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+.\" $NetBSD: malo.4,v 1.7 2015/10/07 00:44:25 snj Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: malo.4,v 1.35 2010/11/01 17:59:09 jmc Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Theo de Raadt.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\"
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+.\" the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+.\" distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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+.\" FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+.\" COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
+.\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
+.\" AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
+.\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.Dd July 30, 2012
+.Dt MALO 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm malo
+.Nd Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Cd "malo* at pci?"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+driver provides support for Marvell Libertas 88W8335/88W8310/88W8385 based
+PCI network adapters.
+The second generation 88W8335/88W8310 chipsets support 802.11b/g.
+.Pp
+These are the modes the
+.Nm
+driver can operate in:
+.Bl -tag -width "IBSS-masterXX"
+.It BSS mode
+Also known as
+.Em infrastructure
+mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through
+which all traffic passes.
+This mode is the default.
+.\" .It IBSS mode
+.\" Also known as
+.\" .Em IEEE ad-hoc
+.\" mode or
+.\" .Em peer-to-peer
+.\" mode.
+.\" This is the standardized method of operating without an access point.
+.\" Stations associate with a service set.
+.\" However, actual connections between stations are peer-to-peer.
+.\" .It Host AP
+.\" In this mode the driver acts as an access point (base station)
+.\" for other cards.
+.It monitor mode
+In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without
+associating with an access point.
+This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to
+capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to,
+or to scan for access points.
+.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+driver can be configured to use
+Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or
+Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK).
+WPA is the de facto encryption standard for wireless networks.
+It is strongly recommended that WEP
+not be used as the sole mechanism
+to secure wireless communication,
+due to serious weaknesses in it.
+The
+.Nm
+driver relies on the software 802.11 stack for both encryption and decryption
+of data frames.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+driver can be configured at runtime with
+.Xr ifconfig 8
+or on boot with
+.Xr ifconfig.if 5 .
+.Sh FILES
+The driver needs a set of firmware files which are loaded when
+an interface is brought up:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
+.It Pa /libdata/firmware/malo/malo8335-h
+.It Pa /libdata/firmware/malo/malo8335-m
+.It Pa /libdata/firmware/malo/malo8338
+.It Pa /libdata/firmware/malo/malo8385-h
+.It Pa /libdata/firmware/malo/malo8385-m
+.El
+.Pp
+These firmware files are not free because Marvell refuses
+to grant distribution rights.
+As a result, even though
+.Ox
+includes the driver, the firmware files cannot be included and
+users have to download these files on their own.
+.Pp
+A prepackaged version of the firmware, designed to be used with
+.Xr pkg_add 1 ,
+can be found at:
+.Bd -literal -offset 3n
+http://www.nazgul.ch/malo/malo-firmware-1.4.tgz
+.Ed
+.Sh HARDWARE
+The following cards are among those supported by the
+.Nm
+driver:
+.Pp
+.Bl -column -offset 6n -compact "Microcom Travelcard" "MALO111" "CardBus" "a/b/g"
+.It Em Card Ta Em Chip Ta Em Bus Ta Em Standard
+.It Netgear WG311v3 Ta 88W8335 Ta PCI Ta b/g
+.It Tenda TWL542P Ta 88W8335 Ta PCI Ta b/g
+.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The following
+.Xr ifconfig.if 5
+example configures malo0 to join whatever network is available on boot,
+using WEP key
+.Dq 0x1deadbeef1 ,
+channel 11, obtaining an IP address using DHCP:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+dhcp NONE NONE NONE nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 chan 11
+.Ed
+.Pp
+.\"The following
+.\".Xr ifconfig.if 5
+.\"example creates a host-based access point on boot:
+.\".Bd -literal -offset indent
+.\"inet 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 NONE media autoselect \e
+.\" mediaopt hostap nwid my_net chan 11
+.\".Ed
+.\".Pp
+Join an existing BSS network,
+.Dq my_net :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+# ifconfig malo0 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net
+.Ed
+.Sh NOTES
+Contrary to the driver on
+.Ox ,
+this driver currently does not work on PCMCIA/CARDBUS.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr arp 4 ,
+.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
+.Xr intro 4 ,
+.Xr netintro 4 ,
+.Xr pci 4 ,
+.Xr ifconfig.if 5 ,
+.Xr hostapd 8 ,
+.Xr ifconfig 8
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+The
+.Nm
+driver was first written by
+.An Claudio Jeker Aq Mt claudio@openbsd.org
+and
+.An Marcus Glocker Aq Mt mglocker@openbsd.org
+and appeared first in
+.Ox 4.1 .
+.Nx
+porting was done by
+.An Arnaud Degroote Aq Mt degroote@NetBSD.org .