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diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/README.sc b/Documentation/isdn/README.sc deleted file mode 100644 index 1153cd9..0000000 --- a/Documentation/isdn/README.sc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,281 +0,0 @@ -Welcome to Beta Release 2 of the combination ISDN driver for SpellCaster's -ISA ISDN adapters. Please note this release 2 includes support for the -DataCommute/BRI and TeleCommute/BRI adapters only and any other use is -guaranteed to fail. If you have a DataCommute/PRI installed in the test -computer, we recommend removing it as it will be detected but will not -be usable. To see what we have done to Beta Release 2, see section 3. - -Speaking of guarantees, THIS IS BETA SOFTWARE and as such contains -bugs and defects either known or unknown. Use this software at your own -risk. There is NO SUPPORT for this software. Some help may be available -through the web site or the mailing list but such support is totally at -our own option and without warranty. If you choose to assume all and -total risk by using this driver, we encourage you to join the beta -mailing list. - -To join the Linux beta mailing list, send a message to: -majordomo@spellcast.com with the words "subscribe linux-beta" as the only -contents of the message. Do not include a signature. If you choose to -remove yourself from this list at a later date, send another message to -the same address with the words "unsubscribe linux-beta" as its only -contents. - -TABLE OF CONTENTS ------------------ - 1. Introduction - 1.1 What is ISDN4Linux? - 1.2 What is different between this driver and previous drivers? - 1.3 How do I setup my system with the correct software to use - this driver release? - - 2. Basic Operations - 2.1 Unpacking and installing the driver - 2.2 Read the man pages!!! - 2.3 Installing the driver - 2.4 Removing the driver - 2.5 What to do if it doesn't load - 2.6 How to setup ISDN4Linux with the driver - - 3. Beta Change Summaries and Miscellaneous Notes - -1. Introduction ---------------- - -The revision 2 Linux driver for SpellCaster ISA ISDN adapters is built -upon ISDN4Linux available separately or as included in Linux 2.0 and later. -The driver will support a maximum of 4 adapters in any one system of any -type including DataCommute/BRI, DataCommute/PRI and TeleCommute/BRI for a -maximum of 92 channels for host. The driver is supplied as a module in -source form and needs to be complied before it can be used. It has been -tested on Linux 2.0.20. - -1.1 What Is ISDN4Linux - -ISDN4Linux is a driver and set of tools used to access and use ISDN devices -on a Linux platform in a common and standard way. It supports HDLC and PPP -protocols and offers channel bundling and MLPPP support. To use ISDN4Linux -you need to configure your kernel for ISDN support and get the ISDN4Linux -tool kit from our web site. - -ISDN4Linux creates a channel pool from all of the available ISDN channels -and therefore can function across adapters. When an ISDN4Linux compliant -driver (such as ours) is loaded, all of the channels go into a pool and -are used on a first-come first-served basis. In addition, individual -channels can be specifically bound to particular interfaces. - -1.2 What is different between this driver and previous drivers? - -The revision 2 driver besides adopting the ISDN4Linux architecture has many -subtle and not so subtle functional differences from previous releases. These -include: - - More efficient shared memory management combined with a simpler - configuration. All adapters now use only 16Kbytes of shared RAM - versus between 16K and 64K. New methods for using the shared RAM - allow us to utilize all of the available RAM on the adapter through - only one 16K page. - - Better detection of available upper memory. The probing routines - have been improved to better detect available shared RAM pages and - used pages are now locked. - - Decreased loading time and a wider range of I/O ports probed. - We have significantly reduced the amount of time it takes to load - the driver and at the same time doubled the number of I/O ports - probed increasing the likelihood of finding an adapter. - - We now support all ISA adapter models with a single driver instead - of separate drivers for each model. The revision 2 driver supports - the DataCommute/BRI, DataCommute/PRI and TeleCommute/BRI in any - combination up to a maximum of four adapters per system. - - On board PPP protocol support has been removed in favour of the - sync-PPP support used in ISDN4Linux. This means more control of - the protocol parameters, faster negotiation time and a more - familiar interface. - -1.3 How do I setup my system with the correct software to use - this driver release? - -Before you can compile, install and use the SpellCaster ISA ISDN driver, you -must ensure that the following software is installed, configured and running: - - - Linux kernel 2.0.20 or later with the required init and ps - versions. Please see your distribution vendor for the correct - utility packages. The latest kernel is available from - ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/v2.0/ - - - The latest modules package (modules-2.0.0.tar.gz) from - ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/modules-2.0.0.tar.gz - - - The ISDN4Linux tools available from - ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/isdn4linux/v2.0/isdn4k-utils-2.0.tar.gz - This package may fail to compile for you so you can alternatively - get a pre-compiled version from - ftp://ftp.spellcast.com/pub/drivers/isdn4linux/isdn4k-bin-2.0.tar.gz - - -2. Basic Operations -------------------- - -2.1 Unpacking and installing the driver - - 1. As root, create a directory in a convenient place. We suggest - /usr/src/spellcaster. - - 2. Unpack the archive with : - tar xzf sc-n.nn.tar.gz -C /usr/src/spellcaster - - 3. Change directory to /usr/src/spellcaster - - 4. Read the README and RELNOTES files. - - 5. Run 'make' and if all goes well, run 'make install'. - -2.2 Read the man pages!!! - -Make sure you read the scctrl(8) and sc(4) manual pages before continuing -any further. Type 'man 8 scctrl' and 'man 4 sc'. - -2.3 Installing the driver - -To install the driver, type '/sbin/insmod sc' as root. sc(4) details options -you can specify but you shouldn't need to use any unless this doesn't work. - -Make sure the driver loaded and detected all of the adapters by typing -'dmesg'. - -The driver can be configured so that it is loaded upon startup. To do this, -edit the file "/etc/modules/'uname -f'/'uname -v'" and insert the driver name -"sc" into this file. - -2.4 Removing the driver - -To remove the driver, delete any interfaces that may exist (see isdnctrl(8) -for more on this) and then type '/sbin/rmmod sc'. - -2.5 What to do if it doesn't load - -If, when you try to install the driver, you get a message mentioning -'register_isdn' then you do not have the ISDN4Linux system installed. Please -make sure that ISDN support is configured in the kernel. - -If you get a message that says 'initialization of sc failed', then the -driver failed to detect an adapter or failed to find resources needed such -as a free IRQ line or shared memory segment. If you are sure there are free -resources available, use the insmod options detailed in sc(4) to override -the probing function. - -Upon testing, the following problem was noted, the driver would load without -problems, but the board would not respond beyond that point. When a check was -done with 'cat /proc/interrupts' the interrupt count for sc was 0. In the event -of this problem, change the BIOS settings so that the interrupts in question are -reserved for ISA use only. - - -2.6 How to setup ISDN4Linux with the driver - -There are three main configurations which you can use with the driver: - -A) Basic HDLC connection -B) PPP connection -C) MLPPP connection - -It should be mentioned here that you may also use a tty connection if you -desire. The Documentation directory of the isdn4linux subsystem offers good -documentation on this feature. - -A) 10 steps to the establishment of a basic HDLC connection ------------------------------------------------------------ - -- please open the isdn-hdlc file in the examples directory and follow along... - - This file is a script used to configure a BRI ISDN TA to establish a - basic HDLC connection between its two channels. Two network - interfaces are created and two routes added between the channels. - - i) using the isdnctrl utility, add an interface with "addif" and - name it "isdn0" - ii) add the outgoing and inbound telephone numbers - iii) set the Layer 2 protocol to hdlc - iv) set the eaz of the interface to be the phone number of that - specific channel - v) to turn the callback features off, set the callback to "off" and - the callback delay (cbdelay) to 0. - vi) the hangup timeout can be set to a specified number of seconds - vii) the hangup upon incoming call can be set on or off - viii) use the ifconfig command to bring up the network interface with - a specific IP address and point to point address - ix) add a route to the IP address through the isdn0 interface - x) a ping should result in the establishment of the connection - - -B) Establishment of a PPP connection ------------------------------------- - -- please open the isdn-ppp file in the examples directory and follow along... - - This file is a script used to configure a BRI ISDN TA to establish a - PPP connection between the two channels. The file is almost - identical to the HDLC connection example except that the packet - encapsulation type has to be set. - - use the same procedure as in the HDLC connection from steps i) to - iii) then, after the Layer 2 protocol is set, set the encapsulation - "encap" to syncppp. With this done, the rest of the steps, iv) to x) - can be followed from above. - - Then, the ipppd (ippp daemon) must be setup: - - xi) use the ipppd function found in /sbin/ipppd to set the following: - xii) take out (minus) VJ compression and bsd compression - xiii) set the mru size to 2000 - xiv) link the two /dev interfaces to the daemon - -NOTE: A "*" in the inbound telephone number specifies that a call can be -accepted on any number. - -C) Establishment of a MLPPP connection --------------------------------------- - -- please open the isdn-mppp file in the examples directory and follow along... - - This file is a script used to configure a BRI ISDN TA to accept a - Multi Link PPP connection. - - i) using the isdnctrl utility, add an interface with "addif" and - name it "ippp0" - ii) add the inbound telephone number - iii) set the Layer 2 protocol to hdlc and the Layer 3 protocol to - trans (transparent) - iv) set the packet encapsulation to syncppp - v) set the eaz of the interface to be the phone number of that - specific channel - vi) to turn the callback features off, set the callback to "off" and - the callback delay (cbdelay) to 0. - vi) the hangup timeout can be set to a specified number of seconds - vii) the hangup upon incoming call can be set on or off - viii) add a slave interface and name it "ippp32" for example - ix) set the similar parameters for the ippp32 interface - x) use the ifconfig command to bring-up the ippp0 interface with a - specific IP address and point to point address - xi) add a route to the IP address through the ippp0 interface - xii) use the ipppd function found in /sbin/ipppd to set the following: - xiii) take out (minus) bsd compression - xiv) set the mru size to 2000 - xv) add (+) the multi-link function "+mp" - xvi) link the two /dev interfaces to the daemon - -NOTE: To use the MLPPP connection to dial OUT to a MLPPP connection, change -the inbound telephone numbers to the outgoing telephone numbers of the MLPPP -host. - - -3. Beta Change Summaries and Miscellaneous Notes ------------------------------------------------- -When using the "scctrl" utility to upload firmware revisions on the board, -please note that the byte count displayed at the end of the operation may be -different from the total number of bytes in the "dcbfwn.nn.sr" file. Please -disregard the displayed byte count. - -It was noted that in Beta Release 1, the module would fail to load and result -in a segmentation fault when 'insmod'ed. This problem was created when one of -the isdn4linux parameters, (isdn_ctrl, data field) was filled in. In some -cases, this data field was NULL, and was left unchecked, so when it was -referenced... segv. The bug has been fixed around line 63-68 of event.c. - |
