RTL8812AU / RTL8821AU chipsets
(a/b/g/n only; no ac yet);
- split merged code into subparts:
 * bus glue (usb/*, pci/*, rtl*/usb/*, rtl*/pci/*)
 * common (if_rtwn*)
 * chip-specific (rtl*/*)
- various other bugfixes.

Due to code reorganization, module names / requirements were changed too:
urtwn urtwnfw -> rtwn rtwn_usb rtwnfw
rtwn  rtwnfw  -> rtwn rtwn_pci rtwnfw

Tested with RTL8188CE, RTL8188CUS, RTL8188EU and RTL8821AU.

Tested by:	kevlo, garga,
		Peter Garshtja <peter.garshtja@ambient-md.com>,
		Kevin McAleavey <kevin.mcaleavey@knosproject.com>,
		Ilias-Dimitrios Vrachnis <id@vrachnis.com>,
		<otacilio.neto@bsd.com.br>
Relnotes:	yes
2016-10-17 20:38:24 +00:00
Kevin Lo
5909575ebf Xref otus(4). 2015-10-29 03:22:27 +00:00
Christian Brueffer
db51871b42 Xref iwm(4). 2015-08-10 10:54:35 +00:00
Kevin Lo
75a8079ded Xref the following in wlan(4):
- rsu(4)
- urtwn(4)
2015-02-16 06:12:55 +00:00
Baptiste Daroussin
6c89995002 use .Mt to mark up email addresses consistently (final part)
PR:		191174
Submitted by:	Franco Fichtner <franco at lastsummer.de>
2014-06-26 21:46:14 +00:00
Glen Barber
19befced93 Xref the following in wlan(4):
- bwn(4)
- mwl(4)
- run(4)

MFC after:	3 days
2012-02-22 22:40:20 +00:00
Christian Brueffer
ea96972a8b Remove an incorrect apostrophe.
PR:		160267
Submitted by:	Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Approved by:	re (kib)
MFC after:	1 week
2011-09-02 18:37:48 +00:00
Peter Pentchev
f4f2f2e724 Document that the IEEE80211_DEBUG kernel option is needed for
using the wlan(4) debugging controls with wording slightly
different from that in the PR.

PR:		142367
Submitted by:	Matthew Thyer <matt.thyer@gmail.com>
MFC after:	2 weeks
2010-01-14 09:38:23 +00:00
Rui Paulo
59aa14a91d Implementation of the upcoming Wireless Mesh standard, 802.11s, on the
net80211 wireless stack. This work is based on the March 2009 D3.0 draft
standard. This standard is expected to become final next year.
This includes two main net80211 modules, ieee80211_mesh.c
which deals with peer link management, link metric calculation,
routing table control and mesh configuration and ieee80211_hwmp.c
which deals with the actually routing process on the mesh network.
HWMP is the mandatory routing protocol on by the mesh standard, but
others, such as RA-OLSR, can be implemented.

Authentication and encryption are not implemented.

There are several scripts under tools/tools/net80211/scripts that can be
used to test different mesh network topologies and they also teach you
how to setup a mesh vap (for the impatient: ifconfig wlan0 create
wlandev ... wlanmode mesh).

A new build option is available: IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH and it's enabled
by default on GENERIC kernels for i386, amd64, sparc64 and pc98.

Drivers that support mesh networks right now are: ath, ral and mwl.

More information at: http://wiki.freebsd.org/WifiMesh

Please note that this work is experimental. Also, please note that
bridging a mesh vap with another network interface is not yet supported.

Many thanks to the FreeBSD Foundation for sponsoring this project and to
Sam Leffler for his support.
Also, I would like to thank Gateworks Corporation for sending me a
Cambria board which was used during the development of this project.

Reviewed by:	sam
Approved by:	re (kensmith)
Obtained from:	projects/mesh11s
2009-07-11 15:02:45 +00:00
Christian Brueffer
7042d35782 Xref missing wlan drivers. 2009-05-15 10:11:54 +00:00
Weongyo Jeong
cb1d58e298 bump date.
Pointed by:	yongari
2009-03-26 06:12:04 +00:00
Weongyo Jeong
298ff442c0 adds malo(4). 2009-03-26 04:17:35 +00:00
Weongyo Jeong
bf5dca34b6 bwi(4) and mwl(4) doesn't exist at CURRENT. 2009-03-26 04:16:40 +00:00
Brooks Davis
5ed11a24b1 Replace a couple mentions of the soon to be removed vaps_<ifn>
variable form with wlans_<ifn>.
2008-05-03 07:06:48 +00:00
Sam Leffler
b032f27c36 Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices.
Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware
loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral).  Also there
no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now
bundled into the wlan module.

Supported by:	Hobnob and Marvell
Reviewed by:	many
Obtained from:	Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
Sam Leffler
f446360711 move awi to the Attic; it will not make the jump to the new world order
Reviewed by:	imp
2008-04-20 19:20:39 +00:00
Christian Brueffer
b8e2978d5c Xref wpi(4). 2007-11-13 16:42:22 +00:00
Christian Brueffer
a30fc8542f Also mention zyd(4) in the DESCRIPTION section.
Approved by:	re (blanket)
2007-09-10 17:20:21 +00:00
Christian Brueffer
6be87061f8 Xref zyd(4).
Approved by:	re (blanket)
2007-09-06 20:15:04 +00:00
Kevin Lo
0d237f2d9a Update rum driver that needs wlan(4). 2007-06-06 07:58:03 +00:00
Christian Brueffer
1ed2ce5c38 Sort Xrefs in the SEE ALSO section correctly.
Pointy hat to:	brueffer
2005-11-26 00:47:07 +00:00
Christian Brueffer
f7b5199258 Update the list of drivers that need wlan(4).
MFC after:	3 days
2005-11-26 00:40:57 +00:00
Ruslan Ermilov
407ed7ec6e Sort xrefs. 2005-01-12 10:22:58 +00:00
Ruslan Ermilov
da2fa15981 Scheduled mdoc(7) sweep. 2005-01-12 10:14:43 +00:00
Kirill Ponomarev
f6832a8239 Remove trailing spaces.
MFC after:	3 days
2005-01-02 18:26:13 +00:00
Sam Leffler
014be7fb7e Updates for revised ath and net80211 support; the new man pages are
placeholders for real material.
2004-12-08 17:47:32 +00:00
Ruslan Ermilov
bf7f20c2b6 Assorted markup, spelling, and grammar fixes. 2004-06-16 08:33:57 +00:00
Sam Leffler
bffc912d5d o add information about the debugging tools
o give proper attribution to Atsushi Onoe
2003-09-25 23:56:20 +00:00
Hiten Pandya
10626faea4 WLAN related fixes:
- Add some wlan(4) related cross-references.
	- Add some "device" lines to SYNOPSIS
	- Correct grammar/sentencing in ath_hal(4) manual page

PR:		docs/54114
Submitted by: 	Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at>
Approved by:	des (mentor)
2003-07-18 11:40:41 +00:00
Tom Rhodes
ca6a2c5aef Add a basic manual page for wlan(4).
Reviewed by:	imp, ru
2003-04-05 19:25:44 +00:00