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| author | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2008-07-22 17:12:37 +1000 |
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| committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2008-07-22 17:12:37 +1000 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl index 5a8ffa7..ea3bc95 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl @@ -524,6 +524,44 @@ These utilities include endpoint autoconfiguration. <!-- !Edrivers/usb/gadget/epautoconf.c --> </sect1> +<sect1 id="composite"><title>Composite Device Framework</title> + +<para>The core API is sufficient for writing drivers for composite +USB devices (with more than one function in a given configuration), +and also multi-configuration devices (also more than one function, +but not necessarily sharing a given configuration). +There is however an optional framework which makes it easier to +reuse and combine functions. +</para> + +<para>Devices using this framework provide a <emphasis>struct +usb_composite_driver</emphasis>, which in turn provides one or +more <emphasis>struct usb_configuration</emphasis> instances. +Each such configuration includes at least one +<emphasis>struct usb_function</emphasis>, which packages a user +visible role such as "network link" or "mass storage device". +Management functions may also exist, such as "Device Firmware +Upgrade". +</para> + +!Iinclude/linux/usb/composite.h +!Edrivers/usb/gadget/composite.c + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="functions"><title>Composite Device Functions</title> + +<para>At this writing, a few of the current gadget drivers have +been converted to this framework. +Near-term plans include converting all of them, except for "gadgetfs". +</para> + +!Edrivers/usb/gadget/f_acm.c +!Edrivers/usb/gadget/f_serial.c + +</sect1> + + </chapter> <chapter id="controllers"><title>Peripheral Controller Drivers</title> diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 65a1482..9f73587 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -308,9 +308,41 @@ Who: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> --------------------------- +What: SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_OLD, + SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_OLD +When: June 2009 +Why: A newer version of the options have been introduced in 2005 that + removes the limitions of the old API. The sctp library has been + converted to use these new options at the same time. Any user + space app that directly uses the old options should convert to using + the new options. +Who: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> + +--------------------------- + What: CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON When: January 2009 Why: This option was introduced just to allow older lm-sensors userspace to keep working over the upgrade to 2.6.26. At the scheduled time of removal fixed lm-sensors (2.x or 3.x) should be readily available. Who: Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com> + +--------------------------- + +What: Code that is now under CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS + (in net/core/net-sysfs.c) +When: After the only user (hal) has seen a release with the patches + for enough time, probably some time in 2010. +Why: Over 1K .text/.data size reduction, data is available in other + ways (ioctls) +Who: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> + +--------------------------- + +What: CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT +When: 2.6.29 +Why: Accounting can now be enabled/disabled without kernel recompilation. + Currently used only to set a default value for a feature that is also + controlled by a kernel/module/sysfs/sysctl parameter. +Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl> + diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c index 25151fd..03964879 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static struct config_item *simple_children_make_item(struct config_group *group, simple_child = kzalloc(sizeof(struct simple_child), GFP_KERNEL); if (!simple_child) - return NULL; + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); config_item_init_type_name(&simple_child->item, name, @@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static struct config_group *group_children_make_group(struct config_group *group simple_children = kzalloc(sizeof(struct simple_children), GFP_KERNEL); if (!simple_children) - return NULL; + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); config_group_init_type_name(&simple_children->group, name, diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt index d0ec45a..44bd766 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ################################################################################ Author: NetApp and Open Grid Computing - Date: April 15, 2008 + Date: May 29, 2008 Table of Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -60,16 +60,18 @@ Installation The procedures described in this document have been tested with distributions from Red Hat's Fedora Project (http://fedora.redhat.com/). - - Install nfs-utils-1.1.1 or greater on the client + - Install nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater on the client - An NFS/RDMA mount point can only be obtained by using the mount.nfs - command in nfs-utils-1.1.1 or greater. To see which version of mount.nfs - you are using, type: + An NFS/RDMA mount point can be obtained by using the mount.nfs command in + nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater (nfs-utils-1.1.1 was the first nfs-utils + version with support for NFS/RDMA mounts, but for various reasons we + recommend using nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater). To see which version of + mount.nfs you are using, type: - > /sbin/mount.nfs -V + $ /sbin/mount.nfs -V - If the version is less than 1.1.1 or the command does not exist, - then you will need to install the latest version of nfs-utils. + If the version is less than 1.1.2 or the command does not exist, + you should install the latest version of nfs-utils. Download the latest package from: @@ -77,22 +79,33 @@ Installation Uncompress the package and follow the installation instructions. - If you will not be using GSS and NFSv4, the installation process - can be simplified by disabling these features when running configure: + If you will not need the idmapper and gssd executables (you do not need + these to create an NFS/RDMA enabled mount command), the installation + process can be simplified by disabling these features when running + configure: - > ./configure --disable-gss --disable-nfsv4 + $ ./configure --disable-gss --disable-nfsv4 - For more information on this see the package's README and INSTALL files. + To build nfs-utils you will need the tcp_wrappers package installed. For + more information on this see the package's README and INSTALL files. After building the nfs-utils package, there will be a mount.nfs binary in the utils/mount directory. This binary can be used to initiate NFS v2, v3, - or v4 mounts. To initiate a v4 mount, the binary must be called mount.nfs4. - The standard technique is to create a symlink called mount.nfs4 to mount.nfs. + or v4 mounts. To initiate a v4 mount, the binary must be called + mount.nfs4. The standard technique is to create a symlink called + mount.nfs4 to mount.nfs. - NOTE: mount.nfs and therefore nfs-utils-1.1.1 or greater is only needed + This mount.nfs binary should be installed at /sbin/mount.nfs as follows: + + $ sudo cp utils/mount/mount.nfs /sbin/mount.nfs + + In this location, mount.nfs will be invoked automatically for NFS mounts + by the system mount commmand. + + NOTE: mount.nfs and therefore nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater is only needed on the NFS client machine. You do not need this specific version of nfs-utils on the server. Furthermore, only the mount.nfs command from - nfs-utils-1.1.1 is needed on the client. + nfs-utils-1.1.2 is needed on the client. - Install a Linux kernel with NFS/RDMA @@ -156,8 +169,8 @@ Check RDMA and NFS Setup this time. For example, if you are using a Mellanox Tavor/Sinai/Arbel card: - > modprobe ib_mthca - > modprobe ib_ipoib + $ modprobe ib_mthca + $ modprobe ib_ipoib If you are using InfiniBand, make sure there is a Subnet Manager (SM) running on the network. If your IB switch has an embedded SM, you can @@ -166,7 +179,7 @@ Check RDMA and NFS Setup If an SM is running on your network, you should see the following: - > cat /sys/class/infiniband/driverX/ports/1/state + $ cat /sys/class/infiniband/driverX/ports/1/state 4: ACTIVE where driverX is mthca0, ipath5, ehca3, etc. @@ -174,10 +187,10 @@ Check RDMA and NFS Setup To further test the InfiniBand software stack, use IPoIB (this assumes you have two IB hosts named host1 and host2): - host1> ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.x - host2> ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.y - host1> ping a.b.c.y - host2> ping a.b.c.x + host1$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.x + host2$ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.y + host1$ ping a.b.c.y + host2$ ping a.b.c.x For other device types, follow the appropriate procedures. @@ -202,11 +215,11 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup /vol0 192.168.0.47(fsid=0,rw,async,insecure,no_root_squash) /vol0 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(fsid=0,rw,async,insecure,no_root_squash) - The IP address(es) is(are) the client's IPoIB address for an InfiniBand HCA or the - cleint's iWARP address(es) for an RNIC. + The IP address(es) is(are) the client's IPoIB address for an InfiniBand + HCA or the cleint's iWARP address(es) for an RNIC. - NOTE: The "insecure" option must be used because the NFS/RDMA client does not - use a reserved port. + NOTE: The "insecure" option must be used because the NFS/RDMA client does + not use a reserved port. Each time a machine boots: @@ -214,43 +227,45 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup For InfiniBand using a Mellanox adapter: - > modprobe ib_mthca - > modprobe ib_ipoib - > ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.d + $ modprobe ib_mthca + $ modprobe ib_ipoib + $ ifconfig ib0 a.b.c.d NOTE: use unique addresses for the client and server - Start the NFS server - If the NFS/RDMA server was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in kernel config), - load the RDMA transport module: + If the NFS/RDMA server was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in + kernel config), load the RDMA transport module: - > modprobe svcrdma + $ modprobe svcrdma - Regardless of how the server was built (module or built-in), start the server: + Regardless of how the server was built (module or built-in), start the + server: - > /etc/init.d/nfs start + $ /etc/init.d/nfs start or - > service nfs start + $ service nfs start Instruct the server to listen on the RDMA transport: - > echo rdma 2050 > /proc/fs/nfsd/portlist + $ echo rdma 2050 > /proc/fs/nfsd/portlist - On the client system - If the NFS/RDMA client was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in kernel config), - load the RDMA client module: + If the NFS/RDMA client was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in + kernel config), load the RDMA client module: - > modprobe xprtrdma.ko + $ modprobe xprtrdma.ko - Regardless of how the client was built (module or built-in), issue the mount.nfs command: + Regardless of how the client was built (module or built-in), use this + command to mount the NFS/RDMA server: - > /path/to/your/mount.nfs <IPoIB-server-name-or-address>:/<export> /mnt -i -o rdma,port=2050 + $ mount -o rdma,port=2050 <IPoIB-server-name-or-address>:/<export> /mnt - To verify that the mount is using RDMA, run "cat /proc/mounts" and check the - "proto" field for the given mount. + To verify that the mount is using RDMA, run "cat /proc/mounts" and check + the "proto" field for the given mount. Congratulations! You're using NFS/RDMA! diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/paravirt_ops.txt b/Documentation/ia64/paravirt_ops.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..39ded02 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ia64/paravirt_ops.txt @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +Paravirt_ops on IA64 +==================== + 21 May 2008, Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@valinux.co.jp> + + +Introduction +------------ +The aim of this documentation is to help with maintainability and/or to +encourage people to use paravirt_ops/IA64. + +paravirt_ops (pv_ops in short) is a way for virtualization support of +Linux kernel on x86. Several ways for virtualization support were +proposed, paravirt_ops is the winner. +On the other hand, now there are also several IA64 virtualization +technologies like kvm/IA64, xen/IA64 and many other academic IA64 +hypervisors so that it is good to add generic virtualization +infrastructure on Linux/IA64. + + +What is paravirt_ops? +--------------------- +It has been developed on x86 as virtualization support via API, not ABI. +It allows each hypervisor to override operations which are important for +hypervisors at API level. And it allows a single kernel binary to run on +all supported execution environments including native machine. +Essentially paravirt_ops is a set of function pointers which represent +operations corresponding to low level sensitive instructions and high +level functionalities in various area. But one significant difference +from usual function pointer table is that it allows optimization with +binary patch. It is because some of these operations are very +performance sensitive and indirect call overhead is not negligible. +With binary patch, indirect C function call can be transformed into +direct C function call or in-place execution to eliminate the overhead. + +Thus, operations of paravirt_ops are classified into three categories. +- simple indirect call + These operations correspond to high level functionality so that the + overhead of indirect call isn't very important. + +- indirect call which allows optimization with binary patch + Usually these operations correspond to low level instructions. They + are called frequently and performance critical. So the overhead is + very important. + +- a set of macros for hand written assembly code + Hand written assembly codes (.S files) also need paravirtualization + because they include sensitive instructions or some of code paths in + them are very performance critical. + + +The relation to the IA64 machine vector +--------------------------------------- +Linux/IA64 has the IA64 machine vector functionality which allows the +kernel to switch implementations (e.g. initialization, ipi, dma api...) +depending on executing platform. +We can replace some implementations very easily defining a new machine +vector. Thus another approach for virtualization support would be +enhancing the machine vector functionality. +But paravirt_ops approach was taken because +- virtualization support needs wider support than machine vector does. + e.g. low level instruction paravirtualization. It must be + initialized very early before platform detection. + +- virtualization support needs more functionality like binary patch. + Probably the calling overhead might not be very large compared to the + emulation overhead of virtualization. However in the native case, the + overhead should be eliminated completely. + A single kernel binary should run on each environment including native, + and the overhead of paravirt_ops on native environment should be as + small as possible. + +- for full virtualization technology, e.g. KVM/IA64 or + Xen/IA64 HVM domain, the result would be + (the emulated platform machine vector. probably dig) + (pv_ops). + This means that the virtualization support layer should be under + the machine vector layer. + +Possibly it might be better to move some function