update nl80211.h

[thirdparty/iw.git] / iw.8

diff --git a/iw.8 b/iw.8
index 0b26b3f76d9333dfc1c29c485980798dc8a57a30..d0fcb61c82d7dbf50218976612f0e5d605e469bb 100644 (file)
--- a/iw.8
+++ b/iw.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH IW 8 "16 September 2008" "iw" "Linux"
+.TH IW 8 "7 June 2012" "iw" "Linux"
 .SH NAME
 iw \- show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ iw \- show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration
 .ad l
 .in +8
 .ti -8
-.B ip
-.RI [ " OPTIONS " ] " OBJECT " { " COMMAND " | "
-.BR help " }"
+.B iw
+.RI [ " OPTIONS " ] " " { "
+.BR help " [ "
+.RI ""command " ]"
+.BR "|"
+.RI ""OBJECT " " COMMAND " }"
 .sp
 
 .ti -8
@@ -17,10 +20,14 @@ iw \- show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration
 .sp
 
 .ti -8
-.IR OPTIONS " := { --debug }"
+.IR OPTIONS " := { --version | --debug }"
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 
+.TP
+.BR " --version"
+print version information and exit.
+
 .TP
 .BR " --debug"
 enable netlink message debugging.
@@ -31,12 +38,19 @@ enable netlink message debugging.
 .I OBJECT
 
 .TP
-.B dev
+.B dev <interface name>
 - network interface.
 
 .TP
-.B phy
-- wireless hardware device.
+.B phy <phy name>
+- wireless hardware device (by name).
+.TP
+.B phy#<phy index>
+- wireless hardware device (by index).
+
+.TP
+.B reg
+- regulatory agent.
 
 .SS
 .I COMMAND
@@ -44,7 +58,14 @@ enable netlink message debugging.
 Specifies the action to perform on the object.
 The set of possible actions depends on the object type.
 .B iw help
-will print all supported commands.
+will print all supported commands, while
+.B iw help command
+will print the help for all matching commands.
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.BR ip (8)
+.BR ip (8),
+.BR crda (8),
+.BR regdbdump (8),
+.BR regulatory.bin (5)
+
+.BR http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw