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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/sis900.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/sis900.tmpl deleted file mode 100644 index 6c2cbac..0000000 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/sis900.tmpl +++ /dev/null @@ -1,585 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []> - -<book id="SiS900Guide"> - -<bookinfo> - -<title>SiS 900/7016 Fast Ethernet Device Driver</title> - -<authorgroup> -<author> -<firstname>Ollie</firstname> -<surname>Lho</surname> -</author> - -<author> -<firstname>Lei Chun</firstname> -<surname>Chang</surname> -</author> -</authorgroup> - -<edition>Document Revision: 0.3 for SiS900 driver v1.06 & v1.07</edition> -<pubdate>November 16, 2000</pubdate> - -<copyright> - <year>1999</year> - <holder>Silicon Integrated System Corp.</holder> -</copyright> - -<legalnotice> - <para> - This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify - it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or - (at your option) any later version. - </para> - - <para> - This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - GNU General Public License for more details. - </para> - - <para> - You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License - along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software - Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA - </para> -</legalnotice> - -<abstract> -<para> -This document gives some information on installation and usage of SiS 900/7016 -device driver under Linux. -</para> -</abstract> - -</bookinfo> - -<toc></toc> - -<chapter id="intro"> - <title>Introduction</title> - -<para> -This document describes the revision 1.06 and 1.07 of SiS 900/7016 Fast Ethernet -device driver under Linux. The driver is developed by Silicon Integrated -System Corp. and distributed freely under the GNU General Public License (GPL). -The driver can be compiled as a loadable module and used under Linux kernel -version 2.2.x. (rev. 1.06) -With minimal changes, the driver can also be used under 2.3.x and 2.4.x kernel -(rev. 1.07), please see -<xref linkend="install"/>. If you are intended to -use the driver for earlier kernels, you are on your own. -</para> - -<para> -The driver is tested with usual TCP/IP applications including -FTP, Telnet, Netscape etc. and is used constantly by the developers. -</para> - -<para> -Please send all comments/fixes/questions to -<ulink url="mailto:lcchang@sis.com.tw">Lei-Chun Chang</ulink>. -</para> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="changes"> - <title>Changes</title> - -<para> -Changes made in Revision 1.07 - -<orderedlist> -<listitem> -<para> -Separation of sis900.c and sis900.h in order to move most -constant definition to sis900.h (many of those constants were -corrected) -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Clean up PCI detection, the pci-scan from Donald Becker were not used, -just simple pci_find_*. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -MII detection is modified to support multiple mii transceiver. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Bugs in read_eeprom, mdio_* were removed. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Lot of sis900 irrelevant comments were removed/changed and -more comments were added to reflect the real situation. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Clean up of physical/virtual address space mess in buffer -descriptors. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Better transmit/receive error handling. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -The driver now uses zero-copy single buffer management -scheme to improve performance. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Names of variables were changed to be more consistent. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Clean up of auo-negotiation and timer code. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Automatic detection and change of PHY on the fly. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Bug in mac probing fixed. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Fix 630E equalier problem by modifying the equalizer workaround rule. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Support for ICS1893 10/100 Interated PHYceiver. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Support for media select by ifconfig. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Added kernel-doc extratable documentation. -</para> -</listitem> - -</orderedlist> -</para> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="tested"> - <title>Tested Environment</title> - -<para> -This driver is developed on the following hardware - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> - -<para> -Intel Celeron 500 with SiS 630 (rev 02) chipset -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> - -<para> -SiS 900 (rev 01) and SiS 7016/7014 Fast Ethernet Card -</para> -</listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -and tested with these software environments - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> - -<para> -Red Hat Linux version 6.2 -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> - -<para> -Linux kernel version 2.4.0 -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> - -<para> -Netscape version 4.6 -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> - -<para> -NcFTP 3.0.0 beta 18 -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> - -<para> -Samba version 2.0.3 -</para> -</listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -</para> - -</chapter> - -<chapter id="files"> -<title>Files in This Package</title> - -<para> -In the package you can find these files: -</para> - -<para> -<variablelist> - -<varlistentry> -<term>sis900.c</term> -<listitem> -<para> -Driver source file in C -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term>sis900.h</term> -<listitem> -<para> -Header file for sis900.c -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term>sis900.sgml</term> -<listitem> -<para> -DocBook SGML source of the document -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term>sis900.txt</term> -<listitem> -<para> -Driver document in plain text -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -</variablelist> -</para> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="install"> - <title>Installation</title> - -<para> -Silicon Integrated System Corp. is cooperating closely with core Linux Kernel -developers. The revisions of SiS 900 driver are distributed by the usuall channels -for kernel tar files and patches. Those kernel tar files for official kernel and -patches for kernel pre-release can be download at -<ulink url="http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/">official kernel ftp site</ulink> -and its mirrors. -The 1.06 revision can be found in kernel version later than 2.3.15 and pre-2.2.14, -and 1.07 revision