pointers from +paravirt_ops to machine vector. In fact, Xen domU case utilizes both +pv_ops and machine vector. + + +IA64 paravirt_ops +----------------- +In this section, the concrete paravirt_ops will be discussed. +Because of the architecture difference between ia64 and x86, the +resulting set of functions is very different from x86 pv_ops. + +- C function pointer tables +They are not very performance critical so that simple C indirect +function call is acceptable. The following structures are defined at +this moment. For details see linux/include/asm-ia64/paravirt.h + - struct pv_info + This structure describes the execution environment. + - struct pv_init_ops + This structure describes the various initialization hooks. + - struct pv_iosapic_ops + This structure describes hooks to iosapic operations. + - struct pv_irq_ops + This structure describes hooks to irq related operations + - struct pv_time_op + This structure describes hooks to steal time accounting. + +- a set of indirect calls which need optimization +Currently this class of functions correspond to a subset of IA64 +intrinsics. At this moment the optimization with binary patch isn't +implemented yet. +struct pv_cpu_op is defined. For details see +linux/include/asm-ia64/paravirt_privop.h +Mostly they correspond to ia64 intrinsics 1-to-1. +Caveat: Now they are defined as C indirect function pointers, but in +order to support binary patch optimization, they will be changed +using GCC extended inline assembly code. + +- a set of macros for hand written assembly code (.S files) +For maintenance purpose, the taken approach for .S files is single +source code and compile multiple times with different macros definitions. +Each pv_ops instance must define those macros to compile. +The important thing here is that sensitive, but non-privileged +instructions must be paravirtualized and that some privileged +instructions also need paravirtualization for reasonable performance. +Developers who modify .S files must be aware of that. At this moment +an easy checker is implemented to detect paravirtualization breakage. +But it doesn't cover all the cases. + +Sometimes this set of macros is called pv_cpu_asm_op. But there is no +corresponding structure in the source code. +Those macros mostly 1:1 correspond to a subset of privileged +instructions. See linux/include/asm-ia64/native/inst.h. +And some functions written in assembly also need to be overrided so +that each pv_ops instance have to define some macros. Again see +linux/include/asm-ia64/native/inst.h. + + +Those structures must be initialized very early before start_kernel. +Probably initialized in head.S using multi entry point or some other trick. +For native case implementation see linux/arch/ia64/kernel/paravirt.c. diff --git a/Documentation/input/gameport-programming.txt b/Documentation/input/gameport-programming.txt index 14e0a8b..03a74fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/gameport-programming.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/gameport-programming.txt @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ -$Id: gameport-programming.txt,v 1.3 2001/04/24 13:51:37 vojtech Exp $ - Programming gameport drivers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/Documentation/input/input.txt b/Documentation/input/input.txt index ff8cea0..686ee99 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/input.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/input.txt @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ Linux Input drivers v1.0 (c) 1999-2001 Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz> Sponsored by SuSE - $Id: input.txt,v 1.8 2002/05/29 03:15:01 bradleym Exp $ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Disclaimer diff --git a/Documentation/input/joystick-api.txt b/Documentation/input/joystick-api.txt index acbd32b..c507330 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/joystick-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/joystick-api.txt @@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ 7 Aug 1998 - $Id: joystick-api.txt,v 1.2 2001/05/08 21:21:23 vojtech Exp $ - 1. Initialization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt b/Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt index ede5f33..1c856f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ (c) 1998-2000 Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz> (c) 1998 Andree Borrmann <a.borrmann@tu-bs.de> Sponsored by SuSE - $Id: joystick-parport.txt,v 1.6 2001/09/25 09:31:32 vojtech Exp $ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Disclaimer diff --git a/Documentation/input/joystick.txt b/Documentation/input/joystick.txt index 389de9b..154d767 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/joystick.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/joystick.txt @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ Linux Joystick driver v2.0.0 (c) 1996-2000 Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz> Sponsored by SuSE - $Id: joystick.txt,v 1.12 2002/03/03 12:13:07 jdeneux Exp $ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Disclaimer diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 5e497d1..30d44b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -147,10 +147,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file default: 0 acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options - Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep } + Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, old_ordering } See Documentation/power/video.txt for s3_bios and s3_mode. s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called. + old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS + control method, wrt putting devices into low power + states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering of _PTS is + used by default). acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode Format: { level | edge | high | low } @@ -1202,7 +1206,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file or memmap=0x10000$0x18690000 - memtest= [KNL,X86_64] Enable memtest + memtest= [KNL,X86] Enable memtest Format: <integer> range: 0,4 : pattern number default : 0 <disable> @@ -1275,6 +1279,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file This usage is only documented in each driver source file if at all. + nf_conntrack.acct= + [NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting + 0 to disable accounting + 1 to enable accounting + Default value depends on CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT that is + going to be removed in 2.6.29. + nfsaddrs= [NFS] See Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt. @@ -1537,6 +1548,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Use with caution as certain devices share address decoders between ROMs and other resources. + norom [X86-32,X86_64] Do not assign address space to + expansion ROMs that do not already have + BIOS assigned address ranges. irqmask=0xMMMM [X86-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards @@ -2151,6 +2165,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be reported either. + unknown_nmi_panic + [X86-32,X86-64] + Set unknown_nmi_panic=1 early on boot. + usbcore.autosuspend= [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt index a8b4306..1da9d1b 100644 --- a/Documentation/md.txt +++ b/Documentation/md.txt @@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ All md devices contain: writing the word for the desired state, however some states cannot be explicitly set, and some transitions are not allowed. + Select/poll works on this file. All changes except between + active_idle and active (which can be frequent and are not + very interesting) are notified. active->active_idle is + reported if the metadata is externally managed. + clear No devices, no size, no level Writing is equivalent to STOP_ARRAY ioctl @@ -292,6 +297,10 @@ Each directory contains: writemostly - device will only be subject to read requests if there are no other options. This applies only to raid1 arrays. + blocked - device has failed, metadata is "external", + and the failure hasn't been acknowledged yet. + Writes that would write to this device if + it were not faulty are blocked. spare - device is working, but not a full member. This includes spares that are in the process of being recovered to @@ -301,6 +310,12 @@ Each directory contains: Writing "remove" removes the device from the array. Writing "writemostly" sets the writemostly flag. Writing "-writemostly" clears the writemostly flag. + Writing "blocked" sets the "blocked" flag. + Writing "-blocked" clear the "blocked" flag and allows writes + to complete. + + This file responds to select/poll. Any change to 'faulty' + or 'blocked' causes an event. errors An approximate count of read errors that have been detected on @@ -332,7 +347,7 @@ Each directory contains: for storage of data. This will normally be the same as the component_size. This can be written while assembling an array. If a value less than the current component_size is - written, component_size will be reduced to this value. + written, it will be rejected. An active md device will also contain and entry for each active device @@ -381,6 +396,19 @@ also have 'check' and 'repair' will start the appropriate process providing the current state is 'idle'. + This file responds to select/poll. Any important change in the value + triggers a poll event. Sometimes the value will briefly be + "recover" if a recovery seems to be needed, but cannot be + achieved. In that case, the transition to "recover" isn't + notified, but the transition away is. + + degraded + This contains a count of the number of devices by which the + arrays is degraded. So an optimal array with show '0'. A + single failed/missing drive will show '1', etc. + This file responds to select/poll, any increase or decrease + in the count of missing devices will trigger an event. + mismatch_count When performing 'check' and 'repair', and possibly when performing 'resync', md will count the number of errors that are diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index a0cda06..7fa7fe7 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -289,35 +289,73 @@ downdelay fail_over_mac Specifies whether active-backup mode should set all slaves to - the same MAC address (the traditional behavior), or, when - enabled, change the bond's MAC address when changing the - active interface (i.e., fail over the MAC address itself). - - Fail over MAC is useful for devices that cannot ever alter - their MAC address, or for devices that refuse incoming - broadcasts with their own source MAC (which interferes with - the ARP monitor). - - The down side of fail over MAC is that every device on the - network must be updated via gratuitous ARP, vs. just updating - a switch or set of switches (which often takes place for any - traffic, not just ARP traffic, if the switch snoops incoming - traffic to update its tables) for the traditional method. If - the gratuitous ARP is lost, communication may be disrupted. - - When fail over MAC is used in conjuction with the mii monitor, - devices which assert link up prior to being able to actually - transmit and receive are particularly susecptible to loss of - the gratuitous ARP, and an appropriate updelay setting may be - required. - - A value of 0 disables fail over MAC, and is the default. A - value of 1 enables fail over MAC. This option is enabled - automatically if the first slave added cannot change its MAC - address. This option may be modified via sysfs only when no - slaves are present in the bond. - - This option was added in bonding version 3.2.0. + the same MAC address at enslavement (the traditional + behavior), or, when enabled, perform special handling of the + bond's MAC address in accordance with the selected policy. + + Possible values are: + + none or 0 + + This setting disables fail_over_mac, and causes + bonding to set all slaves of an active-backup bond to + the same MAC address at enslavement time. This is the + default. + + active or 1 + + The "active" fail_over_mac policy indicates that the + MAC address of the bond should always be the MAC + address of the currently active slave. The MAC + address of the slaves is not changed; instead, the MAC + address of the bond changes during a failover. + + This policy is useful for devices that cannot ever + alter their MAC address, or for devices that refuse + incoming broadcasts with their own source MAC (which + interferes with the ARP monitor). + + The down side of this policy is that every device on + the network must be updated via gratuitous ARP, + vs. just updating a switch or set of switches (which + often takes place for any traffic, not just ARP + traffic, if the switch snoops incoming traffic to + update its tables) for the traditional method. If the + gratuitous ARP is lost, communication may be + disrupted. + + When this policy is used in conjuction with the mii + monitor, devices which assert link up prior to being + able to actually transmit and receive are particularly + susecptible to loss of the gratuitous ARP, and an + appropriate updelay setting may be required. + + follow or 2 + + The "follow" fail_over_mac policy causes the MAC + address of the bond to be selected normally (normally + the MAC address of the first slave added to the bond). + However, the second and subsequent slaves are not set + to this MAC address while they are in a backup role; a + slave is programmed with the bond's MAC address at + failover time (and the formerly active slave receives + the newly active slave's MAC address). + + This policy is useful for multiport devices that + either become confused or incur a performance penalty + when multiple ports are programmed with the same MAC + address. + + + The default policy is none, unless the first slave cannot + change its MAC address, in which case the active policy is + selected by default. + + This option may be modified via sysfs only when no slaves are + present in the bond. + + This option was added in bonding version 3.2.0. The "follow" + policy was added in bonding version 3.3.0. lacp_rate @@ -338,7 +376,8 @@ max_bonds Specifies the number of bonding devices to create for this instance of the bonding driver. E.g., if max_bonds is 3, and the bonding driver is not already loaded, then bond0, bond1 - and bond2 will be created. The default value is 1. + and bond2 will be created. The default value is 1. Specifying + a value of 0 will load bonding, but will not create any devices. miimon @@ -501,6 +540,17 @@ mode swapped with the new curr_active_slave that was chosen. +num_grat_arp + + Specifies the number of gratuitous ARPs to be issued after a + failover event. One gratuitous ARP is issued immediately after + the failover, subsequent ARPs are sent at a rate of one per link + monitor interval (arp_interval or miimon, whichever is active). + + The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. This option + affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for + bonding version 3.3.0. + primary A string (eth0, eth2, etc) specifying which slave is the diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dm9000.txt b/Documentation/networking/dm9000.