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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 18:20:36 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 18:20:36 -0400 |
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1 | Generic HDLC layer | ||
2 | Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl> | ||
3 | January, 2003 | ||
4 | |||
5 | |||
6 | Generic HDLC layer currently supports: | ||
7 | - Frame Relay (ANSI, CCITT and no LMI), with ARP support (no InARP). | ||
8 | Normal (routed) and Ethernet-bridged (Ethernet device emulation) | ||
9 | interfaces can share a single PVC. | ||
10 | - raw HDLC - either IP (IPv4) interface or Ethernet device emulation. | ||
11 | - Cisco HDLC, | ||
12 | - PPP (uses syncppp.c), | ||
13 | - X.25 (uses X.25 routines). | ||
14 | |||
15 | There are hardware drivers for the following cards: | ||
16 | - C101 by Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. | ||
17 | - RISCom/N2 by SDL Communications Inc. | ||
18 | - and others, some not in the official kernel. | ||
19 | |||
20 | Ethernet device emulation (using HDLC or Frame-Relay PVC) is compatible | ||
21 | with IEEE 802.1Q (VLANs) and 802.1D (Ethernet bridging). | ||
22 | |||
23 | |||
24 | Make sure the hdlc.o and the hardware driver are loaded. It should | ||
25 | create a number of "hdlc" (hdlc0 etc) network devices, one for each | ||
26 | WAN port. You'll need the "sethdlc" utility, get it from: | ||
27 | http://hq.pm.waw.pl/hdlc/ | ||
28 | |||
29 | Compile sethdlc.c utility: | ||
30 | gcc -O2 -Wall -o sethdlc sethdlc.c | ||
31 | Make sure you're using a correct version of sethdlc for your kernel. | ||
32 | |||
33 | Use sethdlc to set physical interface, clock rate, HDLC mode used, | ||
34 | and add any required PVCs if using Frame Relay. | ||
35 | Usually you want something like: | ||
36 | |||
37 | sethdlc hdlc0 clock int rate 128000 | ||
38 | sethdlc hdlc0 cisco interval 10 timeout 25 | ||
39 | or | ||
40 | sethdlc hdlc0 rs232 clock ext | ||
41 | sethdlc hdlc0 fr lmi ansi | ||
42 | sethdlc hdlc0 create 99 | ||
43 | ifconfig hdlc0 up | ||
44 | ifconfig pvc0 localIP pointopoint remoteIP | ||
45 | |||
46 | In Frame Relay mode, ifconfig master hdlc device up (without assigning | ||
47 | any IP address to it) before using pvc devices. | ||
48 | |||
49 | |||
50 | Setting interface: | ||
51 | |||
52 | * v35 | rs232 | x21 | t1 | e1 - sets physical interface for a given port | ||
53 | if the card has software-selectable interfaces | ||
54 | loopback - activate hardware loopback (for testing only) | ||
55 | * clock ext - external clock (uses DTE RX and TX clock) | ||
56 | * clock int - internal clock (provides clock signal on DCE clock output) | ||
57 | * clock txint - TX internal, RX external (provides TX clock on DCE output) | ||
58 | * clock txfromrx - TX clock derived from RX clock (TX clock on DCE output) | ||
59 | * rate - sets clock rate in bps (not required for external clock or | ||
60 | for txfromrx) | ||
61 | |||
62 | Setting protocol: | ||
63 | |||
64 | * hdlc - sets raw HDLC (IP-only) mode | ||
65 | nrz / nrzi / fm-mark / fm-space / manchester - sets transmission code | ||
66 | no-parity / crc16 / crc16-pr0 (CRC16 with preset zeros) / crc32-itu | ||
67 | crc16-itu (CRC16 with ITU-T polynomial) / crc16-itu-pr0 - sets parity | ||
68 | |||
69 | * hdlc-eth - Ethernet device emulation using HDLC. Parity and encoding | ||
70 | as above. | ||
71 | |||
72 | * cisco - sets Cisco HDLC mode (IP, IPv6 and IPX supported) | ||
73 | interval - time in seconds between keepalive packets | ||
74 | timeout - time in seconds after last received keepalive packet before | ||
75 | we assume the link is down | ||
76 | |||
77 | * ppp - sets synchronous PPP mode | ||
78 | |||
79 | * x25 - sets X.25 mode | ||
80 | |||
81 | * fr - Frame Relay mode | ||
82 | lmi ansi / ccitt / none - LMI (link management) type | ||
83 | dce - Frame Relay DCE (network) side LMI instead of default DTE (user). | ||
84 | It has nothing to do with clocks! | ||
85 | t391 - link integrity verification polling timer (in seconds) - user | ||
86 | t392 - polling verification timer (in seconds) - network | ||
87 | n391 - full status polling counter - user | ||
88 | n392 - error threshold - both user and network | ||
89 | n393 - monitored events count - both user and network | ||
90 | |||
91 | Frame-Relay only: | ||
92 | * create n | delete n - adds / deletes PVC interface with DLCI #n. | ||
93 | Newly created interface will be named pvc0, pvc1 etc. | ||
94 | |||
95 | * create ether n | delete ether n - adds a device for Ethernet-bridged | ||
96 | frames. The device will be named pvceth0, pvceth1 etc. | ||
97 | |||
98 | |||
99 | |||
100 | |||
101 | Board-specific issues | ||
102 | --------------------- | ||
103 | |||
104 | n2.o and c101.o need parameters to work: | ||
105 | |||
106 | insmod n2 hw=io,irq,ram,ports[:io,irq,...] | ||
107 | example: | ||
108 | insmod n2 hw=0x300,10,0xD0000,01 | ||
109 | |||
110 | or | ||
111 | insmod c101 hw=irq,ram[:irq,...] | ||
112 | example: | ||
113 | insmod c101 hw=9,0xdc000 | ||
114 | |||
115 | If built into the kernel, these drivers need kernel (command line) parameters: | ||
116 | n2.hw=io,irq,ram,ports:... | ||
117 | or | ||
118 | c101.hw=irq,ram:... | ||
119 | |||
120 | |||
121 | |||
122 | If you have a problem with N2 or C101 card, you can issue the "private" | ||
123 | command to see port's packet descriptor rings (in kernel logs): | ||
124 | |||
125 | sethdlc hdlc0 private | ||
126 | |||
127 | The hardware driver has to be build with CONFIG_HDLC_DEBUG_RINGS. | ||
128 | Attaching this info to bug reports would be helpful. Anyway, let me know | ||
129 | if you have problems using this. | ||
130 | |||
131 | For patches and other info look at http://hq.pm.waw.pl/hdlc/ | ||