docs/55440: [PATCH] correction of wi(4)

[Lukas Ertl]

>Number:         55440
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [PATCH] correction of wi(4)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Aug 10 04:20:16 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Lukas Ertl
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Vienna University Computer Center
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD korben 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #24: Sat Aug 9 13:17:00 CEST 2003 le at korben:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KORBEN i386


	
>Description:
	
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--- wi.4.diff begins here ---
Index: share/man/man4/wi.4
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/bsdcvs/src/share/man/man4/wi.4,v
retrieving revision 1.51
diff -u -r1.51 wi.4
--- share/man/man4/wi.4	19 Jul 2003 06:19:43 -0000	1.51
+++ share/man/man4/wi.4	10 Aug 2003 11:04:50 -0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 Except for the Lucent WaveLAN Bronze cards, all cards supported by the
 .Nm
 driver support WEP for encryption.
-To enable encryption, use the
+To enable encryption, use
 .Xr ifconfig 8
 as shown below.
 .Pp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 .Dq "legacy Lucent ad-hoc mode" ,
 predates the IEEE 802.11 specification and so may not interoperate
 with cards from different vendors.
-The standardized point-to-point mode, is called IBSS (or confusingly
+The standardized point-to-point mode is called IBSS (or confusingly
 just ad-hoc mode), but is not supported by cards with very old
 firmware revisions.
 If your cards supports IBSS mode, it is recommended that you use it in
@@ -247,9 +247,10 @@
 Wisecom Wireless LAN PCI Adapter
 .El
 .Pp
-The following addapters have the same model numbers as those listed
+The following adapters have the same model numbers as those listed
 above, but might not work if the actual card is after the change away
-from the Prism family.
+from the Prism family:
+.Pp
 .Bl -item -compact
 .It
 DLink DWL520
@@ -293,7 +294,8 @@
 Create a host-based access point with WEP enabled (Prism only):
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \e
-	wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap
+	wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 media DS/11Mbps \e
+	mediaopt hostap
 .Ed
 .Pp
 Create a host-based wireless bridge to fxp0 (Prism only):
@@ -309,14 +311,14 @@
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 .Bl -diag
 .It "wi%d: init failed"
-The WaveLAN card failed to come ready after an initialization command
+The WaveLAN card failed to become ready after an initialization command
 was issued.
 .It "wi%d: failed to allocate %d bytes on NIC"
 The driver was unable to allocate memory for transmit frames in the
 NIC's on-board RAM.
 This can also be an indication of an incorrectly configured interrupt.
 .It "wi%d: device timeout"
-The WaveLAN failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit
+The WaveLAN card failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit
 command.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
@@ -374,7 +376,7 @@
 .Pp
 Lucent cards prior to firmware version 6.0.6 do not support IBSS
 mode.
-These cards support only the pre 802.11 mode known as
+These cards support only the pre-802.11 mode known as
 .Dq "demo ad-hoc mode"
 which does not interoperate with stations in IBSS mode.
 .Pp
--- wi.4.diff ends here ---


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