Bug 154589
| Summary: | ath_hal(4) manpage lists incorrect Netgear adapter as supported | ||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | Jason Mann <jason.mann> |
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Latest | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
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Description
Jason Mann
2011-02-08 13:30:12 UTC
There are three versions of the WG311 now, all using different chipsets. At the time the manpage was written, there was only one version of the WG311, and it does in fact use an atheros chipset. Today it is called the WG311v1, and is works with ath. I believe the v2 is also an atheros and also works with ath. The v3 is definitely not an atheros though, and isn't supported. The v3 is also what you can buy these days. The man page is somewhat like a book written about World War One in 1924. Many of the wireless man pages are in the same shape as this one. The same product can be based on several chipsets throughout it's lifespan, and oftentimes the man pages reflect the situation that existed when they were written or updated, not the situation as it exists today. I'd recommend listing the WG311v1 as supported as well as the WG311T, since we know for sure these work. Perhaps someone with a v2 and v3 can provide input as to their status. -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel FreeBSD -- The power to serve Hi Josh, I can say with certainty that the WG311v3 isn't supported by ath_hal as it was discovering this fact last week that prompted me to substitute it for a WG311T and submit this PR. The WG311v3 adapter actually requires if_malo.ko and is listed in that driver's man page. Here's my relevant dmesg lines for the WG311T: ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xec000000-0xec00ffff irq 17 at device 10.0 on pci= 0 ath0: [ITHREAD] ath0: AR2413 mac 7.9 RF2413 phy 4.5 Regards, Jason On 9 February 2011 15:07, Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@freebsd.org> wrote: > There are three versions of the WG311 now, all using different chipsets. = =A0At > the time the manpage was written, there was only one version of the WG311= , and > it does in fact use an atheros chipset. =A0Today it is called the WG311v1= , and > is works with ath. =A0I believe the v2 is also an atheros and also works = with > ath. =A0The v3 is definitely not an atheros though, and isn't supported. = =A0The v3 > is also what you can buy these days. > > The man page is somewhat like a book written about World War One in 1924. > > Many of the wireless man pages are in the same shape as this one. =A0The = same > product can be based on several chipsets throughout it's lifespan, and > oftentimes the man pages reflect the situation that existed when they wer= e > written or updated, not the situation as it exists today. > > I'd recommend listing the WG311v1 as supported as well as the WG311T, sin= ce we > know for sure these work. =A0Perhaps someone with a v2 and v3 can provide= input > as to their status. > > -- > Thanks, > > Josh Paetzel > FreeBSD -- The power to serve > Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->jpaetzel I'll take it Author: jpaetzel Date: Thu Feb 10 15:41:32 2011 New Revision: 218523 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/218523 Log: Netgear renamed the WG311 to the WG311v1 after they released a second version of it. There is also a WG311v3 which uses a chipset covered by malo(4). Along the way add the WG311T to the list which is also an atheros chipset. PR: docs/154589 Approved by: kib (mentor) MFC after: 3 days Modified: head/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 Thu Feb 10 15:07:17 2011 (r218522) +++ head/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 Thu Feb 10 15:41:32 2011 (r218523) @@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ module: .It "Netgear WAG311 AR5212 PCI a/b/g" .It "Netgear WAB501 AR5211 CardBus a/b" .It "Netgear WAG511 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" -.It "Netgear WG311 AR5212 PCI b/g" +.It "Netgear WG311 (aka WG311v1) AR5212 PCI b/g" +.It "Netgear WG311v2 AR5212 PCI b/g" +.It "Netgear WG311T AR5212 PCI b/g" .It "Netgear WG511T AR5212 CardBus b/g" .It "Orinoco 8480 AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" .It "Orinoco 8470WD AR5212 CardBus a/b/g" _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" State Changed From-To: open->closed Committed, thanks. |
