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Add documentation for mwl and all the wireless firmware drivers. Approved by: rrs (mentor)
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164 lines
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.\" Copyright (c) 2004-2006
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.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd February 8, 2010
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.Os
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.Dt IWN 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm iwn
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.Nd Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/1000/5000/5150/5300/6000/6050
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IEEE 802.11n driver
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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To compile this driver into the kernel,
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include the following lines in your
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kernel configuration file:
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent
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.Cd "device iwn"
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.Cd "device pci"
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.Cd "device wlan"
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.Cd "device firmware"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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You also need to select a firmware for your device.
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Choose one from:
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent
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.Cd "device iwn4965fw"
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.Cd "device iwn1000fw"
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.Cd "device iwn5000fw"
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.Cd "device iwn5150fw"
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.Cd "device iwn6000fw"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Or you can use
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent
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.Cd "device iwnfw"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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to include them all.
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.Pp
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Alternatively, to load the driver as a
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module at boot time, place the following lines in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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if_iwn_load="YES"
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iwn4965fw_load="YES"
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iwn1000fw_load="YES"
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iwn5000fw_load="YES"
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iwn5150fw_load="YES"
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iwn6000fw_load="YES"
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.Ed
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver provides support for
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.Tn Intel
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Wireless WiFi Link 4965, 1000, 5000 and 6000 series of
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PCI-Express network adapters.
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.Nm
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supports
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.Cm station ,
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.Cm adhoc ,
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and
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.Cm monitor
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mode operation.
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Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
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For more information on configuring this device, see
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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.Pp
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This driver requires the firmware built with the
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.Nm iwnfw
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module to work.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
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netmask 0xffffff00
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Join a specific BSS network with network name
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.Dq Li my_net :
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.Pp
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.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net up"
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.Pp
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Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net \e
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wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \e
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wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
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.Ed
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Bl -diag
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.It "iwn%d: device timeout"
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The driver will reset the hardware.
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This should not happen.
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.It "iwn%d: firmware error"
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The onboard microcontroller crashed for some reason.
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The driver will reset the hardware.
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This should not happen.
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.It "iwn%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete"
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The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time.
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This should not happen.
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.It "iwn%d: could not load firmware image '%s'"
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The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
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.Xr firmware 9
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subsystem.
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Verify the
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.Xr iwnfw 4
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firmware module is present.
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.It "iwn%d: could not load boot firmware"
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An attempt to upload the boot firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
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failed.
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This should not happen.
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.It "iwn%d: could not load microcode"
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An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller failed.
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This should not happen.
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.It "iwn%d: could not load main firmware"
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An attempt to upload the main firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
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failed.
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This should not happen.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr iwnfw 4 ,
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.Xr pci 4 ,
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.Xr wlan 4 ,
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.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
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.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
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.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
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.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
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.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The original
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.Nm
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driver was written by
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.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien.bergamini@free.fr
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