can be found in kernel version 2.4.0. -If you have no prior experience in networking under Linux, please read -<ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/">Ethernet HOWTO</ulink> and -<ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/">Networking HOWTO</ulink> available from -Linux Documentation Project (LDP). -</para> - -<para> -The driver is bundled in release later than 2.2.11 and 2.3.15 so this -is the most easy case. -Be sure you have the appropriate packages for compiling kernel source. -Those packages are listed in Document/Changes in kernel source -distribution. If you have to install the driver other than those bundled -in kernel release, you should have your driver file -<filename>sis900.c</filename> and <filename>sis900.h</filename> -copied into <filename class="directory">/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/</filename> first. -There are two alternative ways to install the driver -</para> - -<sect1> -<title>Building the driver as loadable module</title> - -<para> -To build the driver as a loadable kernel module you have to reconfigure -the kernel to activate network support by -</para> - -<para><screen> -make menuconfig -</screen></para> - -<para> -Choose <quote>Loadable module support ---></quote>, -then select <quote>Enable loadable module support</quote>. -</para> - -<para> -Choose <quote>Network Device Support ---></quote>, select -<quote>Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)</quote>. -Then select <quote>EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers</quote>, -and choose <quote>SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support</quote> -to <quote>M</quote>. -</para> - -<para> -After reconfiguring the kernel, you can make the driver module by -</para> - -<para><screen> -make modules -</screen></para> - -<para> -The driver should be compiled with no errors. After compiling the driver, -the driver can be installed to proper place by -</para> - -<para><screen> -make modules_install -</screen></para> - -<para> -Load the driver into kernel by -</para> - -<para><screen> -insmod sis900 -</screen></para> - -<para> -When loading the driver into memory, some information message can be view by -</para> - -<para> -<screen> -dmesg -</screen> - -or - -<screen> -cat /var/log/message -</screen> -</para> - -<para> -If the driver is loaded properly you will have messages similar to this: -</para> - -<para><screen> -sis900.c: v1.07.06 11/07/2000 -eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd000, IRQ 10, 00:00:e8:83:7f:a4. -eth0: SiS 900 Internal MII PHY transceiver found at address 1. -eth0: Using SiS 900 Internal MII PHY as default -</screen></para> - -<para> -showing the version of the driver and the results of probing routine. -</para> - -<para> -Once the driver is loaded, network can be brought up by -</para> - -<para><screen> -/sbin/ifconfig eth0 IPADDR broadcast BROADCAST netmask NETMASK media TYPE -</screen></para> - -<para> -where IPADDR, BROADCAST, NETMASK are your IP address, broadcast address and -netmask respectively. TYPE is used to set medium type used by the device. -Typical values are "10baseT"(twisted-pair 10Mbps Ethernet) or "100baseT" -(twisted-pair 100Mbps Ethernet). For more information on how to configure -network interface, please refer to -<ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/">Networking HOWTO</ulink>. -</para> - -<para> -The link status is also shown by kernel messages. For example, after the -network interface is activated, you may have the message: -</para> - -<para><screen> -eth0: Media Link On 100mbps full-duplex -</screen></para> - -<para> -If you try to unplug the twist pair (TP) cable you will get -</para> - -<para><screen> -eth0: Media Link Off -</screen></para> - -<para> -indicating that the link is failed. -</para> -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Building the driver into kernel</title> - -<para> -If you want to make the driver into kernel, choose <quote>Y</quote> -rather than <quote>M</quote> on -<quote>SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support</quote> -when configuring the kernel. Build the kernel image in the usual way -</para> - -<para><screen> -make clean - -make bzlilo -</screen></para> - -<para> -Next time the system reboot, you have the driver in memory. -</para> - -</sect1> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="problems"> - <title>Known Problems and Bugs</title> - -<para> -There are some known problems and bugs. If you find any other bugs please -mail to <ulink url="mailto:lcchang@sis.com.tw">lcchang@sis.com.tw</ulink> - -<orderedlist> - -<listitem> -<para> -AM79C901 HomePNA PHY is not thoroughly tested, there may be some -bugs in the <quote>on the fly</quote> change of transceiver. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -A bug is hidden somewhere in the receive buffer management code, -the bug causes NULL pointer reference in the kernel. This fault is -caught before bad things happen and reported with the message: - -<computeroutput> -eth0: NULL pointer encountered in Rx ring, skipping -</computeroutput> - -which can be viewed with <literal remap="tt">dmesg</literal> or -<literal remap="tt">cat /var/log/message</literal>. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -The media type change from 10Mbps to 100Mbps twisted-pair ethernet -by ifconfig causes the media link down. -</para> -</listitem> - -</orderedlist> -</para> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="RHistory"> - <title>Revision History</title> - -<para> -<itemizedlist> - -<listitem> -<para> -November 13, 2000, Revision 1.07, seventh release, 630E problem fixed -and further clean up. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -November 4, 1999, Revision 1.06, Second release, lots of clean up -and optimization. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -August 8, 1999, Revision 1.05, Initial Public Release -</para> -</listitem> - -</itemizedlist> -</para> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="acknowledgements"> - <title>Acknowledgements</title> - -<para> -This driver was originally derived form -<ulink url="mailto:becker@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov">Donald Becker</ulink>'s -<ulink url="ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/kern-2.3/pci-skeleton.c" ->pci-skeleton</ulink> and -<ulink url="ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/kern-2.3/rtl8139.c" ->rtl8139</ulink> drivers. Donald also provided various suggestion -regarded with improvements made in revision 1.06. -</para> - -<para> -The 1.05 revision was created by -<ulink url="mailto:cmhuang@sis.com.tw">Jim Huang</ulink>, AMD 79c901 -support was added by <ulink url="mailto:lcs@sis.com.tw">Chin-Shan Li</ulink>. -</para> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="functions"> -<title>List of Functions</title> -!Idrivers/net/sis900.c -</chapter> - -</book> |