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..65df3de --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/dm9000.txt @@ -0,0 +1,167 @@ +DM9000 Network driver +===================== + +Copyright 2008 Simtec Electronics, + Ben Dooks <ben@simtec.co.uk> <ben-linux@fluff.org> + + +Introduction +------------ + +This file describes how to use the DM9000 platform-device based network driver +that is contained in the files drivers/net/dm9000.c and drivers/net/dm9000.h. + +The driver supports three DM9000 variants, the DM9000E which is the first chip +supported as well as the newer DM9000A and DM9000B devices. It is currently +maintained and tested by Ben Dooks, who should be CC: to any patches for this +driver. + + +Defining the platform device +---------------------------- + +The minimum set of resources attached to the platform device are as follows: + + 1) The physical address of the address register + 2) The physical address of the data register + 3) The IRQ line the device's interrupt pin is connected to. + +These resources should be specified in that order, as the ordering of the +two address regions is important (the driver expects these to be address +and then data). + +An example from arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/mach-bast.c is: + +static struct resource bast_dm9k_resource[] = { + [0] = { + .start = S3C2410_CS5 + BAST_PA_DM9000, + .end = S3C2410_CS5 + BAST_PA_DM9000 + 3, + .flags = IORESOURCE_MEM, + }, + [1] = { + .start = S3C2410_CS5 + BAST_PA_DM9000 + 0x40, + .end = S3C2410_CS5 + BAST_PA_DM9000 + 0x40 + 0x3f, + .flags = IORESOURCE_MEM, + }, + [2] = { + .start = IRQ_DM9000, + .end = IRQ_DM9000, + .flags = IORESOURCE_IRQ | IORESOURCE_IRQ_HIGHLEVEL, + } +}; + +static struct platform_device bast_device_dm9k = { + .name = "dm9000", + .id = 0, + .num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(bast_dm9k_resource), + .resource = bast_dm9k_resource, +}; + +Note the setting of the IRQ trigger flag in bast_dm9k_resource[2].flags, +as this will generate a warning if it is not present. The trigger from +the flags field will be passed to request_irq() when registering the IRQ +handler to ensure that the IRQ is setup correctly. + +This shows a typical platform device, without the optional configuration +platform data supplied. The next example uses the same resources, but adds +the optional platform data to pass extra configuration data: + +static struct dm9000_plat_data bast_dm9k_platdata = { + .flags = DM9000_PLATF_16BITONLY, +}; + +static struct platform_device bast_device_dm9k = { + .name = "dm9000", + .id = 0, + .num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(bast_dm9k_resource), + .resource = bast_dm9k_resource, + .dev = { + .platform_data = &bast_dm9k_platdata, + } +}; + +The platform data is defined in include/linux/dm9000.h and described below. + + +Platform data +------------- + +Extra platform data for the DM9000 can describe the IO bus width to the +device, whether or not an external PHY is attached to the device and +the availability of an external configuration EEPROM. + +The flags for the platform data .flags field are as follows: + +DM9000_PLATF_8BITONLY + + The IO should be done with 8bit operations. + +DM9000_PLATF_16BITONLY + + The IO should be done with 16bit operations. + +DM9000_PLATF_32BITONLY + + The IO should be done with 32bit operations. + +DM9000_PLATF_EXT_PHY + + The chip is connected to an external PHY. + +DM9000_PLATF_NO_EEPROM + + This can be used to signify that the board does not have an + EEPROM, or that the EEPROM should be hidden from the user. + +DM9000_PLATF_SIMPLE_PHY + + Switch to using the simpler PHY polling method which does not + try and read the MII PHY state regularly. This is only available + when using the internal PHY. See the section on link state polling + for more information. + + The config symbol DM9000_FORCE_SIMPLE_PHY_POLL, Kconfig entry + "Force simple NSR based PHY polling" allows this flag to be + forced on at build time. + + +PHY Link state polling +---------------------- + +The driver keeps track of the link state and informs the network core +about link (carrier) availablilty. This is managed by several methods +depending on the version of the chip and on which PHY is being used. + +For the internal PHY, the original (and currently default) method is +to read the MII state, either when the status changes if we have the +necessary interrupt support in the chip or every two seconds via a +periodic timer. + +To reduce the overhead for the internal PHY, there is now the option +of using the DM9000_FORCE_SIMPLE_PHY_POLL config, or DM9000_PLATF_SIMPLE_PHY +platform data option to read the summary information without the +expensive MII accesses. This method is faster, but does not print +as much information. + +When using an external PHY, the driver currently has to poll the MII +link status as there is no method for getting an interrupt on link change. + + +DM9000A / DM9000B +----------------- + +These chips are functionally similar to the DM9000E and are supported easily +by the same driver. The features are: + + 1) Interrupt on internal PHY state change. This means that the periodic + polling of the PHY status may be disabled on these devices when using + the internal PHY. + + 2) TCP/UDP checksum offloading, which the driver does not currently support. + + +ethtool +------- + +The driver supports the ethtool interface for access to the driver +state information, the PHY state and the EEPROM. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 946b66e..d849326 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -551,8 +551,9 @@ icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts - BOOLEAN icmp_ratelimit - INTEGER Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMP packets whose type matches icmp_ratemask (see below) to specific targets. - 0 to disable any limiting, otherwise the maximal rate in jiffies(1) - Default: 100 + 0 to disable any limiting, + otherwise the minimal space between responses in milliseconds. + Default: 1000 icmp_ratemask - INTEGER Mask made of ICMP types for which rates are being limited. @@ -1023,11 +1024,23 @@ max_addresses - INTEGER autoconfigured addresses. Default: 16 +disable_ipv6 - BOOLEAN + Disable IPv6 operation. + Default: FALSE (enable IPv6 operation) + +accept_dad - INTEGER + Whether to accept DAD (Duplicate Address Detection). + 0: Disable DAD + 1: Enable DAD (default) + 2: Enable DAD, and disable IPv6 operation if MAC-based duplicate + link-local address has been found. + icmp/*: ratelimit - INTEGER Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets. - 0 to disable any limiting, otherwise the maximal rate in jiffies(1) - Default: 100 + 0 to disable any limiting, + otherwise the minimal space between responses in milliseconds. + Default: 1000 IPv6 Update by: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt b/Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt index 7c98277..a0d0ffb 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Family of Adapters -================================================================ +Linux Base Driver for 10 Gigabit Intel(R) Network Connection +============================================================= -November 17, 2004 +October 9, 2007 Contents @@ -9,94 +9,151 @@ Contents - In This Release - Identifying Your Adapter +- Building and Installation - Command Line Parameters - Improving Performance +- Additional Configurations +- Known Issues/Troubleshooting - Support + In This Release =============== -This file describes the Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Family -of Adapters, version 1.0.x. +This file describes the ixgb Linux Base Driver for the 10 Gigabit Intel(R) +Network Connection. This driver includes support for Itanium(R)2-based +systems. + +For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation +supplied with your 10 Gigabit adapter. All hardware requirements listed apply +to use with Linux. + +The following features are available in this kernel: + - Native VLANs + - Channel Bonding (teaming) + - SNMP + +Channel Bonding documentation can be found in the Linux kernel source: +/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt + +The driver information previously displayed in the /proc filesystem is not +supported in this release. Alternatively, you can use ethtool (version 1.6 +or later), lspci, and ifconfig to obtain the same information. + +Instructions on updating ethtool can be found in the section "Additional +Configurations" later in this document. -For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation -supplied with your Intel PRO/10GbE adapter. All hardware requirements listed -apply to use with Linux. Identifying Your Adapter ======================== -To verify your Intel adapter is supported, find the board ID number on the -adapter. Look for a label that has a barcode and a number in the format -A12345-001. +The following Intel network adapters are compatible with the drivers in this +release: + +Controller Adapter Name Physical Layer +---------- ------------ -------------- +82597EX Intel(R) PRO/10GbE LR/SR/CX4 10G Base-LR (1310 nm optical fiber) + Server Adapters 10G Base-SR (850 nm optical fiber) + 10G Base-CX4(twin-axial copper cabling) + +For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & +Driver ID Guide at: + + http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-012904.htm + + +Building and Installation +========================= + +select m for "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE support" located at: + Location: + -> Device Drivers + -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y]) + -> Ethernet (10000 Mbit) (NETDEV_10000 [=y]) +1. make modules && make modules_install + +2. Load the module: + +Â Â Â Â modprobe ixgb <parameter>=<value> + + The insmod command can be used if the full + path to the driver module is specified. For example: + + insmod /lib/modules/<KERNEL VERSION>/kernel/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb.ko + + With 2.6 based kernels also make sure that older ixgb drivers are + removed from the kernel, before loading the new module: -Use the above information and the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: + rmmod ixgb; modprobe ixgb - http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm +3. Assign an IP address to the interface by entering the following, where + x is the interface number: -For the latest Intel network drivers for Linux, go to: + ifconfig ethx <IP_address> + +4. Verify that the interface works. Enter the following, where <IP_address> + is the IP address for another machine on the same subnet as the interface + that is being tested: + + ping <IP_address> - http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp Command Line Parameters ======================= -If the driver is built as a module, the following optional parameters are -used by entering them on the command line with the modprobe or insmod command -using this syntax: +If the driver is built as a module, the following optional parameters are +used by entering them on the command line with the modprobe command using +this syntax: modprobe ixgb [<option>=<VAL1>,<VAL2>,...] - insmod ixgb [<option>=<VAL1>,<VAL2>,...] +For example, with two 10GbE PCI adapters, entering: -For example, with two PRO/10GbE PCI adapters, entering: + modprobe ixgb TxDescriptors=80,128 - insmod ixgb TxDescriptors=80,128 - -loads the ixgb driver with 80 TX resources for the first adapter and 128 TX +loads the ixgb driver with 80 TX resources for the first adapter and 128 TX resources for the second adapter. The default value for each parameter is generally the recommended setting, -unless otherwise noted. Also, if the driver is statically built into the -kernel, the driver is loaded with the default values for all the parameters. -Ethtool can be used to change some of the parameters at runtime. +unless otherwise noted. FlowControl Valid Range: 0-3 (0=none, 1=Rx only, 2=Tx only, 3=Rx&Tx) Default: Read from the EEPROM - If EEPROM is not detected, default is 3 - This parameter controls the automatic generation(Tx) and response(Rx) to - Ethernet PAUSE frames. + If EEPROM is not detected, default is 1 + This parameter controls the automatic generation(Tx) and response(Rx) to + Ethernet PAUSE frames. There are hardware bugs associated with enabling + Tx flow control so beware. RxDescriptors Valid Range: 64-512 Default Value: 512 - This value is the number of receive descriptors allocated by the driver. - Increasing this value allows the driver to buffer more incoming packets. - Each descriptor is 16 bytes. A receive buffer is also allocated for - each descriptor and can be either 2048, 4056, 8192, or 16384 bytes, - depending on the MTU setting. When the MTU size is 1500 or less, the + This value is the number of receive descriptors allocated by the driver. + Increasing this value allows the driver to buffer more incoming packets. + Each descriptor is 16 bytes. A receive buffer is also allocated for + each descriptor and can be either 2048, 4056, 8192, or 16384 bytes, + depending on the MTU setting. When the MTU size is 1500 or less, the receive buffer size is 2048 bytes. When the MTU is greater than 1500 the - receive buffer size will be either 4056, 8192, or 16384 bytes. The + receive buffer size will be either 4056, 8192, or 16384 bytes. The maximum MTU size is 16114. RxIntDelay Valid Range: 0-65535 (0=off) -Default Value: 6 - This value delays the generation of receive interrupts in units of - 0.8192 microseconds. Receive interrupt reduction can improve CPU - efficiency if properly tuned for specific network traffic. Increasing - this value adds extra latency to frame reception and can end up - decreasing the throughput of TCP traffic. If the system is reporting - dropped receives, this value may be set too high, causing the driver to +Default Value: 72 + This value delays the generation of receive interrupts in units of + 0.8192 microseconds. Receive interrupt reduction can improve CPU + efficiency if properly tuned for specific network traffic. Increasing + this value adds extra latency to frame reception and can end up + decreasing the throughput of TCP traffic. If the system is reporting + dropped receives, this value may be set too high, causing the driver to run out of available receive descriptors. TxDescriptors Valid Range: 64-4096 Default Value: 256 This value is the number of transmit descriptors allocated by the driver. - Increasing this value allows the driver to queue more transmits. Each + Increasing this value allows the driver to queue more transmits. Each descriptor is 16 bytes. XsumRX @@ -105,51 +162,49 @@ Default Value: 1 A value of '1' indicates that the driver should enable IP checksum offload for received packets (both UDP and TCP) to the adapter hardware. -XsumTX -Valid Range: 0-1 -Default Value: 1 - A value of '1' indicates that the driver should enable IP checksum - offload for transmitted packets (both UDP and TCP) to the adapter - hardware. Improving Performance ===================== -With the Intel PRO/10 GbE adapter, the default Linux configuration will very -likely limit the total available throughput artificially. There is a set of -things that when applied together increase the ability of Linux to transmit -and receive data. The following enhancements were originally acquired from -settings published at http://www.spec.org/web99 for various submitted results -using Linux. +With the 10 Gigabit server adapters, the default Linux configuration will +very likely limit the total available throughput artificially. There is a set +of configuration changes that, when applied together, will increase the ability +of Linux to transmit and receive data. The following enhancements were +originally acquired from settings published at http://www.spec.org/web99/ for +various submitted results using Linux. -NOTE: These changes are only suggestions, and serve as a starting point for -tuning your network performance. +NOTE: These changes are only suggestions, and serve as a starting point for + tuning your network performance. The changes are made in three major ways, listed in order of greatest effect: -- Use ifconfig to modify the mtu (maximum transmission unit) and the txqueuelen +- Use ifconfig to modify the mtu (maximum transmission unit) and the txqueuelen parameter. - Use sysctl to modify /proc parameters (essentially kernel tuning) -- Use setpci to modify the MMRBC field in PCI-X configuration space to increase +- Use setpci to modify the MMRBC field in PCI-X configuration space to increase transmit burst lengths on the bus. -NOTE: setpci modifies the adapter's configuration registers to allow it to read -up to 4k bytes at a time (for transmits). However, for some systems the -behavior after modifying this register may be undefined (possibly errors of some -kind). A power-cycle, hard reset or explicitly setting the e6 register back to -22 (setpci -d 8086:1048 e6.b=22) may be required to get back to a stable -configuration. +NOTE: setpci modifies the adapter's configuration registers to allow it to read +up to 4k bytes at a time (for transmits). However, for some systems the +behavior after modifying this register may be undefined (possibly errors of +some kind). A power-cycle, hard reset or explicitly setting the e6 register +back to 22 (setpci -d 8086:1a48 e6.b=22) may be required to get back to a +stable configuration. - COPY these lines and paste them into ixgb_perf.sh: #!