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author | Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org> | 2022-03-04 00:27:00 +0000 |
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committer | Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org> | 2022-03-04 00:35:42 +0000 |
commit | abf6e1a49e944f9fb635a6aed55f01af832da06c (patch) | |
tree | 1e4137da42afa71f33bddc8698db3193a550f763 | |
parent | 5493c6277a264e91ea4bdc7e2d4ee69fe4210918 (diff) | |
download | src-abf6e1a49e944f9fb635a6aed55f01af832da06c.tar.gz src-abf6e1a49e944f9fb635a6aed55f01af832da06c.zip |
iwlwifi: update man pages
Update man pages given auto-loading is now enabled by default and
no user configuration is needed to load the driver.
Also note that the iwlwifi driver will appear the first time in 13.1-R.
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 3 days
Relnotes: yes
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4 | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4 | 7 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4 b/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4 index 1f79319aad61..a512bd70ba50 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4 @@ -27,26 +27,29 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 1, 2022 +.Dd March 4, 2022 .Dt iwlwifi 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm iwlwifi .Nd Intel IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax wireless network driver .Sh SYNOPSIS -To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following lines in -.Xr rc.conf 5 : +The driver will auto-load without any user interaction using +.Xr devmatch 8 +if enabled in +.Xr rc.conf 5 . +.Pp +Only if auto-loading is explicitly disabled, place the following +lines in +.Xr rc.conf 5 +to manually load the driver as a module at boot time: .Bd -literal -offset indent kld_list="${kld_list} if_iwlwifi" .Ed .Pp The driver should automatically load any .Xr iwlwififw 4 -firmware needed for the particular chipset in that case. -.Pp -It is anticipated that the driver will support auto-loading via -.Xr devmatch 8 -in the future and will need no configuration at all. +firmware needed for the particular chipset. .Pp It is discouraged to load the driver from .Xr loader 8 . @@ -90,3 +93,8 @@ Certainly. .Xr wlan 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 , .Xr wpa_supplicant 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Fx 13.1 . diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4 b/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4 index d38d38f28695..d1d9848cbcdc 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 1, 2022 +.Dd March 3, 2022 .Dt iwlwififw 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -52,3 +52,8 @@ firmware license is installed at .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr iwlwifi 4 , .Xr firmware 9 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +firmware modules first appeared in +.Fx 13.1 . |