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update; mostly to eliminate ambiguity about what hardware is supported

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share/man/man4/ath.4
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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"/
.Dd January 13, 2009
.Dd March 25, 2009
.Dt ATH 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ driver provides support for wireless network adapters based on
the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, and AR5416 programming APIs.
These APIs are used by a wide variety of chips; most all chips with
a PCI and/or CardBus interface are supported.
Chip-specific support is provided by the Atheros Hardware Access Layer
(HAL).
.Pp
Supported features include 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, BSS,
IBSS, TDMA, and host-based access point operation modes.
@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ The driver also support
.Cm tdma
operation when compiled with
.Cd "options AH_SUPPORT_TDMA"
(and the wlan module is build with
(and the wlan module is built with
.Cd "options IEEE80211_SUPPORT_TDMA"
to enable the associated 802.11 support).
For more information on configuring this device, see
@ -142,10 +140,8 @@ Wireless cards in Cardbus slots may be inserted and ejected on the fly.
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver supports most Atheros Cardbus or PCI cards,
driver supports all Atheros Cardbus and PCI cards,
except those that are based on the AR5005VL chipset.
More recent parts may require a hal that is not part of
.Fb .
.Pp
A list of cards that are supported can be found at
.Pa http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/default.asp .
@ -252,13 +248,6 @@ This should not happen.
The Atheros Hardware Access Layer was unable to reset the hardware
when switching channels during scanning.
This should not happen.
.It "ath%d: unable to allocate channel table"
The driver was unable to allocate memory for the table used to hold
the set of available channels.
.It "ath%d: unable to collect channel list from hal"
A problem occurred while querying the HAL to find the set of available
channels for the device.
This should not happen.
.It "ath%d: failed to enable memory mapping"
The driver was unable to enable memory-mapped I/O to the PCI device registers.
This should not happen.
@ -294,15 +283,6 @@ The
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 5.2 .
.Sh CAVEATS
Different regulatory domains have different default channels for adhoc
mode.
See
.Xr ifconfig 8
for information on how to change the channel.
Different regulatory domains may not be able to communicate with each
other with 802.11a as different regulatory domains do not necessarily
have overlapping channels.
.Pp
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

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.\"-
.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2008 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting
.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2009 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting
.\" All rights reserved.
.\""
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"/
.Dd November 30, 2008
.Dd March 25, 2009
.Dt ATH_HAL 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -52,10 +52,13 @@ or
.\".Cd "device ath_rf2136"
.\".Cd "device ath_rf2137"
.Cd "device ath_ar9160"
.Cd "device ath_ar9280"
.Cd "options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The hal provides hardware support for wireless network adapters based on
the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, and AR9160 chips.
the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR2413, AR2417, AR2425,
AR5413, AR5416, AR5418, AR5424, AR9160, and AR9280 chips (and companion
RF/baseband parts).
This code is part of the
.Xr ath 4
driver but configured separately to allow fine-grained control
@ -63,7 +66,8 @@ over the set of chips supported.
Selecting
.Nm
enables support for all PCI and Cardbus devices.
Note this includes AR5416 devices and must be accompanied by the
Note this includes AR5416, AR9160, and AR9280 devices and
must be accompanied by the
AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
option to enable the extended hardware descriptor format used by
AR5416 and later devices.