madwimax(8)

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version 0.1.1 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

💖 madwimax — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, so you found madwimax(8) and you're like "what is this" — don't worry, I got you. it's giving niche-but-iconic. let's go 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

madwimax — a driver for mobile WiMAX equipment based on Samsung CMC-730. no cap, that's literally the whole name section. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

madwimax [OPTIONS]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options go in, magic comes out. ✨

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so madwimax is an experimental reverse-engineered linux driver for mobile WiMAX (802.16e) devices built on the Samsung CMC-730 chip. reverse-engineered?? the audacity?? the talent?? we stan. 😭💖

these devices are currently supported, periodt:

  • Samsung SWC-U200
  • Samsung SWC-E100
  • Samsung SWM-S10R — and yeah, this one is built in the Samsung NC-10 netbook 👑

and here's the slay: the driver is completely user-space. no kernel modules, no drama, no rebuilding your entire kernel at 3am. it just needs libusb-1.0 and the TUN/TAP driver to work. that's the whole shopping list 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -d, --daemonize — daemonize after startup. go be a background girlie, invisible, unbothered, thriving 💅
  • --device=VID:PID — pick the USB device by its VID:PID combo. very "here's my ID, let me in" of you.
  • -e FILE, --event-script=FILE — give it the path to the event script. tell it where the script lives, it'll handle the rest 🎀
  • --exact-device=BUS/DEVICE — specify the exact USB BUS/DEVICE. and listen — the manpage literally says use with care! so like, be careful bestie, this one is not a drill 😭
  • -f, --detach-dvd — detach the pseudo-DVD kernel driver on startup. bye-bye fake DVD, we don't know her anymore 🦋
  • -h, --help — display help. when in doubt, ask for help, that's growth ✨
  • -l FILE, --log-file=FILE — write the log to the specified FILE instead of the other methods. journaling era 📓
  • -o, --diode-off — turn off the diode. and lowkey important: the diode is turned on by default, so use this if you want the lights off 💡
  • -q, --quiet — switch off logging. silent, mysterious, main character energy 🤫
  • -V, --version — print the program version number. identity check 💅
  • -v, --verbose — increase the log level. yes bestie, tell me EVERYTHING 🗣️🔥
  • --ssid=SSID — specify the service set identifier, aka the SSID, which is a friendly name that identifies a particular 802.16e wireless network. it's the network's little name tag 🏷️💖

✨ EXIT STATUS ✨

  • 0 — Success. we ate and left no crumbs 👑
  • 1 — Failure. and to be specific, that's: syntax or usage error; hardware error; underlying software error; unexpected error. so basically anything going wrong lands here. the vibes were off, bestie 💀

✨ BUGS ✨

found a bug? don't suffer in silence, go tell the madwimax issue tracker:

http://code.google.com/p/madwimax/issues/list

ngl reporting bugs is self-care 🙈

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Written by Alexander Gordeev, <mailto:lasaine@lvk.cs.msu.su>. the icon, the legend, the reverse-engineer. we love to see it 🫶

✨ RESOURCES ✨

Main web site:

http://code.google.com/p/madwimax/

iykyk 💜

✨ COPYING ✨

Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Alexander Gordeev. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). free software, free as a butterfly 🦋✨

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one's dated 1 April 2024 and it's from the madwimax(8) manual, so if you see it in the wild you'll know exactly who she is 💖🌸 bye ily!! ✨

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