/bin/bash -echo "configuring network performance , edit this file to change the interface" +echo "configuring network performance , edit this file to change the interface +or device ID of 10GbE card" # set mmrbc to 4k reads, modify only Intel 10GbE device IDs -setpci -d 8086:1048 e6.b=2e -# set the MTU (max transmission unit) - it requires your switch and clients to change too! +# replace 1a48 with appropriate 10GbE device's ID installed on the system, +# if needed. +setpci -d 8086:1a48 e6.b=2e +# set the MTU (max transmission unit) - it requires your switch and clients +# to change as well. # set the txqueuelen # your ixgb adapter should be loaded as eth1 for this to work, change if needed ifconfig eth1 mtu 9000 txqueuelen 1000 up -# call the sysctl utility to modify /proc/sys entries -sysctl -p ./sysctl_ixgb.conf +# call the sysctl utility to modify /proc/sys entries +sysctl -p ./sysctl_ixgb.conf - END ixgb_perf.sh - COPY these lines and paste them into sysctl_ixgb.conf: @@ -159,54 +214,220 @@ sysctl -p ./sysctl_ixgb.conf # several network benchmark tests, your mileage may vary ### IPV4 specific settings -net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 0 # turns TCP timestamp support off, default 1, reduces CPU use -net.ipv4.tcp_sack = 0 # turn SACK support off, default on -# on systems with a VERY fast bus -> memory interface this is the big gainer -net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 10000000 10000000 10000000 # sets min/default/max TCP read buffer, default 4096 87380 174760 -net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 10000000 10000000 10000000 # sets min/pressure/max TCP write buffer, default 4096 16384 131072 -net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 10000000 10000000 10000000 # sets min/pressure/max TCP buffer space, default 31744 32256 32768 +# turn TCP timestamp support off, default 1, reduces CPU use +net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 0 +# turn SACK support off, default on +# on systems with a VERY fast bus -> memory interface this is the big gainer +net.ipv4.tcp_sack = 0 +# set min/default/max TCP read buffer, default 4096 87380 174760 +net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 10000000 10000000 10000000 +# set min/pressure/max TCP write buffer, default 4096 16384 131072 +net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 10000000 10000000 10000000 +# set min/pressure/max TCP buffer space, default 31744 32256 32768 +net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 10000000 10000000 10000000 ### CORE settings (mostly for socket and UDP effect) -net.core.rmem_max = 524287 # maximum receive socket buffer size, default 131071 -net.core.wmem_max = 524287 # maximum send socket buffer size, default 131071 -net.core.rmem_default = 524287 # default receive socket buffer size, default 65535 -net.core.wmem_default = 524287 # default send socket buffer size, default 65535 -net.core.optmem_max = 524287 # maximum amount of option memory buffers, default 10240 -net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 300000 # number of unprocessed input packets before kernel starts dropping them, default 300 +# set maximum receive socket buffer size, default 131071 +net.core.rmem_max = 524287 +# set maximum send socket buffer size, default 131071 +net.core.wmem_max = 524287 +# set default receive socket buffer size, default 65535 +net.core.rmem_default = 524287 +# set default send socket buffer size, default 65535 +net.core.wmem_default = 524287 +# set maximum amount of option memory buffers, default 10240 +net.core.optmem_max = 524287 +# set number of unprocessed input packets before kernel starts dropping them; default 300 +net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 300000 - END sysctl_ixgb.conf -Edit the ixgb_perf.sh script if necessary to change eth1 to whatever interface -your ixgb driver is using. +Edit the ixgb_perf.sh script if necessary to change eth1 to whatever interface +your ixgb driver is using and/or replace '1a48' with appropriate 10GbE device's +ID installed on the system. -NOTE: Unless these scripts are added to the boot process, these changes will -only last only until the next system reboot. +NOTE: Unless these scripts are added to the boot process, these changes will + only last only until the next system reboot. Resolving Slow UDP Traffic -------------------------- +If your server does not seem to be able to receive UDP traffic as fast as it +can receive TCP traffic, it could be because Linux, by default, does not set +the network stack buffers as large as they need to be to support high UDP +transfer rates. One way to alleviate this problem is to allow more memory to +be used by the IP stack to store incoming data. -If your server does not seem to be able to receive UDP traffic as fast as it -can receive TCP traffic, it could be because Linux, by default, does not set -the network stack buffers as large as they need to be to support high UDP -transfer rates. One way to alleviate this problem is to allow more memory to -be used by the IP stack to store incoming data. - -For instance, use the commands: +For instance, use the commands: sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=262143 and sysctl -w net.core.rmem_default=262143 -to increase the read buffer memory max and default to 262143 (256k - 1) from -defaults of max=131071 (128k - 1) and default=65535 (64k - 1). These variables -will increase the amount of memory used by the network stack for receives, and +to increase the read buffer memory max and default to 262143 (256k - 1) from +defaults of max=131071 (128k - 1) and default=65535 (64k - 1). These variables +will increase the amount of memory used by the network stack for receives, and can be increased significantly more if necessary for your application. + +Additional Configurations +========================= + + Configuring the Driver on Different Distributions + ------------------------------------------------- + Configuring a network driver to load properly when the system is started is + distribution dependent. Typically, the configuration process involves adding + an alias line to /etc/modprobe.conf as well as editing other system startup + scripts and/or configuration files. Many popular Linux distributions ship + with tools to make these changes for you. To learn the proper way to + configure a network device for your system, refer to your distribution + documentation. If during this process you are asked for the driver or module + name, the name for the Linux Base Driver for the Intel 10GbE Family of + Adapters is ixgb. + + Viewing Link Messages + --------------------- + Link messages will not be displayed to the console if the distribution is + restricting system messages. In order to see network driver link messages on + your console, set dmesg to eight by entering the following: + + dmesg -n 8 + + NOTE: This setting is not saved across reboots. + + + Jumbo Frames + ------------ + The driver supports Jumbo Frames for all adapters. Jumbo Frames support is + enabled by changing the MTU to a value larger than the default of 1500. + The maximum value for the MTU is 16114. Use the ifconfig command to + increase the MTU size. For example: + + ifconfig ethx mtu 9000 up + + The maximum MTU setting for Jumbo Frames is 16114. This value coincides + with the maximum Jumbo Frames size of 16128. + + + Ethtool + ------- + The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and + diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. Ethtool + version 1.6 or later is required for this functionality. + + The latest release of ethtool can be found from + http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel + + NOTE: Ethtool 1.6 only supports a limited set of ethtool options. Support + for a more complete ethtool feature set can be enabled by upgrading + to the latest version. + + + NAPI + ---- + + NAPI (Rx polling mode) is supported in the ixgb driver. NAPI is enabled + or disabled based on the configuration of the kernel. see CONFIG_IXGB_NAPI + + See www.cyberus.ca/~hadi/usenix-paper.tgz for more information on NAPI. + + +Known Issues/Troubleshooting +============================ + + NOTE: After installing the driver, if your Intel Network Connection is not + working, verify in the "In This Release" section of the readme that you have + installed the correct driver. + + Intel(R) PRO/10GbE CX4 Server Adapter Cable Interoperability Issue with + Fujitsu XENPAK Module in SmartBits Chassis + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + Excessive CRC errors may be observed if the Intel(R) PRO/10GbE CX4 + Server adapter is connected to a Fujitsu XENPAK CX4 module in a SmartBits + chassis using 15 m/24AWG cable assemblies manufactured by Fujitsu or Leoni. + The CRC errors may be received either by the Intel(R) PRO/10GbE CX4 + Server adapter or the SmartBits. If this situation occurs using a different + cable assembly may resolve the issue. + + CX4 Server Adapter Cable Interoperability Issues with HP Procurve 3400cl + Switch Port + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + Excessive CRC errors may be observed if the Intel(R) PRO/10GbE CX4 Server + adapter is connected to an HP Procurve 3400cl switch port using short cables + (1 m or shorter). If this situation occurs, using a longer cable may resolve + the issue. + + Excessive CRC errors may be observed using Fujitsu 24AWG cable assemblies that + Are 10 m or longer or where using a Leoni 15 m/24AWG cable assembly. The CRC + errors may be received either by the CX4 Server adapter or at the switch. If + this situation occurs, using a different cable assembly may resolve the issue. + + + Jumbo Frames System Requirement + ------------------------------- + Memory allocation failures have been observed on Linux systems with 64 MB + of RAM or less that are running Jumbo Frames. If you are using Jumbo + Frames, your system may require more than the advertised minimum + requirement of 64 MB of system memory. + + + Performance Degradation with Jumbo Frames + ----------------------------------------- + Degradation in throughput performance may be observed in some Jumbo frames + environments. If this is observed, increasing the application's socket buffer + size and/or increasing the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_*mem entry values may help. + See the specific application manual and /usr/src/linux*/Documentation/ + networking/ip-sysctl.txt for more details. + + + Allocating Rx Buffers when Using Jumbo Frames + --------------------------------------------- + Allocating Rx buffers when using Jumbo Frames on 2.6.x kernels may fail if + the available memory is heavily fragmented. This issue may be seen with PCI-X + adapters or with packet split disabled. This can be reduced or eliminated + by changing the amount of available memory for receive buffer allocation, by + increasing /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes. + + + Multiple Interfaces on Same Ethernet Broadcast Network + ------------------------------------------------------ + Due to the default ARP behavior on Linux, it is not possible to have + one system on two IP networks in the same Ethernet broadcast domain + (non-partitioned switch) behave as expected. All Ethernet interfaces + will respond to IP traffic for any IP address assigned to the system. + This results in unbalanced receive traffic. + + If you have multiple interfaces in a server, do either of the following: + + - Turn on ARP filtering by entering: + echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_filter + + - Install the interfaces in separate broadcast domains - either in + different switches or in a switch partitioned to VLANs. + + + UDP Stress Test Dropped Packet Issue + -------------------------------------- + Under small packets UDP stress test with 10GbE driver, the Linux system + may drop UDP packets due to the fullness of socket buffers. You may want + to change the driver's Flow Control variables to the minimum value for + controlling packet reception. + + + Tx Hangs Possible Under Stress + ------------------------------ + Under stress conditions, if TX hangs occur, turning off TSO + "ethtool -K eth0 tso off" may resolve the problem. + + Support ======= -For general information and support, go to the Intel support website at: +For general information, go to the Intel support website at: http://support.intel.com +or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at: + + http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000 + If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported -kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to -the issue to linux.nics@intel.com. +kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related +to the issue to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2ff8ccb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +mac80211_hwsim - software simulator of 802.11 radio(s) for mac80211 +Copyright (c) 2008, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> + +This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as +published by the Free Software Foundation. + + +Introduction + +mac80211_hwsim is a Linux kernel module that can be used to simulate +arbitrary number of IEEE 802.11 radios for mac80211. It can be used to +test most of the mac80211 functionality and user space tools (e.g., +hostapd and wpa_supplicant) in a way that matches very closely with +the normal case of using real WLAN hardware. From the mac80211 view +point, mac80211_hwsim is yet another hardware driver, i.e., no changes +to mac80211 are needed to use this testing tool. + +The main goal for mac80211_hwsim is to make it easier for developers +to test their code and work with new features to mac80211, hostapd, +and wpa_supplicant. The simulated radios do not have the limitations +of real hardware, so it is easy to generate an arbitrary test setup +and always reproduce the same setup for future tests. In addition, +since all radio operation is simulated, any channel can be used in +tests regardless of regulatory rules. + +mac80211_hwsim kernel module has a parameter 'radios' that can be used +to select how many radios are simulated (default 2). This allows +configuration of both very simply setups (e.g., just a single access +point and a station) or large scale tests (multiple access points with +hundreds of stations). + +mac80211_hwsim works by tracking the current channel of each virtual +radio and copying all transmitted frames to all other radios that are +currently enabled and on the same channel as the transmitting +radio. Software encryption in mac80211 is used so that the frames are +actually encrypted over the virtual air interface to allow more +complete testing of encryption. + +A global monitoring netdev, hwsim#, is created independent of +mac80211. This interface can be used to monitor all transmitted frames +regardless of channel. + + +Simple example + +This example shows how to use mac80211_hwsim to simulate two radios: +one to act as an access point and the other as a station that +associates with the AP. hostapd and wpa_supplicant are used to take +care of WPA2-PSK authentication. In addition, hostapd is also +processing access point side of association. + +Please note that the current Linux kernel does not enable AP mode, so a +simple patch is needed to enable AP mode selection: +http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/006-allow-ap-vlan-modes.patch + + +# Build mac80211_hwsim as part of kernel configuration + +# Load the module +modprobe mac80211_hwsim + +# Run hostapd (AP) for wlan0 +hostapd hostapd.conf + +# Run wpa_supplicant (station) for wlan1 +wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan1 -c wpa_supplicant.conf diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/hostapd.conf b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/hostapd.conf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..08cde7e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/hostapd.conf @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +interface=wlan0 +driver=nl80211 + +hw_mode=g +channel=1 +ssid=mac80211 test + +wpa=2 +wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK +wpa_pairwise=CCMP +wpa_passphrase=12345678 diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/wpa_supplicant.conf b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/wpa_supplicant.conf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..299128c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/wpa_supplicant.conf @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant + +network={ + ssid="mac80211 test" + psk="12345678" + key_mgmt=WPA-PSK + proto=WPA2 + pairwise=CCMP + group=CCMP +} diff --git a/Documentation/networking/multiqueue.txt b/Documentation/networking/multiqueue.txt index ea5a42e..d391ea6 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/multiqueue.