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.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@FreeBSD.org>
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Explain how to load the malo(4) firmware on boot. PR: 193653 Submitted by: Juan Ramón Molina Menor MFC after: 3 days
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.Dt MALO 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm malo
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.Nd "Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
kernel configuration file:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "device malo"
.Cd "device pci"
.Cd "device wlan"
.Cd "device firmware"
.Ed
.Pp
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
Explain how to load the malo(4) firmware on boot. PR: 193653 Submitted by: Juan Ramón Molina Menor MFC after: 3 days
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module at boot time, place the following line in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
if_malo_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for Marvell Libertas 88W8335 based PCI
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
and Cardbus network adapters.
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.Nm
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
supports
correct device name errors and wrong informations that currently malo(4) don't support ad-hoc mode and there's no a man page like malofw(4).
2008-07-07 02:39:39 +00:00
.Cm station
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
and
.Cm monitor
mode operation.
Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
For more information on configuring this device, see
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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.Pp
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
This driver requires the
.Nm malofw
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firmware kernel module be installed before it will work.
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
The firmware files are not publicly available.
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A port of the firmware can be found at:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
http://weongyo.org/project/malo/malo-firmware-1.4.tar.gz
.Ed
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2009-10-21 09:22:40 +00:00
.Pp
The firmware kernel module can be installed by extracting
the archive and running
.Ql make install clean
in the
.Pa malo-firmware-1.4
directory.
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.Pp
To load the
.Nm malofw
firmware kernel module at boot time, place the following
line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
malofw_load="YES"
.Ed
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.Sh HARDWARE
The following cards are among those supported by the
.Nm
driver:
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.Bl -column "Netgear WG311v3" "88W8335" "PCI" "b/g"
.Em "Card" Ta Em "Chip" Ta Em "Bus" Ta Em "Standard"
.It "Netgear WG311v3" Ta "88W8335" Ta "PCI" Ta "b/g"
.It "Tenda TWL542P" Ta "88W8335" Ta "PCI" Ta "b/g"
.It "U-Khan UW-2054i" Ta "88W8335" Ta "PCI" Ta "b/g"
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.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
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Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
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
.Bd -literal -offset indent
correct device name errors and wrong informations that currently malo(4) don't support ad-hoc mode and there's no a man page like malofw(4).
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ifconfig wlan create wlandev malo0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
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
netmask 0xffffff00
.Ed
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.Pp
Join a specific BSS network with network name
.Dq Li my_net :
.Pp
correct device name errors and wrong informations that currently malo(4) don't support ad-hoc mode and there's no a man page like malofw(4).
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.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev malo0 ssid my_net up"
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
.Pp
Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
correct device name errors and wrong informations that currently malo(4) don't support ad-hoc mode and there's no a man page like malofw(4).
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ifconfig wlan create wlandev malo0 ssid my_net \e
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
wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr cardbus 4 ,
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.Xr pci 4 ,
.Xr wlan 4 ,
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
.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
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.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
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.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
The malo(4) device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 7.1 not 8.0. Reported by: John <lists_at_reiteration.net> MFC after: 3 days
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.Fx 7.1 .
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