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+Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux in support of:
+
+Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection 
+Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection 
+
+Note: The Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux and Intel(R) 
+PRO/Wireless 2200BG Driver for Linux is a unified driver that works on 
+both hardware adapters listed above. In this document the Intel(R) 
+PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux will be used to reference the 
+unified driver.
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2005, Intel Corporation
+
+README.ipw2200
+
+Version: 1.0.0
+Date   : January 31, 2005
+
+
+Index
+-----------------------------------------------
+1.   Introduction
+1.1. Overview of features
+1.2. Module parameters
+1.3. Wireless Extension Private Methods
+1.4. Sysfs Helper Files
+2.   About the Version Numbers
+3.   Support
+4.   License
+
+
+1.   Introduction
+-----------------------------------------------
+The following sections attempt to provide a brief introduction to using 
+the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux.
+
+This document is not meant to be a comprehensive manual on 
+understanding or using wireless technologies, but should be sufficient 
+to get you moving without wires on Linux.
+
+For information on building and installing the driver, see the INSTALL
+file.
+
+
+1.1. Overview of Features
+-----------------------------------------------
+The current release (1.0.0) supports the following features:
+
++ BSS mode (Infrastructure, Managed)
++ IBSS mode (Ad-Hoc)
++ WEP (OPEN and SHARED KEY mode)
++ 802.1x EAP via wpa_supplicant and xsupplicant
++ Wireless Extension support 
++ Full B and G rate support (2200 and 2915)
++ Full A rate support (2915 only)
++ Transmit power control
++ S state support (ACPI suspend/resume)
++ long/short preamble support
+
+
+
+1.2. Command Line Parameters
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Like many modules used in the Linux kernel, the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 
+2915ABG Driver for Linux allows certain configuration options to be 
+provided as module parameters.  The most common way to specify a module 
+parameter is via the command line.  
+
+The general form is:
+
+% modprobe ipw2200 parameter=value
+
+Where the supported parameter are:
+
+  associate
+        Set to 0 to disable the auto scan-and-associate functionality of the
+        driver.  If disabled, the driver will not attempt to scan 
+        for and associate to a network until it has been configured with 
+        one or more properties for the target network, for example configuring 
+        the network SSID.  Default is 1 (auto-associate)
+        
+        Example: % modprobe ipw2200 associate=0
+
+  auto_create
+        Set to 0 to disable the auto creation of an Ad-Hoc network 
+        matching the channel and network name parameters provided.  
+        Default is 1.
+
+  channel
+        channel number for association.  The normal method for setting
+        the channel would be to use the standard wireless tools
+        (i.e. `iwconfig eth1 channel 10`), but it is useful sometimes
+        to set this while debugging.  Channel 0 means 'ANY'
+
+  debug
+        If using a debug build, this is used to control the amount of debug
+        info is logged.  See the 'dval' and 'load' script for more info on
+        how to use this (the dval and load scripts are provided as part 
+        of the ipw2200 development snapshot releases available from the 
+        SourceForge project at http://ipw2200.sf.net)
+
+  mode
+        Can be used to set the default mode of the adapter.  
+        0 = Managed, 1 = Ad-Hoc
+
+
+1.3. Wireless Extension Private Methods
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+As an interface designed to handle generic hardware, there are certain 
+capabilities not exposed through the normal Wireless Tool interface.  As 
+such, a provision is provided for a driver to declare custom, or 
+private, methods.  The Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux 
+defines several of these to configure various settings.
+
+The general form of using the private wireless methods is:
+
+        % iwpriv $IFNAME method parameters
+
+Where $IFNAME is the interface name the device is registered with 
+(typically eth1, customized via one of the various network interface
+name managers, such as ifrename)
+
+The supported private methods are:
+
+  get_mode
+        Can be used to report out which IEEE mode the driver is 
+        configured to support.  Example:
+        
+        % iwpriv eth1 get_mode
+        eth1    get_mode:802.11bg (6)
+
+  set_mode
+        Can be used to configure which IEEE mode the driver will 
+        support.  
+
+        Usage:
+        % iwpriv eth1 set_mode {mode}
+        Where {mode} is a number in the range 1-7:
+        1       802.11a (2915 only)
+        2       802.11b
+        3       802.11ab (2915 only)
+        4       802.11g 
+        5       802.11ag (2915 only)
+        6       802.11bg
+        7       802.11abg (2915 only)
+
+  get_preamble
+        Can be used to report configuration of preamble length.