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/multiqueue.txt @@ -3,19 +3,11 @@ =========================================== Section 1: Base driver requirements for implementing multiqueue support -Section 2: Qdisc support for multiqueue devices -Section 3: Brief howto using PRIO or RR for multiqueue devices - Intro: Kernel support for multiqueue devices --------------------------------------------------------- -Kernel support for multiqueue devices is only an API that is presented to the -netdevice layer for base drivers to implement. This feature is part of the -core networking stack, and all network devices will be running on the -multiqueue-aware stack. If a base driver only has one queue, then these -changes are transparent to that driver. - +Kernel support for multiqueue devices is always present. Section 1: Base driver requirements for implementing multiqueue support ----------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -32,84 +24,4 @@ netif_{start|stop|wake}_subqueue() functions to manage each queue while the device is still operational. netdev->queue_lock is still used when the device comes online or when it's completely shut down (unregister_netdev(), etc.). -Finally, the base driver should indicate that it is a multiqueue device. The -feature flag NETIF_F_MULTI_QUEUE should be added to the netdev->features -bitmap on device initialization. Below is an example from e1000: - -#ifdef CONFIG_E1000_MQ - if ( (adapter->hw.mac.type == e1000_82571) || - (adapter->hw.mac.type == e1000_82572) || - (adapter->hw.mac.type == e1000_80003es2lan)) - netdev->features |= NETIF_F_MULTI_QUEUE; -#endif - - -Section 2: Qdisc support for multiqueue devices ------------------------------------------------ - -Currently two qdiscs support multiqueue devices. A new round-robin qdisc, -sch_rr, and sch_prio. The qdisc is responsible for classifying the skb's to -bands and queues, and will store the queue mapping into skb->queue_mapping. -Use this field in the base driver to determine which queue to send the skb -to. - -sch_rr has been added for hardware that doesn't want scheduling policies from -software, so it's a straight round-robin qdisc. It uses the same syntax and -classification priomap that sch_prio uses, so it should be intuitive to -configure for people who've used sch_prio. - -In order to utilitize the multiqueue features of the qdiscs, the network -device layer needs to enable multiple queue support. This can be done by -selecting NETDEVICES_MULTIQUEUE under Drivers. - -The PRIO qdisc naturally plugs into a multiqueue device. If -NETDEVICES_MULTIQUEUE is selected, then on qdisc load, the number of -bands requested is compared to the number of queues on the hardware. If they -are equal, it sets a one-to-one mapping up between the queues and bands. If -they're not equal, it will not load the qdisc. This is the same behavior -for RR. Once the association is made, any skb that is classified will have -skb->queue_mapping set, which will allow the driver to properly queue skb's -to multiple queues. - - -Section 3: Brief howto using PRIO and RR for multiqueue devices ---------------------------------------------------------------- - -The userspace command 'tc,' part of the iproute2 package, is used to configure -qdiscs. To add the PRIO qdisc to your network device, assuming the device is -called eth0, run the following command: - -# tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: prio bands 4 multiqueue - -This will create 4 bands, 0 being highest priority, and associate those bands -to the queues on your NIC. Assuming eth0 has 4 Tx queues, the band mapping -would look like: - -band 0 => queue 0 -band 1 => queue 1 -band 2 => queue 2 -band 3 => queue 3 - -Traffic will begin flowing through each queue if your TOS values are assigning -traffic across the various bands. For example, ssh traffic will always try to -go out band 0 based on TOS -> Linux priority conversion (realtime traffic), -so it will be sent out queue 0. ICMP traffic (pings) fall into the "normal" -traffic classification, which is band 1. Therefore pings will be send out -queue 1 on the NIC. - -Note the use of the multiqueue keyword. This is only in versions of iproute2 -that support multiqueue networking devices; if this is omitted when loading -a qdisc onto a multiqueue device, the qdisc will load and operate the same -if it were loaded onto a single-queue device (i.e. - sends all traffic to -queue 0). - -Another alternative to multiqueue band allocation can be done by using the -multiqueue option and specify 0 bands. If this is the case, the qdisc will -allocate the number of bands to equal the number of queues that the device -reports, and bring the qdisc online. - -The behavior of tc filters remains the same, where it will override TOS priority -classification. - - Author: Peter P. Waskiewicz Jr. <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/s2io.txt b/Documentation/networking/s2io.txt index 1e28e2d..c3d6b4d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/s2io.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/s2io.txt @@ -52,13 +52,10 @@ d. MSI/MSI-X. Can be enabled on platforms which support this feature (IA64, Xeon) resulting in noticeable performance improvement(upto 7% on certain platforms). -e. NAPI. Compile-time option(CONFIG_S2IO_NAPI) for better Rx interrupt -moderation. - -f. Statistics. Comprehensive MAC-level and software statistics displayed +e. Statistics. Comprehensive MAC-level and software statistics displayed using "ethtool -S" option. -g. Multi-FIFO/Ring. Supports up to 8 transmit queues and receive rings, +f. Multi-FIFO/Ring. Supports up to 8 transmit queues and receive rings, with multiple steering options. 4. Command line parameters diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index ddafbf2..ea1b70b 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt @@ -41,12 +41,24 @@ Table of Contents VI - System-on-a-chip devices and nodes 1) Defining child nodes of an SOC 2) Representing devices without a current OF specification - a) PHY nodes - b) Interrupt controllers - c) CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash - d) 4xx/Axon EMAC ethernet nodes - e) Xilinx IP cores - f) USB EHCI controllers + a) MDIO IO device + b) Gianfar-compatible ethernet nodes + c) PHY nodes + d) Interrupt controllers + e) I2C + f) Freescale SOC USB controllers + g) Freescale SOC SEC Security Engines + h) Board Control and Status (BCSR) + i) Freescale QUICC Engine module (QE) + j) CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash + k) Global Utilities Block + l) Freescale Communications Processor Module + m) Chipselect/Local Bus + n) 4xx/Axon EMAC ethernet nodes + o) Xilinx IP cores + p) Freescale Synchronous Serial Interface + q) USB EHCI controllers + r) MDIO on GPIOs VII - Marvell Discovery mv64[345]6x System Controller chips 1) The /system-controller node @@ -1817,6 +1829,60 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model. big-endian; }; + r) Freescale Display Interface Unit + + The Freescale DIU is a LCD controller, with proper hardware, it can also + drive DVI monitors. + + Required properties: + - compatible : should be "fsl-diu". + - reg : should contain at least address and length of the DIU register + set. + - Interrupts : one DIU interrupt should be describe here. + + Example (MPC8610HPCD) + display@2c000 { + compatible = "fsl,diu"; + reg = <0x2c000 100>; + interrupts = <72 2>; + interrupt-parent = <&mpic>; + }; + + s) Freescale on board FPGA + + This is the memory-mapped registers for on board FPGA. + + Required properities: + - compatible : should be "fsl,fpga-pixis". + - reg : should contain the address and the lenght of the FPPGA register + set. + + Example (MPC8610HPCD) + board-control@e8000000 { + compatible = "fsl,fpga-pixis"; + reg = <0xe8000000 32>; + }; + + r) MDIO on GPIOs + + Currently defined compatibles: + - virtual,gpio-mdio + + MDC and MDIO lines connected to GPIO controllers are listed in the + gpios property as described in section VIII.1 in the following order: + + MDC, MDIO. + + Example: + + mdio { + compatible = "virtual,mdio-gpio"; + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + gpios = <&qe_pio_a 11 + &qe_pio_c 6>; + }; + VII - Marvell Discovery mv64[345]6x System Controller chips =========================================================== diff --git a/Documentation/rfkill.txt b/Documentation/rfkill.txt index a83ff23..0843ed0 100644 --- a/Documentation/rfkill.txt +++ b/Documentation/rfkill.txt @@ -1,89 +1,528 @@ rfkill - RF switch subsystem support ==================================== -1 Implementation details -2 Driver support -3 Userspace support +1 Introduction +2 Implementation details +3 Kernel driver guidelines +3.1 wireless device drivers +3.2 platform/switch drivers +3.3 input device drivers +4 Kernel API +5 Userspace support -=============================================================================== -1: Implementation details -The rfkill switch subsystem offers support for keys often found on laptops -to enable wireless devices like WiFi and Bluetooth. +1. Introduction: + +The rfkill switch subsystem exists to add a generic interface to circuitry that +can enable or disable the signal output of a wireless *transmitter* of any +type. By far, the most common use is to disable radio-frequency transmitters. -This is done by providing the user 3 possibilities: - 1 - The rfkill system handles all events; userspace is not aware of events. - 2 - The rfkill system handles all events; userspace is informed about the events. - 3 - The rfkill system does not handle events; userspace handles all events. +Note that disabling the signal output means that the the transmitter is to be +made to not emit any energy when "blocked". rfkill is not about blocking data +transmissions, it is about blocking energy emission. -The buttons to enable and disable the wireless radios are important in +The rfkill subsystem offers support for keys and switches often found on +laptops to enable wireless devices like WiFi and Bluetooth, so that these keys +and switches actually perform an action in all wireless devices of a given type +attached to the system. + +The buttons to enable and disable the wireless transmitters are important in situations where the user is for example using his laptop on a location where -wireless radios _must_ be disabled (e.g. airplanes). -Because of this requirement, userspace support for the keys should not be -made mandatory. Because userspace might want to perform some additional smarter -tasks when the key is pressed, rfkill still provides userspace the possibility -to take over the task to handle the key events. +radio-frequency transmitters _must_ be disabled (e.g. airplanes). + +Because of this requirement, userspace support for the keys should not be made +mandatory. Because userspace might want to perform some additional smarter +tasks when the key is pressed, rfkill provides userspace the possibility to +take over the task to handle the key events. + +=============================================================================== +2: Implementation details + +The rfkill subsystem is composed of various components: the rfkill class, the +rfkill-input module (an input layer handler), and some specific input layer +events. + +The rfkill class provides kernel drivers with an interface that allows them to +know when they should enable or disable a wireless network device transmitter. +This is enabled by the CONFIG_RFKILL Kconfig option. + +The rfkill class support makes sure userspace will be notified of all state +changes on rfkill devices through uevents. It provides a notification chain +for interested parties in the kernel to also get notified of rfkill state +changes in other drivers. It creates several sysfs entries which can be used +by userspace. See section "Userspace support". + +The rfkill-input module provides the kernel with the ability to implement a +basic response when the user presses a key or button (or toggles a switch) +related to rfkill functionality. It is an in-kernel implementation of default +policy of reacting to rfkill-related input events and neither mandatory nor +required for wireless drivers to operate. It is enabled by the +CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT Kconfig option. + +rfkill-input is a rfkill-related events input layer handler. This handler will +listen to all rfkill key events and will change the rfkill state of the +wireless devices accordingly. With this option enabled userspace could either +do nothing or simply perform monitoring tasks. + +The rfkill-input module also provides EPO (emergency power-off) functionality +for all wireless transmitters. This function cannot be overridden, and it is +always active. rfkill EPO is related to *_RFKILL_ALL input layer events. + + +Important terms for the rfkill subsystem: + +In order to avoid confusion, we avoid the term "switch" in rfkill when it is +referring to an electronic control circuit that enables or disables a +transmitter. We reserve it for the physical device a human manipulates +(which is an input device, by the way): + +rfkill switch: + + A physical device a human manipulates. Its state can be perceived by + the kernel either directly (through a GPIO pin, ACPI GPE) or by its + effect on a rfkill line of a wireless device. + +rfkill controller: + + A hardware circuit that controls the state of a rfkill line, which a + kernel driver can interact with *to modify* that state (i.e. it has + either write-only or read/write access). + +rfkill line: + + An input channel (hardware or software) of a wireless device, which + causes a wireless transmitter to stop emitting energy (BLOCK) when it + is active. Point of view is extremely important here: rfkill lines are + always seen from the PoV of a wireless device (and its driver). + +soft rfkill line/software rfkill line: + + A rfkill line the wireless device driver can directly change the state + of. Related to rfkill_state RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED. + +hard rfkill line/hardware rfkill line: + + A rfkill line that works fully in hardware or firmware, and that cannot + be overridden by the kernel driver. The hardware device or the + firmware just exports its status to the driver, but it is read-only. + Related