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[ath] Mention DWDS, expresscard and minipcie.

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I use all of these..
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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"/
.Dd January 25, 2019
.Dd June 16, 2020
.Dt ATH 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ The
driver provides support for wireless network adapters based on
the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416 and AR9300 programming APIs.
These APIs are used by a wide variety of chips; most all chips with
a PCI and/or CardBus interface are supported.
a PCI, PCIe and/or CardBus interface are supported.
.Pp
Supported features include 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, BSS,
IBSS, MBSS, TDMA, and host-based access point operation modes.
IBSS, MBSS, WDS/DWDS TDMA, and host-based access point operation modes.
All host/device interaction is via DMA.
.Pp
Please note that from FreeBSD-9.0, the
@ -147,12 +147,13 @@ For more information on configuring this device, see
.Pp
Devices supported by the
.Nm
driver come in either Cardbus or mini-PCI packages.
Wireless cards in Cardbus slots may be inserted and ejected on the fly.
driver come in Cardbus, ExpressCard, Mini-PCI and Mini-PCIe packages.
Wireless cards in Cardbus and ExpressCard slots may be inserted and
ejected on the fly.
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver supports all Atheros Cardbus and PCI cards,
driver supports all Atheros Cardbus, ExpressCard, PCI and PCIe cards,
except those that are based on the AR5005VL chipset.
.Sh EXAMPLES
Join a specific BSS network with WEP encryption:
@ -292,8 +293,7 @@ device driver first appeared in
Revision A1 of the D-LINK DWL-G520 and DWL-G650 are based on an
Intersil PrismGT chip and are not supported by this driver.
.Sh BUGS
The driver does not fully enable power-save operation of the chip
in station mode; consequently power use is suboptimal (e.g. on a laptop).
The driver does supports optional station mode power-save operation.
.Pp
The AR5210 can only do WEP in hardware; consequently hardware assisted WEP
is disabled in order to allow software implementations of TKIP and CCMP to