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Download patch

ref: c4e4f53b96f0b25ec77805ccf778fe826bd4f37f
parent: 8829ab98c2514890b179dd34a12f9c4cd0c231ab
author: cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@gmx.de>
date: Wed Feb 13 05:57:47 EST 2013

plan9.ini(8): document iwl options

--- a/sys/man/8/plan9.ini
+++ b/sys/man/8/plan9.ini
@@ -381,6 +381,29 @@
 Currently the only tested cards are those based on the
 Intersil Prism 2.5 chipset.
 .
+.TP
+.B iwl
+Intel Wireless WiFi Link mini PCI-Express adapters require
+firmware from
+.B http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/
+to be present on attach in
+.B /lib/firmware
+or
+.B /boot.
+To select the access point, the
+.B essid=
+parameter can be specified at boot or set during runtime
+like:
+.EX
+	echo essid left-armpit >/net/ether1/clone
+.EE
+Scan results appear in the
+.B ifstats
+file and can be read out like:
+.EX
+	cat /net/ether1/ifstats
+.EE
+Ad-hoc mode or encryption is currently not supported.
 .SS DISKS, TAPES
 (S)ATA controllers are autodetected.
 .SS \fL*nodma=\fP
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