+
+  set_preamble
+        Can be used to set the configuration of preamble length:
+
+        Usage:
+        % iwpriv eth1 set_preamble {mode}
+        Where {mode} is one of:
+        1       Long preamble only
+        0       Auto (long or short based on connection)
+        
+
+1.4. Sysfs Helper Files:
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+The Linux kernel provides a pseudo file system that can be used to 
+access various components of the operating system.  The Intel(R) 
+PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux exposes several configuration 
+parameters through this mechanism.
+
+An entry in the sysfs can support reading and/or writing.  You can 
+typically query the contents of a sysfs entry through the use of cat, 
+and can set the contents via echo.  For example:
+
+% cat /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/debug_level
+
+Will report the current debug level of the driver's logging subsystem 
+(only available if CONFIG_IPW_DEBUG was configured when the driver was 
+built).
+
+You can set the debug level via:
+
+% echo $VALUE > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/debug_level
+
+Where $VALUE would be a number in the case of this sysfs entry.  The 
+input to sysfs files does not have to be a number.  For example, the 
+firmware loader used by hotplug utilizes sysfs entries for transferring 
+the firmware image from user space into the driver.
+
+The Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux exposes sysfs entries 
+at two levels -- driver level, which apply to all instances of the 
+driver (in the event that there are more than one device installed) and 
+device level, which applies only to the single specific instance.
+
+
+1.4.1 Driver Level Sysfs Helper Files
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+For the driver level files, look in /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/
+
+  debug_level  
+        
+        This controls the same global as the 'debug' module parameter
+
+
+1.4.2 Device Level Sysfs Helper Files
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+For the device level files, look in
+        
+        /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/{PCI-ID}/
+
+For example:
+        /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/0000:02:01.0
+
+For the device level files, see /sys/bus/pci/[drivers/ipw2200:
+
+  rf_kill
+        read - 
+        0 = RF kill not enabled (radio on)
+        1 = SW based RF kill active (radio off)
+        2 = HW based RF kill active (radio off)
+        3 = Both HW and SW RF kill active (radio off)
+        write -
+        0 = If SW based RF kill active, turn the radio back on
+        1 = If radio is on, activate SW based RF kill
+
+        NOTE: If you enable the SW based RF kill and then toggle the HW
+        based RF kill from ON -> OFF -> ON, the radio will NOT come back on
+        
+  ucode 
+        read-only access to the ucode version number
+
+
+2.   About the Version Numbers
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Due to the nature of open source development projects, there are 
+frequently changes being incorporated that have not gone through 
+a complete validation process.  These changes are incorporated into 
+development snapshot releases.
+
+Releases are numbered with a three level scheme: 
+
+        major.minor.development
+
+Any version where the 'development' portion is 0 (for example
+1.0.0, 1.1.0, etc.) indicates a stable version that will be made 
+available for kernel inclusion.
+
+Any version where the 'development' portion is not a 0 (for
+example 1.0.1, 1.1.5, etc.) indicates a development version that is
+being made available for testing and cutting edge users.  The stability 
+and functionality of the development releases are not know.  We make
+efforts to try and keep all snapshots reasonably stable, but due to the
+frequency of their release, and the desire to get those releases 
+available as quickly as possible, unknown anomalies should be expected.
+
+The major version number will be incremented when significant changes
+are made to the driver.  Currently, there are no major changes planned.
+
+
+3.  Support
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+For installation support of the 1.0.0 version, you can contact 
+http://supportmail.intel.com, or you can use the open source project 
+support.
+
+For general information and support, go to:
+        
+    http://ipw2200.sf.net/
+
+
+4.  License
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+  Copyright(c) 2003 - 2005 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
+  under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as 
+  published by the Free Software Foundation.
+  
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 
+  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for 
+  more details.
+  
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+  this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 
+  Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+  
+  The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in the
+  file called LICENSE.
+  
+  Contact Information:
+  James P. Ketrenos <ipw2100-admin@linux.intel.com>
+  Intel Corporation, 5200 N.E. Elam Young Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97124-6497
+
+