to rfkill_state RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED. + +The enum rfkill_state describes the rfkill state of a transmitter: + +When a rfkill line or rfkill controller is in the RFKILL_STATE_UNBLOCKED state, +the wireless transmitter (radio TX circuit for example) is *enabled*. When the +it is in the RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED or RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED, the +wireless transmitter is to be *blocked* from operating. + +RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED indicates that a call to toggle_radio() can change +that state. RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED indicates that a call to toggle_radio() +will not be able to change the state and will return with a suitable error if +attempts are made to set the state to RFKILL_STATE_UNBLOCKED. + +RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED is used by drivers to signal that the device is +locked in the BLOCKED state by a hardwire rfkill line (typically an input pin +that, when active, forces the transmitter to be disabled) which the driver +CANNOT override. + +Full rfkill functionality requires two different subsystems to cooperate: the +input layer and the rfkill class. The input layer issues *commands* to the +entire system requesting that devices registered to the rfkill class change +state. The way this interaction happens is not complex, but it is not obvious +either: + +Kernel Input layer: + + * Generates KEY_WWAN, KEY_WLAN, KEY_BLUETOOTH, SW_RFKILL_ALL, and + other such events when the user presses certain keys, buttons, or + toggles certain physical switches. + + THE INPUT LAYER IS NEVER USED TO PROPAGATE STATUS, NOTIFICATIONS OR THE + KIND OF STUFF AN ON-SCREEN-DISPLAY APPLICATION WOULD REPORT. It is + used to issue *commands* for the system to change behaviour, and these + commands may or may not be carried out by some kernel driver or + userspace application. It follows that doing user feedback based only + on input events is broken, as there is no guarantee that an input event + will be acted upon. + + Most wireless communication device drivers implementing rfkill + functionality MUST NOT generate these events, and have no reason to + register themselves with the input layer. Doing otherwise is a common + misconception. There is an API to propagate rfkill status change + information, and it is NOT the input layer. + +rfkill class: + + * Calls a hook in a driver to effectively change the wireless + transmitter state; + * Keeps track of the wireless transmitter state (with help from + the driver); + * Generates userspace notifications (uevents) and a call to a + notification chain (kernel) when there is a wireless transmitter + state change; + * Connects a wireless communications driver with the common rfkill + control system, which, for example, allows actions such as + "switch all bluetooth devices offline" to be carried out by + userspace or by rfkill-input. + + THE RFKILL CLASS NEVER ISSUES INPUT EVENTS. THE RFKILL CLASS DOES + NOT LISTEN TO INPUT EVENTS. NO DRIVER USING THE RFKILL CLASS SHALL + EVER LISTEN TO, OR ACT ON RFKILL INPUT EVENTS. Doing otherwise is + a layering violation. + + Most wireless data communication drivers in the kernel have just to + implement the rfkill class API to work properly. Interfacing to the + input layer is not often required (and is very often a *bug*) on + wireless drivers. + + Platform drivers often have to attach to the input layer to *issue* + (but never to listen to) rfkill events for rfkill switches, and also to + the rfkill class to export a control interface for the platform rfkill + controllers to the rfkill subsystem. This does NOT mean the rfkill + switch is attached to a rfkill class (doing so is almost always wrong). + It just means the same kernel module is the driver for different + devices (rfkill switches and rfkill controllers). + + +Userspace input handlers (uevents) or kernel input handlers (rfkill-input): + + * Implements the policy of what should happen when one of the input + layer events related to rfkill operation is received. + * Uses the sysfs interface (userspace) or private rfkill API calls + to tell the devices registered with the rfkill class to change + their state (i.e. translates the input layer event into real + action). + * rfkill-input implements EPO by handling EV_SW SW_RFKILL_ALL 0 + (power off all transmitters) in a special way: it ignores any + overrides and local state cache and forces all transmitters to the + RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED state (including those which are already + supposed to be BLOCKED). Note that the opposite event (power on all + transmitters) is handled normally. + +Userspace uevent handler or kernel platform-specific drivers hooked to the +rfkill notifier chain: + + * Taps into the rfkill notifier chain or to KOBJ_CHANGE uevents, + in order to know when a device that is registered with the rfkill + class changes state; + * Issues feedback notifications to the user; + * In the rare platforms where this is required, synthesizes an input + event to command all *OTHER* rfkill devices to also change their + statues when a specific rfkill device changes state. + + +=============================================================================== +3: Kernel driver guidelines + +Remember: point-of-view is everything for a driver that connects to the rfkill +subsystem. All the details below must be measured/perceived from the point of +view of the specific driver being modified. + +The first thing one needs to know is whether his driver should be talking to +the rfkill class or to the input layer. In rare cases (platform drivers), it +could happen that you need to do both, as platform drivers often handle a +variety of devices in the same driver. + +Do not mistake input devices for rfkill controllers. The only type of "rfkill +switch" device that is to be registered with the rfkill class are those +directly controlling the circuits that cause a wireless transmitter to stop +working (or the software equivalent of them), i.e. what we call a rfkill +controller. Every other kind of "rfkill switch" is just an input device and +MUST NOT be registered with the rfkill class. + +A driver should register a device with the rfkill class when ALL of the +following conditions are met (they define a rfkill controller): + +1. The device is/controls a data communications wireless transmitter; + +2. The kernel can interact with the hardware/firmware to CHANGE the wireless + transmitter state (block/unblock TX operation); + +3. The transmitter can be made to not emit any energy when "blocked": + rfkill is not about blocking data transmissions, it is about blocking + energy emission; + +A driver should register a device with the input subsystem to issue +rfkill-related events (KEY_WLAN, KEY_BLUETOOTH, KEY_WWAN, KEY_WIMAX, +SW_RFKILL_ALL, etc) when ALL of the folowing conditions are met: + +1. It is directly related to some physical device the user interacts with, to + command the O.S./firmware/hardware to enable/disable a data communications + wireless transmitter. + + Examples of the physical device are: buttons, keys and switches the user + will press/touch/slide/switch to enable or disable the wireless + communication device. + +2. It is NOT slaved to another device, i.e. there is no other device that + issues rfkill-related input events in preference to this one. -The system inside the kernel has been split into 2 separate sections: - 1 - RFKILL - 2 - RFKILL_INPUT + Please refer to the corner cases and examples section for more details. -The first option enables rfkill support and will make sure userspace will -be notified of any events through the input device. It also creates several -sysfs entries which can be used by userspace. See section "Userspace support". +When in doubt, do not issue input events. For drivers that should generate +input events in some platforms, but not in others (e.g. b43), the best solution +is to NEVER generate input events in the first place. That work should be +deferred to a platform-specific kernel module (which will know when to generate +events through the rfkill notifier chain) or to userspace. This avoids the +usual maintenance problems with DMI whitelisting. -The second option provides an rfkill input handler. This handler will -listen to all rfkill key events and will toggle the radio accordingly. -With this option enabled userspace could either do nothing or simply -perform monitoring tasks. +Corner cases and examples: ==================================== -2: Driver support -To build a driver with rfkill subsystem support, the driver should -depend on the Kconfig symbol RFKILL; it should _not_ depend on -RKFILL_INPUT. +1. If the device is an input device that, because of hardware or firmware, +causes wireless transmitters to be blocked regardless of the kernel's will, it +is still just an input device, and NOT to be registered with the rfkill class. -Unless key events trigger an interrupt to which the driver listens, polling -will be required to determine the key state changes. For this the input -layer providers the input-polldev handler. +2. If the wireless transmitter switch control is read-only, it is an input +device and not to be registered with the rfkill class (and maybe not to be made +an input layer event source either, see below). -A driver should implement a few steps to correctly make use of the -rfkill subsystem. First for non-polling drivers: +3. If there is some other device driver *closer* to the actual hardware the +user interacted with (the button/switch/key) to issue an input event, THAT is +the device driver that should be issuing input events. - - rfkill_allocate() - - input_allocate_device() - - rfkill_register() - - input_register_device() +E.g: + [RFKILL slider switch] -- [GPIO hardware] -- [WLAN card rf-kill input] + (platform driver) (wireless card driver) + +The user is closer to the RFKILL slide switch plaform driver, so the driver +which must issue input events is the platform driver looking at the GPIO +hardware, and NEVER the wireless card driver (which is just a slave). It is +very likely that there are other leaves than just the WLAN card rf-kill input +(e.g. a bluetooth card, etc)... + +On the other hand, some embedded devices do this: + + [RFKILL slider switch] -- [WLAN card rf-kill input] + (wireless card driver) + +In this situation, the wireless card driver *could* register itself as an input +device and issue rf-kill related input events... but in order to AVOID the need +for DMI whitelisting, the wireless card driver does NOT do it. Userspace (HAL) +or a platform driver (that exists only on these embedded devices) will do the +dirty job of issuing the input events. + + +COMMON MISTAKES in kernel drivers, related to rfkill: +==================================== + +1. NEVER confuse input device keys and buttons with input device switches. + + 1a. Switches are always set or reset. They report the current state + (on position or off position). + + 1b. Keys and buttons are either in the pressed or not-pressed state, and + that's it. A "button" that latches down when you press it, and + unlatches when you press it again is in fact a switch as far as input + devices go. + +Add the SW_* events you need for switches, do NOT try to emulate a button using +KEY_* events just because there is no such SW_* event yet. Do NOT try to use, +for example, KEY_BLUETOOTH when you should be using SW_BLUETOOTH instead. + +2. Input device switches (sources of EV_SW events) DO store their current state +(so you *must* initialize it by issuing a gratuitous input layer event on +driver start-up and also when resuming from sleep), and that state CAN be +queried from userspace through IOCTLs. There is no sysfs interface for this, +but that doesn't mean you should break things trying to hook it to the rfkill +class to get a sysfs interface :-) + +3. Do not issue *_RFKILL_ALL events by default, unless you are sure it is the +correct event for your switch/button. These events are emergency power-off +events when they are trying to turn the transmitters off. An example of an +input device which SHOULD generate *_RFKILL_ALL events is the wireless-kill +switch in a laptop which is NOT a hotkey, but a real switch that kills radios +in hardware, even if the O.S. has gone to lunch. An example of an input device +which SHOULD NOT generate *_RFKILL_ALL events by default, is any sort of hot +key that does nothing by itself, as well as any hot key that is type-specific +(e.g. the one for WLAN). + + +3.1 Guidelines for wireless device drivers +------------------------------------------ + +1. Each independent transmitter in a wireless device (usually there is only one +transmitter per device) should have a SINGLE rfkill class attached to it. + +2. If the device does not have any sort of hardware assistance to allow the +driver to rfkill the device, the driver should emulate it by taking all actions +required to silence the transmitter. + +3. If it is impossible to silence the transmitter (i.e. it still emits energy, +even if it is just in brief pulses, when there is no data to transmit and there +is no hardware support to turn it off) do NOT lie to the users. Do not attach +it to a rfkill class. The rfkill subsystem does not deal with data +transmission, it deals with energy emission. If the transmitter is emitting +energy, it is not blocked in rfkill terms. + +4. It doesn't matter if the device has multiple rfkill input lines affecting +the same transmitter, their combined state is to be exported as a single state +per transmitter (see rule 1). + +This rule exists because users of the rfkill subsystem expect to get (and set, +when possible) the overall transmitter rfkill state, not of a particular rfkill +line. + +Example of a WLAN wireless driver connected to the rfkill subsystem: +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +A certain WLAN card has one input pin that causes it to block the transmitter +and makes the status of that input pin available (only for reading!) to the +kernel driver. This is a hard rfkill input line (it cannot be overridden by +the kernel driver). + +The card also has one PCI register that, if manipulated by the driver, causes +it to block the transmitter. This is a soft rfkill input line. + +It has also a thermal protection circuitry that shuts down its transmitter if +the card overheats, and makes the status of that protection available (only for +reading!) to the kernel driver. This is also a hard rfkill input line. + +If either one of these rfkill lines are active, the transmitter is blocked by +the hardware and forced offline. + +The driver should allocate and attach to its struct device *ONE* instance of +the rfkill class (there is only one transmitter). + +It can implement the get_state() hook, and return RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED if +either one of its two hard rfkill input lines are active. If the two hard +rfkill lines are inactive, it must return RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED if its soft +rfkill input line is active. Only if none of the rfkill input lines are +active, will it return RFKILL_STATE_UNBLOCKED. -For polling drivers: +If it doesn't implement the get_state() hook, it must make sure that its calls +to rfkill_force_state() are enough to keep the status always up-to-date, and it +must do a rfkill_force_state() on resume from sleep. +Every time the driver gets a notification from the card that one of its rfkill +lines changed state (polling might be needed on badly designed cards that don't +generate interrupts for such events), it recomputes the rfkill state as per +above, and calls rfkill_force_state() to update it. + +The driver should implement the toggle_radio() hook, that: + +1. Returns an error if one of the hardware rfkill lines are active, and the +caller asked for