A 2 lines patch for wpa_supplicant.8 manual page -D option

u34 at net9.cf u34 at net9.cf
Tue Dec 31 01:53:47 PST 2024


$ zgrep -A50 EXAMPLES /usr/share/man/man8/wpa_supplicant.8.gz | grep -C2 'will use' 
If the specific driver wrapper is not known beforehand, it is
possible to specify multiple comma separated driver wrappers on the command
line. \fBwpa_supplicant\fR will use the first driver
wrapper that is able to initialize the interface.
.sp

Doesn't that clarification should be at the '-D driver' section?

--- a/wpa_supplicant.8	2024-12-31 09:34:32.145972894 +0000
+++ b/wpa_supplicant.8	2024-12-31 09:37:08.376582366 +0000
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@
 .TP
 \fB-D driver\fR
 Driver to use (can be multiple drivers: nl80211,wext).
+\fBwpa_supplicant\fR will use the first driver
+wrapper that is able to initialize the interface.
 (Per interface, see the available options below.)
 .TP
 \fB-e entropy file\fR

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u34



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