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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/malo.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/malo.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b5aa8277 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/malo.4 @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: malo.4,v 1.54 2025/03/27 15:12:14 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 +.\" LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS +.\" 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 $Mdocdate: March 27 2025 $ +.Dt MALO 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm malo +.Nd Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "malo* at cardbus?" +.Cd "malo* at pci?" +.Cd "malo* at pcmcia?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for Marvell Libertas 88W8335/88W8310/88W8385 based +PCI/CardBus/PCMCIA 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 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 (WPA1 and WPA2). +WPA2 is currently the most secure encryption standard for wireless networks +supported by +.Ox . +It is strongly recommended that neither WEP nor WPA1 +are used as the sole mechanism to secure wireless communication, +due to serious weaknesses. +WPA1 is disabled by default and may be enabled using the option +.Qq Cm wpaprotos Ar wpa1,wpa2 . +For standard WPA networks which use pre-shared keys (PSK), +keys are configured using the +.Qq Cm wpakey +option. +WPA-Enterprise networks require use of the wpa_supplicant package. +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 hostname.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 /etc/firmware/malo8335-h +.It Pa /etc/firmware/malo8335-m +.It Pa /etc/firmware/malo8338 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/malo8385-h +.It Pa /etc/firmware/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 can be installed using +.Xr fw_update 8 . +.Sh HARDWARE +The following cards are among those supported by the +.Nm +driver: +.Bl -column "I-O DATA WN-G54/CF" "88W8385" "CardBus" "Standard" -offset 6n +.It Em Card Ta Em Chip Ta Em Bus Ta Em Standard +.It "Ambicom WL54CF" Ta 88W8385 Ta PCMCIA Ta b/g +.It "I-O DATA WN-G54/CF" Ta 88W8385 Ta PCMCIA Ta b/g +.It "Netgear WG511v2" Ta 88W8310 Ta CardBus Ta b/g +.It "Netgear WG311v3" Ta 88W8335 Ta PCI Ta b/g +.It "SparkLAN WCFM-100" Ta 88W8385 Ta PCMCIA Ta b/g +.It "Tenda TWL541C" Ta 88W8310 Ta CardBus Ta b/g +.It "Tenda TWL542P" Ta 88W8335 Ta PCI Ta b/g +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following example scans for available networks: +.Pp +.Dl # ifconfig malo0 scan +.Pp +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example configures malo0 to join network +.Dq mynwid , +using WPA key +.Dq mywpakey , +obtaining an IP address using DHCP: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +join mynwid wpakey mywpakey +inet autoconf +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr cardbus 4 , +.Xr ifmedia 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr hostname.if 5 , +.\".Xr hostapd 8 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 4.1 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Claudio Jeker +and +.An Marcus Glocker . +.Sh CAVEATS +WPA encryption is not supported for PCMCIA devices. |