RFKILL_STATE_UNBLOCKED. + +2. Activates the soft rfkill line if the caller asked for state +RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED. It should do this even if one of the hard rfkill +lines are active, effectively double-blocking the transmitter. + +3. Deactivates the soft rfkill line if none of the hardware rfkill lines are +active and the caller asked for RFKILL_STATE_UNBLOCKED. + +=============================================================================== +4: Kernel API + +To build a driver with rfkill subsystem support, the driver should depend on +(or select) the Kconfig symbol RFKILL; it should _not_ depend on RKFILL_INPUT. + +The hardware the driver talks to may be write-only (where the current state +of the hardware is unknown), or read-write (where the hardware can be queried +about its current state). + +The rfkill class will call the get_state hook of a device every time it needs +to know the *real* current state of the hardware. This can happen often. + +Some hardware provides events when its status changes. In these cases, it is +best for the driver to not provide a get_state hook, and instead register the +rfkill class *already* with the correct status, and keep it updated using +rfkill_force_state() when it gets an event from the hardware. + +There is no provision for a statically-allocated rfkill struct. You must +use rfkill_allocate() to allocate one. + +You should: - rfkill_allocate() - - input_allocate_polled_device() + - modify rfkill fields (flags, name) + - modify state to the current hardware state (THIS IS THE ONLY TIME + YOU CAN ACCESS state DIRECTLY) - rfkill_register() - - input_register_polled_device() -When a key event has been detected, the correct event should be -sent over the input device which has been registered by the driver. +The only way to set a device to the RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED state is through +a suitable return of get_state() or through rfkill_force_state(). -==================================== -3: Userspace support +When a device is in the RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED state, the only way to switch +it to a different state is through a suitable return of get_state() or through +rfkill_force_state(). + +If toggle_radio() is called to set a device to state RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED +when that device is already at the RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED state, it should +not return an error. Instead, it should try to double-block the transmitter, +so that its state will change from RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED to +RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED should the hardware blocking cease. -For each key an input device will be created which will send out the correct -key event when the rfkill key has been pressed. +Please refer to the source for more documentation. + +=============================================================================== +5: Userspace support + +rfkill devices issue uevents (with an action of "change"), with the following +environment variables set: + +RFKILL_NAME +RFKILL_STATE +RFKILL_TYPE + +The ABI for these variables is defined by the sysfs attributes. It is best +to take a quick look at the source to make sure of the possible values. + +It is expected that HAL will trap those, and bridge them to DBUS, etc. These +events CAN and SHOULD be used to give feedback to the user about the rfkill +status of the system. + +Input devices may issue events that are related to rfkill. These are the +various KEY_* events and SW_* events supported by rfkill-input.c. + +******IMPORTANT****** +When rfkill-input is ACTIVE, userspace is NOT TO CHANGE THE STATE OF AN RFKILL +SWITCH IN RESPONSE TO AN INPUT EVENT also handled by rfkill-input, unless it +has set to true the user_claim attribute for that particular switch. This rule +is *absolute*; do NOT violate it. +******IMPORTANT****** + +Userspace must not assume it is the only source of control for rfkill switches. +Their state CAN and WILL change due to firmware actions, direct user actions, +and the rfkill-input EPO override for *_RFKILL_ALL. + +When rfkill-input is not active, userspace must initiate a rfkill status +change by writing to the "state" attribute in order for anything to happen. + +Take particular care to implement EV_SW SW_RFKILL_ALL properly. When that +switch is set to OFF, *every* rfkill device *MUST* be immediately put into the +RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED state, no questions asked. The following sysfs entries will be created: name: Name assigned by driver to this key (interface or driver name). type: Name of the key type ("wlan", "bluetooth", etc). - state: Current state of the key. 1: On, 0: Off. + state: Current state of the transmitter + 0: RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED + transmitter is forced off, but one can override it + by a write to the state attribute; + 1: RFKILL_STATE_UNBLOCKED + transmiter is NOT forced off, and may operate if + all other conditions for such operation are met + (such as interface is up and configured, etc); + 2: RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED + transmitter is forced off by something outside of + the driver's control. One cannot set a device to + this state through writes to the state attribute; claim: 1: Userspace handles events, 0: Kernel handles events Both the "state" and "claim" entries are also writable. For the "state" entry -this means that when 1 or 0 is written all radios, not yet in the requested -state, will be will be toggled accordingly. +this means that when 1 or 0 is written, the device rfkill state (if not yet in +the requested state), will be will be toggled accordingly. + For the "claim" entry writing 1 to it means that the kernel no longer handles key events even though RFKILL_INPUT input was enabled. When "claim" has been set to 0, userspace should make sure that it listens for the input events or -check the sysfs "state" entry regularly to correctly perform the required -tasks when the rkfill key is pressed. +check the sysfs "state" entry regularly to correctly perform the required tasks +when the rkfill key is pressed. + +A note about input devices and EV_SW events: + +In order to know the current state of an input device switch (like +SW_RFKILL_ALL), you will need to use an IOCTL. That information is not +available through sysfs in a generic way at this time, and it is not available +through the rfkill class AT ALL. diff --git a/Documentation/serial/driver b/Documentation/serial/driver index 88ad615..77ba0af 100644 --- a/Documentation/serial/driver +++ b/Documentation/serial/driver @@ -186,6 +186,17 @@ hardware. Locking: port_sem taken. Interrupts: caller dependent. + flush_buffer(port) + Flush any write buffers, reset any DMA state and stop any + ongoing DMA transfers. + + This will be called whenever the port->info->xmit circular + buffer is cleared. + + Locking: port->lock taken. + Interrupts: locally disabled. + This call must not sleep + set_termios(port,termios,oldtermios) Change the port parameters, including word length, parity, stop bits. Update read_status_mask and ignore_status_mask to indicate diff --git a/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt index 815f5c2..9b22bd1 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ Linux Gadget Serial Driver v2.0 11/20/2004 + (updated 8-May-2008 for v2.3) License and Disclaimer @@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ Prerequisites ------------- Versions of the gadget serial driver are available for the 2.4 Linux kernels, but this document assumes you are using -version 2.0 or later of the gadget serial driver in a 2.6 +version 2.3 or later of the gadget serial driver in a 2.6 Linux kernel. This document assumes that you are familiar with Linux and @@ -40,6 +41,12 @@ standard utilities, use minicom and HyperTerminal, and work with USB and serial devices. It also assumes you configure the Linux gadget and usb drivers as modules. +With version 2.3 of the driver, major and minor device nodes are +no longer statically defined. Your Linux based system should mount +sysfs in /sys, and use "mdev" (in Busybox) or "udev" to make the +/dev nodes matching the sysfs /sys/class/tty files. + + Overview -------- @@ -104,15 +111,8 @@ driver. All this are listed under "USB Gadget Support" when configuring the kernel. Then rebuild and install the kernel or modules. -The gadget serial driver uses major number 127, for now. So you -will need to create a device node for it, like this: - - mknod /dev/ttygserial c 127 0 - -You only need to do this once. - Then you must load the gadget serial driver. To load it as an -ACM device, do this: +ACM device (recommended for interoperability), do this: modprobe g_serial use_acm=1 @@ -125,6 +125,23 @@ controller driver. This must be done each time you reboot the gadget side Linux system. You can add this to the start up scripts, if desired. +Your system should use mdev (from busybox) or udev to make the +device nodes. After this gadget driver has been set up you should +then see a /dev/ttyGS0 node: + + # ls -l /dev/ttyGS0 | cat + crw-rw---- 1 root root 253, 0 May 8 14:10 /dev/ttyGS0 + # + +Note that the major number (253, above) is system-specific. If +you need to create /dev nodes by hand, the right numbers to use +will be in the /sys/class/tty/ttyGS0/dev file. + +When you link this gadget driver early, perhaps even statically, +you may want to set up an /etc/inittab entry to run "getty" on it. +The /dev/ttyGS0 line should work like most any other serial port. + + If gadget serial is loaded as an ACM device you will want to use either the Windows or Linux ACM driver on the host side. If gadget serial is loaded as a bulk in/out device, you will want to use the diff --git a/Documentation/usb/persist.txt b/Documentation/usb/persist.txt index d56cb1a..074b159 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/persist.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/persist.txt @@ -81,8 +81,11 @@ re-enumeration shows that the device now attached to that port has the same descriptors as before, including the Vendor and Product IDs, then the kernel continues to use the same device structure. In effect, the kernel treats the device as though it had merely been reset instead of -unplugged. The same thing happens if the host controller is in the -expected state but a USB device was unplugged and then replugged. +unplugged. + +The same thing happens if the host controller is in the expected state +but a USB device was unplugged and then replugged, or if a USB device +fails to carry out a normal resume. If no device is now attached to the port, or if the descriptors are different from what the kernel remembers, then the treatment is what diff --git a/Documentation/usb/uhci.txt b/Documentation/usb/uhci.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 2f25952..0000000 --- a/Documentation/usb/uhci.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,165 +0,0 @@ -Specification and Internals for the New UHCI Driver (Whitepaper...) - - brought to you by - - Georg Acher, acher@in.tum.de (executive slave) (base guitar) - Deti Fliegl, deti@fliegl.de (executive slave) (lead voice) - Thomas Sailer, sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch (chief consultant) (cheer leader) - - $Id: README.uhci,v 1.1 1999/12/14 14:03:02 fliegl Exp $ - -This document and the new uhci sources can be found on - http://hotswap.in.tum.de/usb - -1. General issues - -1.1 Why a new UHCI driver, we already have one?!? - -Correct, but its internal structure got more and more mixed up by the (still -ongoing) efforts to get isochronous transfers (ISO) to work. -Since there is an increasing need for reliable ISO-transfers (especially -for USB-audio needed by TS and for a DAB-USB-Receiver build by GA and DF), -this state was a bit unsatisfying in our opinion, so we've decided (based -on knowledge and experiences with the old UHCI driver) to start -from scratch with a new approach, much simpler but at the same time more -powerful. -It is inspired by the way Win98/Win2000 handles USB requests via URBs, -but it's definitely 100% free of MS-code and doesn't crash while -unplugging an used ISO-device like Win98 ;-) -Some code for HW setup and root hub management was taken from the -original UHCI driver, but heavily modified to fit into the new code. -The invention of the basic concept, and major coding were completed in two -days (and nights) on the 16th and 17th of October 1999, now known as the -great USB-October-Revolution started by GA, DF, and TS ;-) - -Since the concept is in no way UHCI dependent, we hope that it will also be -transferred to the OHCI-driver, so both drivers share a common API. - -1.2. Advantages and disadvantages - -+ All USB transfer types work now! -+ Asynchronous operation -+ Simple, but powerful interface (only two calls for start and cancel) -+ Easy migration to the new API, simplified by a compatibility API -+ Simple usage of ISO transfers -+ Automatic linking of requests -+ ISO transfers allow variable length for each frame and striping -+ No CPU dependent and non-portable atomic memory access, no asm()-inlines -+ Tested on x86 and Alpha - -- Rewriting for ISO transfers needed - -1.3. Is there some compatibility to the old API? - -Yes, but only for control, bulk and interrupt transfers. We've implemented -some wrapper calls for these transfer types. The usbcore works fine with -these wrappers. For ISO there's no compatibility, because the old ISO-API -and its semantics were unnecessary complicated in our opinion. - -1.4. What's really working? - -As said above, CTRL and BULK already work fine even with the wrappers, -so legacy code wouldn't notice the change. -Regarding to Thomas, ISO transfers now run stable with USB audio. -INT transfers (e.g. mouse driver) work fine, too. - -1.5. Are there any bugs? - -No ;-) -Hm... -Well, of course this implementation needs extensive testing on all available -hardware, but we believe that any fixes shouldn't harm the overall concept. - -1.6. What should be done next? - -A large part of the request handling seems to be identical for UHCI and -OHCI, so it would be a good idea to extract the common parts and have only -the HW specific stuff in uhci.c. Furthermore, all other USB device drivers -should need URBification, if they use isochronous or interrupt transfers. -One thing missing in the current implementation (and the old UHCI driver) -is fair queueing for BULK transfers. Since this would need (in principle) -the alteration of already constructed TD chains (to switch from depth to -breadth execution), another way has to be found. Maybe some simple -heuristics work with the same effect. