Author: miwi (doc,ports committer) Date: Sun Feb 6 09:49:55 2011 New Revision: 218366 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/218366
Log: - Add Dell Wireless 1390 BCM4311 Mini PCI to supported list. PR: 154500 Submitted by: Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <[email protected]> Modified: head/share/man/man4/bwi.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/bwi.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/bwi.4 Sun Feb 6 09:33:08 2011 (r218365) +++ head/share/man/man4/bwi.4 Sun Feb 6 09:49:55 2011 (r218366) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 30, 2010 +.Dd February 6, 2011 .Dt BWI 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ driver supports Broadcom BCM43xx based w .It "Buffalo WLI-CB-G54S BCM4318 CardBus b/g" .It "Buffalo WLI-PCI-G54S BCM4306 PCI b/g" .It "Compaq R4035 onboard BCM4306 PCI b/g" +.It "Dell Wireless 1390 BCM4311 Mini PCI b/g" .It "Dell Wireless 1470 BCM4318 Mini PCI b/g" .It "Dell Truemobile 1300 r2 BCM4306 Mini PCI b/g" .It "Dell Truemobile 1400 BCM4309 Mini PCI b/g" @@ -91,18 +92,18 @@ driver supports Broadcom BCM43xx based w .It "US Robotics 5411 BCM4318 CardBus b/g" .El .Pp -The -.Nm +The +.Nm driver uses the older v3 version of Broadcom's firmware. While this older firmware does support most BCM43xx parts, the -.Xr bwn 4 +.Xr bwn 4 driver works better for the newer chips it supports. -You must use the -.Nm +You must use the +.Nm driver if you are using older Broadcom chipsets (BCM4301, BCM4303 and BCM4306 rev 2). -The v4 version of the firmware that -.Xr bwn 4 +The v4 version of the firmware that +.Xr bwn 4 uses does not support these chips. .Sh EXAMPLES Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point): _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
