diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4 b/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4 --- a/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 27, 2021 +.Dd January 1, 2022 .Dt iwlwifi 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -35,14 +35,21 @@ .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 loader.conf 5 : +.Xr rc.conf 5 : .Bd -literal -offset indent -if_iwlwifi_load="YES" +kld_list="${kld_list} if_iwlwifi" .Ed .Pp The driver should automatically load any .Xr iwlwififw 4 -firmware needed for the particular chipset. +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. +.Pp +It is discouraged to load the driver from +.Xr loader 8 . .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm @@ -50,12 +57,14 @@ all chipsets supported by the .Em mvm part of that driver. -This superseeds the +.\" XXX-BZ find way to add full list of chipsets automatically +.Nm +will be a successor to .Xr iwm 4 -driver which provided support for a subset of these chipsets and still -complements the +and may superseed that driver in the future. +It still complements the .Xr iwn 4 -driver supporting older chipsets. +driver which supports older chipsets. .Pp The driver uses the .\" No LinuxKPI man pages so no .Xr here. @@ -63,7 +72,9 @@ and .Em linuxkpi compat framework to bridge between the Linux and -native FreeBSD driver code. +native FreeBSD driver code as well as to the native +.Xr net80211 4 +wireless stack. .Pp While .Nm diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4 b/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4 --- a/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 30, 2021 +.Dd January 1, 2022 .Dt iwlwififw 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ The .Xr iwlwifi 4 driver should auto-load any firmware needed. +It is discouraged to load the driver or firmware manually from +.Xr loader 8 . .Sh DESCRIPTION Multiple modules provide access to firmware for the various chipset models supported by the