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -2. Internal structure and mechanisms - -To get quickly familiar with the internal structures, here's a short -description how the new UHCI driver works. However, the ultimate source of -truth is only uhci.c! - -2.1. Descriptor structure (QHs and TDs) - -During initialization, the following skeleton is allocated in init_skel: - - framespecific | common chain - -framelist[] -[ 0 ]-----> TD --> TD -------\ -[ 1 ]-----> TD --> TD --------> TD ----> QH -------> QH -------> QH ---> NULL - ... TD --> TD -------/ -[1023]-----> TD --> TD ------/ - - ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ - 1024 TDs for 7 TDs for 1 TD for Start of Start of End Chain - ISO INT (2-128ms) 1ms-INT CTRL Chain BULK Chain - -For each CTRL or BULK transfer a new QH is allocated and the containing data -transfers are appended as (vertical) TDs. After building the whole QH with its -dangling TDs, the QH is inserted before the BULK Chain QH (for CTRL) or -before the End Chain QH (for BULK). Since only the QH->next pointers are -affected, no atomic memory operation is required. The three QHs in the -common chain are never equipped with TDs! - -For ISO or INT, the TD for each frame is simply inserted into the appropriate -ISO/INT-TD-chain for the desired frame. The 7 skeleton INT-TDs are scattered -among the 1024 frames similar to the old UHCI driver. - -For CTRL/BULK/ISO, the last TD in the transfer has the IOC-bit set. For INT, -every TD (there is only one...) has the IOC-bit set. - -Besides the data for the UHCI controller (2 or 4 32bit words), the descriptors -are double-linked through the .vertical and .horizontal elements in the -SW data of the descriptor (using the double-linked list structures and -operations), but SW-linking occurs only in closed domains, i.e. for each of -the 1024 ISO-chains and the 8 INT-chains there is a closed cycle. This -simplifies all insertions and unlinking operations and avoids costly -bus_to_virt()-calls. - -2.2. URB structure and linking to QH/TDs - -During assembly of the QH and TDs of the requested action, these descriptors -are stored in urb->urb_list, so the allocated QH/TD descriptors are bound to -this URB. -If the assembly was successful and the descriptors were added to the HW chain, -the corresponding URB is inserted into a global URB list for this controller. -This list stores all pending URBs. - -2.3. Interrupt processing - -Since UHCI provides no means to directly detect completed transactions, the -following is done in each UHCI interrupt (uhci_interrupt()): - -For each URB in the pending queue (process_urb()), the ACTIVE-flag of the -associated TDs are processed (depending on the transfer type -process_{transfer|interrupt|iso}()). If the TDs are not active anymore, -they indicate the completion of the transaction and the status is calculated. -Inactive QH/TDs are removed from the HW chain (since the host controller -already removed the TDs from the QH, no atomic access is needed) and -eventually the URB is marked as completed (OK or errors) and removed from the -pending queue. Then the next linked URB is submitted. After (or immediately -before) that, the completion handler is called. - -2.4. Unlinking URBs - -First, all QH/TDs stored in the URB are unlinked from the HW chain. -To ensure that the host controller really left a vertical TD chain, we -wait for one frame. After that, the TDs are physically destroyed. - -2.5. URB linking and the consequences - -Since URBs can be linked and the corresponding submit_urb is called in -the UHCI-interrupt, all work associated with URB/QH/TD assembly has to be -interrupt save. This forces kmalloc to use GFP_ATOMIC in the interrupt. diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx23885 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx23885 index 191194e..f0e613b 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx23885 +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx23885 @@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ 7 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1200 [0070:71d1,0070:71d3] 8 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1700 [0070:8101] 9 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1400 [0070:8010] + 10 -> DViCO FusionHDTV7 Dual Express [18ac:d618] diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx index 1d6a245..1059146 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx @@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ 7 -> Leadtek Winfast USB II (em2800) 8 -> Kworld USB2800 (em2800) 9 -> Pinnacle Dazzle DVC 90/DVC 100 (em2820/em2840) [2304:0207,2304:021a] - 10 -> Hauppauge WinTV HVR 900 (em2880) [2040:6500,2040:6502] + 10 -> Hauppauge WinTV HVR 900 (em2880) [2040:6500] 11 -> Terratec Hybrid XS (em2880) [0ccd:0042] 12 -> Kworld PVR TV 2800 RF (em2820/em2840) 13 -> Terratec Prodigy XS (em2880) [0ccd:0047] 14 -> Pixelview Prolink PlayTV USB 2.0 (em2820/em2840) 15 -> V-Gear PocketTV (em2800) 16 -> Hauppauge WinTV HVR 950 (em2880) [2040:6513,2040:6517,2040:651b,2040:651f] + 17 -> Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick (em2880) [2304:0227] + 18 -> Hauppauge WinTV HVR 900 (R2) (em2880) [2040:6502] + 19 -> PointNix Intra-Oral Camera (em2860) diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 index 67937df..39868af 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ 36 -> UPMOST PURPLE TV [12ab:0800] 37 -> Items MuchTV Plus / IT-005 38 -> Terratec Cinergy 200 TV [153b:1152] - 39 -> LifeView FlyTV Platinum Mini [5168:0212,4e42:0212] + 39 -> LifeView FlyTV Platinum Mini [5168:0212,4e42:0212,5169:1502] 40 -> Compro VideoMate TV PVR/FM [185b:c100] 41 -> Compro VideoMate TV Gold+ [185b:c100] 42 -> Sabrent SBT-TVFM (saa7130) @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ 127 -> Beholder BeholdTV 507 FM/RDS / BeholdTV 509 FM [0000:5071,0000:507B,5ace:5070,5ace:5090] 128 -> Beholder BeholdTV Columbus TVFM [0000:5201] 129 -> Beholder BeholdTV 607 / BeholdTV 609 [5ace:6070,5ace:6071,5ace:6072,5ace:6073,5ace:6090,5ace:6091,5ace:6092,5ace:6093] -130 -> Beholder BeholdTV M6 / BeholdTV M6 Extra [5ace:6190,5ace:6193,5ace:6191] +130 -> Beholder BeholdTV M6 [5ace:6190] 131 -> Twinhan Hybrid DTV-DVB 3056 PCI [1822:0022] 132 -> Genius TVGO AM11MCE 133 -> NXP Snake DVB-S reference design @@ -141,3 +141,7 @@ 140 -> Avermedia DVB-S Pro A700 [1461:a7a1] 141 -> Avermedia DVB-S Hybrid+FM A700 [1461:a7a2] 142 -> Beholder BeholdTV H6 [5ace:6290] +143 -> Beholder BeholdTV M63 [5ace:6191] +144 -> Beholder BeholdTV M6 Extra [5ace:6193] +145 -> AVerMedia MiniPCI DVB-T Hybrid M103 [1461:f636] +146 -> ASUSTeK P7131 Analog diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/cx18.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/cx18.txt index 6842c26..914cb7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/cx18.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/cx18.txt @@ -1,36 +1,30 @@ Some notes regarding the cx18 driver for the Conexant CX23418 MPEG encoder chip: -1) The only hardware currently supported is the Hauppauge HVR-1600 - card and the Compro VideoMate H900 (note that this card only - supports analog input, it has no digital tuner!). +1) Currently supported are: -2) Some people have problems getting the i2c bus to work. Cause unknown. - The symptom is that the eeprom cannot be read and the card is - unusable. + - Hauppauge HVR-1600 + - Compro VideoMate H900 + - Yuan MPC718 + - Conexant Raptor PAL/SECAM devkit -3) The audio from the analog tuner is mono only. Probably caused by - incorrect audio register information in the datasheet. We are - waiting for updated information from Conexant. +2) Some people have problems getting the i2c bus to work. + The symptom is that the eeprom cannot be read and the card is + unusable. This is probably fixed, but if you have problems + then post to the video4linux or ivtv-users mailinglist. -4) VBI (raw or sliced) has not yet been implemented. +3) VBI (raw or sliced) has not yet been implemented. -5) MPEG indexing is not yet implemented. +4) MPEG indexing is not yet implemented. -6) The driver is still a bit rough around the edges, this should +5) The driver is still a bit rough around the edges, this should improve over time. Firmware: -The firmware needs to be extracted from the Windows Hauppauge HVR-1600 -driver, available here: - -http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/install_cd/hauppauge_cd_3.4d1.zip +You can obtain the firmware files here: -Unzip, then copy the following files to the firmware directory -and rename them as follows: +http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/firmware/cx18-firmware.tar.gz -Drivers/Driver18/hcw18apu.rom -> v4l-cx23418-apu.fw -Drivers/Driver18/hcw18enc.rom -> v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw -Drivers/Driver18/hcw18mlC.rom -> v4l-cx23418-dig.fw +Untar and copy the .fw files to your firmware directory. diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0c4880a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt @@ -0,0 +1,243 @@ +List of the webcams know by gspca. + +The modules are: + gspca_main main driver + gspca_xxxx subdriver module with xxxx as follows + +xxxx vend:prod +---- +spca501 0000:0000 MystFromOri Unknow Camera +spca501 040a:0002 Kodak DVC-325 +spca500 040a:0300 Kodak EZ200 +zc3xx 041e:041e Creative WebCam Live! +spca500 041e:400a Creative PC-CAM 300 +sunplus 041e:400b Creative PC-CAM 600 +sunplus 041e:4012 PC-Cam350 +sunplus 041e:4013 Creative Pccam750 +zc3xx 041e:4017 Creative Webcam Mobile PD1090 +spca508 041e:4018 Creative Webcam Vista (PD1100) +spca561 041e:401a Creative Webcam Vista (PD1100) +zc3xx 041e:401c Creative NX +spca505 041e:401d Creative Webcam NX ULTRA +zc3xx 041e:401e Creative Nx Pro +zc3xx 041e:401f Creative Webcam Notebook PD1171 +pac207 041e:4028 Creative Webcam Vista Plus +zc3xx 041e:4029 Creative WebCam Vista Pro +zc3xx 041e:4034 Creative Instant P0620 +zc3xx 041e:4035 Creative Instant P0620D +zc3xx 041e:4036 Creative Live ! +zc3xx 041e:403a Creative Nx Pro 2 +spca561 041e:403b Creative Webcam Vista (VF0010) +zc3xx 041e:4051 Creative Live!Cam Notebook Pro (VF0250) +ov519 041e:4052 Creative Live! VISTA IM +zc3xx 041e:4053 Creative Live!Cam Video IM +ov519 041e:405f Creative Live! VISTA VF0330 +ov519 041e:4060 Creative Live! VISTA VF0350 +ov519 041e:4061 Creative Live! VISTA VF0400 +ov519 041e:4064 Creative Live! VISTA VF0420 +ov519 041e:4068 Creative Live! VISTA VF0470 +spca561 0458:7004 Genius VideoCAM Express V2 +sunplus 0458:7006 Genius Dsc 1.3 Smart +zc3xx 0458:7007 Genius VideoCam V2 +zc3xx 0458:700c Genius VideoCam V3 +zc3xx 0458:700f Genius VideoCam Web V2 +sonixj 0458:7025 Genius Eye 311Q +sonixj 045e:00f5 MicroSoft VX3000 +sonixj 045e:00f7 MicroSoft VX1000 +ov519 045e:028c Micro$oft xbox cam +spca508 0461:0815 Micro Innovation IC200 +sunplus 0461:0821 Fujifilm MV-1 +zc3xx 0461:0a00 MicroInnovation WebCam320 +spca500 046d:0890 Logitech QuickCam traveler +vc032x 046d:0892 Logitech Orbicam +vc032x 046d:0896 Logitech Orbicam +zc3xx 046d:08a0 Logitech QC IM +zc3xx 046d:08a1 Logitech QC IM 0x08A1 +sound +zc3xx 046d:08a2 Labtec Webcam Pro +zc3xx 046d:08a3 Logitech QC Chat +zc3xx 046d:08a6 Logitech QCim +zc3xx 046d:08a7 Logitech QuickCam Image +zc3xx 046d:08a9 Logitech Notebook Deluxe +zc3xx 046d:08aa Labtec Webcam Notebook +zc3xx 046d:08ac Logitech QuickCam Cool +zc3xx 046d:08ad Logitech QCCommunicate STX +zc3xx 046d:08ae Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks +zc3xx 046d:08af Logitech QuickCam Cool +zc3xx 046d:08b9 Logitech QC IM ??? +zc3xx 046d:08d7 Logitech QCam STX +zc3xx 046d:08d9 Logitech QuickCam IM/Connect +zc3xx 046d:08d8 Logitech Notebook Deluxe +zc3xx 046d:08da Logitech QuickCam Messenger +zc3xx 046d:08dd Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks +spca500 046d:0900 Logitech Inc. ClickSmart 310 +spca500 046d:0901 Logitech Inc. ClickSmart 510 +sunplus 046d:0905 Logitech ClickSmart 820 +tv8532 046d:0920 QC Express +tv8532 046d:0921 Labtec Webcam +spca561 046d:0928 Logitech QC Express Etch2 +spca561 046d:0929 Labtec Webcam Elch2 +spca561 046d:092a Logitech QC for Notebook +spca561 046d:092b Labtec Webcam Plus +spca561 046d:092c Logitech QC chat Elch2 +spca561 046d:092d Logitech QC Elch2 +spca561 046d:092e Logitech QC Elch2 +spca561 046d:092f Logitech QC Elch2 +sunplus 046d:0960 Logitech ClickSmart 420 +sunplus 0471:0322 Philips DMVC1300K +zc3xx 0471:0325 Philips SPC 200 NC +zc3xx 0471:0326 Philips SPC 300 NC +sonixj 0471:0327 Philips SPC 600 NC +sonixj 0471:0328 Philips SPC 700 NC +zc3xx 0471:032d Philips spc210nc +zc3xx 0471:032e Philips spc315nc +sonixj 0471:0330 Philips SPC 710NC +spca501 0497:c001 Smile International +sunplus 04a5:3003 Benq DC 1300 +sunplus 04a5:3008 Benq DC 1500 +sunplus 04a5:300a Benq DC3410 +spca500 04a5:300c Benq DC1016 +sunplus 04f1:1001 JVC GC A50 +spca561 04fc:0561 Flexcam 100 +sunplus 04fc:500c Sunplus CA500C +sunplus 04fc:504a Aiptek Mini PenCam 1.3 +sunplus 04fc:504b Maxell MaxPocket LE 1.3 +sunplus 04fc:5330 Digitrex 2110 +sunplus 04fc:5360 Sunplus Generic +spca500 04fc:7333 PalmPixDC85 +sunplus 04fc:ffff Pure DigitalDakota +spca501 0506:00df 3Com HomeConnect Lite +sunplus 052b:1513 Megapix V4 +tv8532 0545:808b Veo Stingray +tv8532 0545:8333 Veo Stingray +sunplus 0546:3155 Polaroid PDC3070 +sunplus 0546:3191 Polaroid Ion 80 +sunplus 0546:3273 Polaroid PDC2030 +ov519 054c:0154 Sonny toy4 +ov519 054c:0155 Sonny toy5 +zc3xx 055f:c005 Mustek Wcam300A +spca500 055f:c200 Mustek Gsmart 300 +sunplus 055f:c211 Kowa Bs888e Microcamera +spca500 055f:c220 Gsmart Mini +sunplus 055f:c230 Mustek Digicam 330K +sunplus 055f:c232 Mustek MDC3500 +sunplus 055f:c360 Mustek DV4000 Mpeg4 +sunplus 055f:c420 Mustek gSmart Mini 2 +sunplus 055f:c430 Mustek Gsmart LCD 2 +sunplus 055f:c440 Mustek DV 3000 +sunplus 055f:c520 Mustek gSmart Mini 3 +sunplus 055f:c530 Mustek Gsmart LCD 3 +sunplus 055f:c540 Gsmart D30 +sunplus 055f:c630 Mustek MDC4000 +sunplus 055f:c650 Mustek MDC5500Z +zc3xx 055f:d003 Mustek WCam300A +zc3xx 055f:d004 Mustek WCam300 AN +conex 0572:0041 Creative Notebook cx11646 +ov519 05a9:0519 OmniVision +ov519 05a9:0530 OmniVision +ov519 05a9:4519 OmniVision +ov519 05a9:8519 OmniVision +sunplus 05da:1018 Digital Dream Enigma 1.3 +stk014 05e1:0893 Syntek DV4000 +spca561 060b:a001 Maxell Compact Pc PM3 +zc3xx 0698:2003 CTX M730V built in +spca500 06bd:0404 Agfa CL20 +spca500 06be:0800 Optimedia +sunplus 06d6:0031 Trust 610 LCD PowerC@m Zoom +spca506 06e1:a190 ADS Instant VCD +spca508 0733:0110 ViewQuest VQ110 +spca508 0130:0130 Clone Digital Webcam 11043 +spca501 0733:0401 Intel Create and Share +spca501 0733:0402 ViewQuest M318B +spca505 0733:0430 Intel PC Camera Pro +sunplus 0733:1311 Digital Dream Epsilon 1.3 +sunplus 0733:1314 Mercury 2.1MEG Deluxe Classic Cam +sunplus 0733:2211 Jenoptik jdc 21 LCD +sunplus 0733:2221 Mercury Digital Pro 3.1p +sunplus 0733:3261 Concord 3045 spca536a +sunplus 0733:3281 Cyberpix S550V +spca506 0734:043b 3DeMon USB Capture aka +spca500 084d:0003 D-Link DSC-350 +spca500 08ca:0103 Aiptek PocketDV +sunplus 08ca:0104 Aiptek PocketDVII 1.3 +sunplus 08ca:0106 Aiptek Pocket DV3100+ +sunplus 08ca:2008 Aiptek Mini PenCam 2 M +sunplus 08ca:2010 Aiptek PocketCam 3M +sunplus 08ca:2016 Aiptek PocketCam 2 Mega +sunplus 08ca:2018 Aiptek Pencam SD 2M +sunplus 08ca:2020 Aiptek Slim 3000F +sunplus 08ca:2022 Aiptek Slim 3200 +sunplus 08ca:2024 Aiptek DV3500 Mpeg4 +sunplus 08ca:2028 Aiptek PocketCam4M +sunplus 08ca:2040 Aiptek PocketDV4100M +sunplus 08ca:2042 Aiptek PocketDV5100 +sunplus 08ca:2050 Medion MD 41437 +sunplus 08ca:2060 Aiptek PocketDV5300 +tv8532 0923:010f ICM532 cams +mars 093a:050f Mars-Semi Pc-Camera +pac207 093a:2460 PAC207 Qtec Webcam 100 +pac207 093a:2463 Philips spc200nc pac207 +pac207 093a:2464 Labtec Webcam 1200 +pac207 093a:2468 PAC207 +pac207 093a:2470 Genius GF112 +pac207 093a:2471 PAC207 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+sonixb 0c45:6011 Microdia PC Camera (SN9C102) +sonixb 0c45:6019 Generic Sonix OV7630 +sonixb 0c45:6024 Generic Sonix Tas5130c +sonixb 0c45:6025 Xcam Shanga +sonixb 0c45:6028 Sonix Btc Pc380 +sonixb 0c45:6029 spcaCam@150 +sonixb 0c45:602c Generic Sonix OV7630 +sonixb 0c45:602d LIC-200 LG +sonixb 0c45:602e Genius VideoCam Messenger +sonixj 0c45:6040 Speed NVC 350K +sonixj 0c45:607c Sonix sn9c102p Hv7131R +sonixj 0c45:60c0 Sangha Sn535 +sonixj 0c45:60ec SN9C105+MO4000 +sonixj 0c45:60fb Surfer NoName +sonixj 0c45:60fc LG-LIC300 +sonixj 0c45:612a Avant Camera +sonixj 0c45:612c Typhoon Rasy Cam 1.3MPix +sonixj 0c45:6130 Sonix Pccam +sonixj 0c45:6138 Sn9c120 Mo4000 +sonixj 0c45:613b Surfer SN-206 +sonixj 0c45:613c Sonix Pccam168 +sunplus 0d64:0303 Sunplus FashionCam DXG +etoms 102c:6151 Qcam Sangha CIF +etoms 102c:6251 Qcam xxxxxx VGA +zc3xx 10fd:0128 Typhoon Webshot II USB 300k 0x0128 +spca561 10fd:7e50 FlyCam Usb 100 +zc3xx 10fd:8050 Typhoon Webshot II USB 300k +spca501 1776:501c Arowana 300K CMOS Camera +t613 17a1:0128 T613/TAS5130A +vc032x 17ef:4802 Lenovo Vc0323+MI1310_SOC +pac207 2001:f115 D-Link DSB-C120 +spca500 2899:012c Toptro Industrial +spca508 8086:0110 Intel Easy PC Camera +spca500 8086:0630 Intel Pocket PC Camera +spca506 99fa:8988 Grandtec V.cap +spca561 abcd:cdee Petcam |
