git: f9d062f35c - main - handbook: Move capabilities' description to ifconfig(8)

Mateusz Piotrowski <[email protected]>
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The branch main has been updated by 0mp:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=f9d062f35cc1edf33d42c1f498930135ae2945e8

commit f9d062f35cc1edf33d42c1f498930135ae2945e8
Author:     Mateusz Piotrowski <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2022-03-29 11:19:51 +0000
Commit:     Mateusz Piotrowski <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2022-03-29 11:21:09 +0000

    handbook: Move capabilities' description to ifconfig(8)
    
    Let's document those flags in ifconfig(8).
    
    Commit hash of the related src change:
    05621e0b2094d566aa39b82d01b4a6902a1b22b7
    
    Reviewed by:    debdrup
    Reviewed by:    Pau Amma
    Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34663
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 .../books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc | 24 +---------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc
index 1b3810dcb0..cc18f93b75 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc
@@ -543,29 +543,7 @@ Subsequent scan requests do not require the interface to be marked as up again.
 
 The output of a scan request lists each BSS/IBSS network found.
 Besides listing the name of the network, the `SSID`, the output also shows the `BSSID`, which is the MAC address of the access point.
-The `CAPS` field identifies the type of each network and the capabilities of the stations operating there:
-
-.Station Capability Codes
-[cols="1,1", frame="none", options="header"]
-|===
-| Capability Code
-| Meaning
-
-|`E`
-|Extended Service Set (ESS). Indicates that the station is part of an infrastructure network rather than an IBSS/ad-hoc network.
-
-|`I`
-|IBSS/ad-hoc network. Indicates that the station is part of an ad-hoc network rather than an ESS network.
-
-|`P`
-|Privacy. Encryption is required for all data frames exchanged within the BSS using cryptographic means such as WEP, TKIP or AES-CCMP.
-
-|`S`
-|Short Preamble. Indicates that the network is using short preambles, defined in 802.11b High Rate/DSSS PHY, and utilizes a 56 bit sync field rather than the 128 bit field used in long preamble mode.
-
-|`s`
-|Short slot time. Indicates that the 802.11g network is using a short slot time because there are no legacy (802.11b) stations present.
-|===
+The `CAPS` field identifies the type of each network and the capabilities of the stations operating there (see the definition of `list scan` in man:ifconfig[8] for more details).
 
 One can also display the current list of known networks with:
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