Hello Elie, On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 8:13 AM, Elie De Brauwer <eliedebrauwer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Michael, list, > > The current release of the manpages contains wavelan(4), but support for > this module/driver is gone since several years. Starting from 2.6.32 > (2009 )the driver was put in a staging mode ready for deprecation: > > The announcement e-mail is here: http://lwn.net/Articles/367876/ > Then it lived in staging for two more releases with the following cry > for help: http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.34.14/drivers/staging/wavelan/TODO > and disappeared since 2.6.35 and then all other traces (documentation, etc) > were also removed. > > Hence I think it's pointless to continue dragging this information around, > if the driver doesn't have much use to people anymore, I doubt the manpage > has. I'm reluctant to discard the page outright (occasionally, people do want to see even obsolete information), so I've simply added a note to the top of the page to say that the driver was removed in 2.6.35. Cheers, Michael > my 2 cents > E. > > --- > man4/wavelan.4 | 141 -------------------------------------------------------- > 1 file changed, 141 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 man4/wavelan.4 > > diff --git a/man4/wavelan.4 b/man4/wavelan.4 > deleted file mode 100644 > index 2fd7513..0000000 > --- a/man4/wavelan.4 > +++ /dev/null > @@ -1,141 +0,0 @@ > -.\" From jt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thu Dec 19 18:31:49 1996 > -.\" From: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > -.\" Address: HP Labs, Filton Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS12 6QZ, U.K. > -.\" Jean II - HPLB - '96 > -.\" wavelan.c.4 > -.\" > -.\" Provenance of this page is unclear. > -.\" > -.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPL_NOVERSION_ONELINE) > -.\" Licensed under the GPL, > -.\" after inquiries with Jean Tourrilhes and Bruce Janson > -.\" (mtk, July 2006) > -.\" %%%LICENSE_END > -.\" > -.TH WAVELAN 4 1996-10-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" > -.SH NAME > -wavelan \- AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver > -.SH SYNOPSIS > -.BI "insmod wavelan_cs.o [io=" B,B.. "] [ irq=" I,I.. "] [name=" N,N.. ] > -.SH DESCRIPTION > -.I wavelan > -is the low-level device driver for the NCR / AT&T / Lucent > -.B WaveLAN ISA > -and Digital (DEC) > -.B RoamAbout DS > -wireless ethernet adapter. > -This driver is available as a module or > -might be compiled in the kernel. > -This driver supports multiple cards > -in both forms (up to 4) and allocates the next available ethernet > -device (eth0..eth#) for each card found, unless a device name is > -explicitly specified (see below). > -This device name will be reported > -in the kernel log file with the MAC address, NWID and frequency used > -by the card. > -.SS Parameters > -This section apply to the module form (parameters passed on the > -.BR insmod (8) > -command line). > -If the driver is included in the kernel, use the > -.I ether=IRQ,IO,NAME > -syntax on the kernel command line. > -.TP > -.B io > -Specify the list of base address where to search for wavelan cards > -(setting by dip switch on the card). > -If you don't specify any io > -address, the driver will scan 0x390 and 0x3E0 addresses, which might > -conflict with other hardware... > -.TP > -.B irq > -Set the list of irq that each wavelan card should use (the value is > -saved in permanent storage for future use). > -.TP > -.B name > -Set the list of name to be used for each wavelan cards device (name > -used by > -.BR ifconfig (8)). > -.SS Wireless extensions > -Use > -.BR iwconfig (8) > -to manipulate wireless extensions. > -.SS NWID (or domain) > -Set the network ID > -.RI [ 0 > -to > -.IR FFFF ] > -or disable it > -.RI [ off ]. > -As the NWID is stored in the card Permanent Storage Area, it will be > -reuse at any further invocation of the driver. > -.SS Frequency & channels > -For the 2.4GHz 2.00 Hardware, you are able to set the frequency by > -specifying one of the 10 defined channels > -.RI ( 2.412, > -.I 2.422, 2.425, 2.4305, 2.432, 2.442, 2.452, 2.460, 2.462 > -or > -.IR 2.484 ) > -or directly by its value. > -The frequency is changed immediately and > -permanently. > -Frequency availability depends on the regulations... > -.SS Statistics spy > -Set a list of MAC addresses in the driver (up to 8) and get the last > -quality of link for each of those (see > -.BR iwspy (8)). > -.SS /proc/net/wireless > -.I status > -is the status reported by the modem. > -.I Link quality > -reports the quality of the modulation on the air (direct sequence > -spread spectrum) [max = 16]. > -.I Level > -and > -.I Noise > -refer to the signal level and noise level [max = 64]. > -The > -.I crypt discarded packet > -and > -.I misc discarded packet > -counters are not implemented. > -.SS Private ioctl > -You may use > -.BR iwpriv (8) > -to manipulate private ioctls. > -.SS Quality and level threshold > -Enable you the define the quality and level threshold used by the > -modem (packet below that level are discarded). > -.SS Histogram > -This functionality makes it possible to set a number of > -signal level intervals and > -to count the number of packets received in each of those defined > -intervals. > -This distribution might be used to calculate the mean value > -and standard deviation of the signal level. > -.SS Specific notes > -This driver will fail to detect some > -.B non-NCR/ATT&T/Lucent > -Wavelan cards. > -If this happens for you, you must look in the source code on > -how to add your card to the detection routine. > -.PP > -Some of the mentioned features are optional. > -You may enable to disable > -them by changing flags in the driver header and recompile. > -.\" .SH AUTHOR > -.\" Bruce Janson \(em bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -.\" .br > -.\" Jean Tourrilhes \(em jt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -.\" .br > -.\" (and others; see source code for details) > -.\" > -.\" SEE ALSO part > -.\" > -.SH SEE ALSO > -.BR wavelan_cs (4), > -.BR ifconfig (8), > -.BR insmod (8), > -.BR iwconfig (8), > -.BR iwpriv (8), > -.BR iwspy (8) > -- > 1.7.10.4 > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
