[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man4 Add -compact for HARDWARE.

[onoe <onoe%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/00683a372304
branches:  trunk
changeset: 515173:00683a372304
user:      onoe <onoe%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Tue Sep 18 09:19:31 2001 +0000

description:
Add -compact for HARDWARE.
Add text to describe flag0 mediaopt for infrastructure mode which
supports old Melco AP.
Modify DIAGNOSTICS message to follow source.
Delete BUGS, the driver now supports IBSS creation.

diffstat:

 share/man/man4/awi.4 |  39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diffs (97 lines):

diff -r 983f79828fa4 -r 00683a372304 share/man/man4/awi.4
--- a/share/man/man4/awi.4      Tue Sep 18 09:09:57 2001 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man4/awi.4      Tue Sep 18 09:19:31 2001 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\"     $NetBSD: awi.4,v 1.14 2001/09/11 17:39:01 wiz Exp $
+.\"     $NetBSD: awi.4,v 1.15 2001/09/18 09:19:31 onoe Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd October 31, 1999
+.Dd September 18, 2001
 .Dt AWI 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -38,10 +38,16 @@
 In addition to these two mode in IEEE 802.11 specification, the
 .Nm
 driver also supports a variant of adhoc mode out of spec for DS radio cards,
-which makes possible to communicate with adhoc mode of
+which makes possible to communicate with WaveLAN adhoc mode of
 .Xr wi 4
 driver.  The NWID doesn't affect in this mode.
 .Pp
+Another mode added to the
+.Nm
+driver can be used with old Melco access point with 2Mbps card,
+which actually use IEEE 802.11 adhoc mode with encapsulation of
+raw ethernet packet including header in 802.11 frames.
+.Pp
 For more information on configuring this device, see
 .Xr ifconfig 8
 and
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@
 .Nm
 driver include:
 .Pp
-.Bl -tag -width BayStack_650x -offset indent
+.Bl -tag -width BayStack_650x -offset indent -compact
 .It BayStack 650
 1Mbps Frequency Hopping PCCARD adapter
 .It BayStack 660
@@ -78,7 +84,10 @@
 .Xr wi 4
 driver.
 .Sh MEDIA SELECTION
-The DS cards support
+In addition to default
+.Em Auto
+media type,
+the DS cards support
 .Em DS1
 and
 .Em DS2
@@ -87,11 +96,15 @@
 media type.  For each media type,
 .Em adhoc
 mediaopt can be used to indicate the driver to operate in adhoc mode.
+The
+.Em flag0
+mediaopt
+should be used only with old access point which operates in IBSS mode.
 For DS radio cards,
 .Em adhoc,flag0
 mediaopt can be used for
 .Xr wi 4
-compatible adhoc mode.
+compatible WaveLAN adhoc mode.
 .Pp
 To configure more detailed parameters for the
 .Nm
@@ -115,17 +128,15 @@
 controller.
 .It "awi0: failed to complete selftest (%s)"
 The device failed to complete its self test.
-.It "awi0: synced with no-bssid at channel %d"
-The device is ready to relay traffic at specified channel.
-.It "awi0: synced with %s ssid %s at channel %d"
-The device has successfully synchronized with at least one of the
-identified stations and is ready to relay traffic.
+In some circumstances, resetting device after power on fails.
+Re-inserting the card or down-then-up interface may be helpful.
 .It "awi0: associated with %s ssid %s channel %d signal %d"
 The device has successfully synchronized with the identified Access
-Point and is ready to relay traffic.
+Point or BSS and is ready to relay traffic.
 .It "awi0: authentication failed (reason %d)"
 .It "awi0: association failed (reason %d)"
-The access point refuses the association request from the device.
+The access point refuses the authentication or association request
+from the device.
 .It "awi0: no recent beacons from %s; rescanning"
 The device has not heard a beacon from its currently associated Access
 Point recently, and is looking for a new access point.
@@ -165,5 +176,3 @@
 driver module completely rewritten to support cards with DS phy and
 to support adhoc mode by
 .An Atsushi Onoe Aq onoe%netbsd.org@localhost .
-.Sh BUGS
-Doesn't create IBSS itself.