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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/qwx.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/qwx.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e87ac0f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/qwx.4 @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: qwx.4,v 1.10 2025/12/01 16:57:36 stsp Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2022 Martin Pieuchot <mpi@openbsd.org> +.\" Copyright (c) 2024 Stefan Sperling <stsp@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 1 2025 $ +.Dt QWX 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm qwx +.Nd Qualcomm IEEE 802.11a/ac/ax/b/g/n wireless network device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "qwx* at pci?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for Qualcomm Technologies QCNFA765 +802.11ax devices. +.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. +.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 offloads both encryption and decryption of unicast data frames to the +hardware for the CCMP cipher. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports protected management frames (PMF) which prevents spoofing +of management frames such as deauthentication, disassociation, and block-ack +negotiation, on networks using WPA. +.Pp +In BSS mode the driver supports background scanning; +see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.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 the following firmware files, +which are loaded when an interface is brought up: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.0-amss +.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.0-board-2 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.0-m3 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.0-regdb +.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.1-amss +.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.1-board-2 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.1-m3 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.1-regdb +.El +.Pp +These firmware files are not free because Qualcomm refuses to grant +distribution rights without contractual obligations. +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 EXAMPLES +The following example scans for available networks: +.Pp +.Dl # ifconfig qwx0 scan +.Pp +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example configures qwx0 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 ifmedia 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr hostname.if 5 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 7.5 . +.Sh CAVEATS +The +.Nm +driver does not support any of the 802.11ac and 802.11ax +capabilities offered by the hardware. +.Sh BUGS +Broadcast and Multicast frames are only received on networks which +do not use encryption or which use WPA. +This prevents ARP and IPv6 from working correctly on networks which +use WEP encryption. |
