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awi (4)
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    NAME

    
    
    awi
    
     - AMD PCnetMobile IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA wireless network driver
    
     
    

    SYNOPSIS

    To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
    device awi device wlan

    Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf5:

    if_awi_load="YES"
    
     

    DESCRIPTION

    The driver supports various IEEE 802.11 wireless cards which run AMD PCnetMobile firmware based on AMD 79c930 controller with Intersil (formerly Harris) PRISM radio chipset. It provides access to 32kb of memory shared between the controller and the host. All host/device interaction is via this shared memory, which can be accessed either via PCMCIA memory space or I/O space. The driver encapsulates all IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames.

    The driver works both in infrastructure mode and in adhoc (independent BSS) mode.

    In infrastructure mode, it communicates with an Access Point which serves as a link-layer bridge between an Ethernet and the wireless network. An access point also provides roaming capability which allows wireless nodes to move between access points.

    In adhoc mode, it communicates peer to peer. Though it is more efficient to communicate between wireless nodes, the coverage is limited spatially due to lack of roaming capability.

    In addition to these two modes in the IEEE 802.11 specification, the driver also supports a variant of adhoc mode out of spec for DS radio cards, which makes it possible to communicate with adhoc mode of wi(4) driver. The NWID does not affect in this mode.

    For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).  

    HARDWARE

    Cards supported by the driver include:

    BayStack 650
    1Mbps Frequency Hopping PCCARD adapter
    BayStack 660
    2Mbps Direct Sequence PCCARD adapter
    Icom SL-200
    2Mbps Direct Sequence PCCARD adapter
    Melco WLI-PCM
    2Mbps Direct Sequence PCCARD adapter
    NEL SSMagic
    2Mbps Direct Sequence PCCARD adapter
    Netwave AirSurfer Plus
    1Mbps Frequency Hopping PCCARD adapter
    Netwave AirSurfer Pro
    2Mbps Direct Sequence PCCARD adapter
    Nokia C020 WLAN
    2Mbps Direct Sequence PCCARD adapter
    Farallon SkyLINE
    2Mbps Direct Sequence PCCARD adapter

    The original Xircom Netwave AirSurfer is supported by the cnw(4) driver.  

    MEDIA SELECTION

    The DS cards support DS1 and DS2 media types, while the FH cards support FH1 media type. For each media type, adhoc mediaopt can be used to indicate the driver to operate in adhoc mode. For DS radio cards, adhoc , flag0 mediaopt can be used for wi(4) compatible adhoc mode. In addition to these station modes, hostap mediaopt can be used to create a host-based access point.  

    DIAGNOSTICS

    "awi0: awi_pccard_probe: bad banner:"
    The device failed to initialize its firmware.
    "awi0: failed to complete selftest (%s)"
    The device failed to complete its self test. In some circumstances, resetting device after power on fails. Re-inserting the card or down-then-up interface may be helpful.
    "awi0: transmit timeout"
    The device failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmitted packet.
    "awi0: failed to lock interrupt"
    The system was unable to obtain the lock to access shared memory.
    "awi0: command %d failed %x"
    The device failed to complete the request from the system.

     

    SEE ALSO

    altq(4), arp(4), cnw(4), miibus(4), netintro(4), pccard(4), wi(4), wlan(4), ifconfig(8)
    Am79C930 PCnet Mobile Single-Chip Wireless LAN Media Access Controller http://www.amd.com
     

    HISTORY

    The device driver first appeared in Nx 1.5 .  

    AUTHORS

    An -nosplit The initial version of the driver was written by An Bill Sommerfeld Aq [email protected] . Then the driver module was completely rewritten to support cards with DS phy and to support adhoc mode by An Atsushi Onoe Aq [email protected] .


     

    Index

    NAME
    SYNOPSIS
    DESCRIPTION
    HARDWARE
    MEDIA SELECTION
    DIAGNOSTICS
    SEE ALSO
    HISTORY
    AUTHORS


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