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-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/computone.txt522
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt98
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/hayes-esp.txt154
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/moxa-smartio523
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/rocket.txt189
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/specialix.txt383
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/stallion.txt392
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/sx.txt294
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/tty.txt292
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diff --git a/Documentation/serial/00-INDEX b/Documentation/serial/00-INDEX
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+00-INDEX
+ - this file.
+README.cycladesZ
+ - info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading.
+computone.txt
+ - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver.
+digiepca.txt
+ - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards.
+hayes-esp.txt
+ - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver.
+moxa-smartio
+ - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.
+riscom8.txt
+ - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver.
+rocket.txt
+ - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver.
+specialix.txt
+ - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card.
+stallion.txt
+ - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver.
+sx.txt
+ - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver.
+tty.txt
+ - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer.
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ b/Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ
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+
+The Cyclades-Z must have firmware loaded onto the card before it will
+operate. This operation should be performed during system startup,
+
+The firmware, loader program and the latest device driver code are
+available from Cyclades at
+ ftp://ftp.cyclades.com/pub/cyclades/cyclades-z/linux/
+
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/computone.txt b/Documentation/serial/computone.txt
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+NOTE: This is an unmaintained driver. It is not guaranteed to work due to
+changes made in the tty layer in 2.6. If you wish to take over maintenance of
+this driver, contact Michael Warfield <mhw@wittsend.com>.
+
+Changelog:
+----------
+11-01-2001: Original Document
+
+10-29-2004: Minor misspelling & format fix, update status of driver.
+ James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>
+
+Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+Release Notes For Linux Kernel 2.2 and higher.
+These notes are for the drivers which have already been integrated into the
+kernel and have been tested on Linux kernels 2.0, 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4.
+
+Version: 1.2.14
+Date: 11/01/2001
+Historical Author: Andrew Manison <amanison@america.net>
+Primary Author: Doug McNash
+Support: support@computone.com
+Fixes and Updates: Mike Warfield <mhw@wittsend.com>
+
+This file assumes that you are using the Computone drivers which are
+integrated into the kernel sources. For updating the drivers or installing
+drivers into kernels which do not already have Computone drivers, please
+refer to the instructions in the README.computone file in the driver patch.
+
+
+1. INTRODUCTION
+
+This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus controllers
+with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers. It does not support
+products previous to the Intelliport II.
+
+This driver was developed on the v2.0.x Linux tree and has been tested up
+to v2.4.14; it will probably not work with earlier v1.X kernels,.
+
+
+2. QUICK INSTALLATION
+
+Hardware - If you have an ISA card, find a free interrupt and io port.
+ List those in use with `cat /proc/interrupts` and
+ `cat /proc/ioports`. Set the card dip switches to a free
+ address. You may need to configure your BIOS to reserve an
+ irq for an ISA card. PCI and EISA parameters are set
+ automagically. Insert card into computer with the power off
+ before or after drivers installation.
+
+ Note the hardware address from the Computone ISA cards installed into
+ the system. These are required for editing ip2.c or editing
+ /etc/modprobe.conf, or for specification on the modprobe
+ command line.
+
+ Note that the /etc/modules.conf should be used for older (pre-2.6)
+ kernels.
+
+Software -
+
+Module installation:
+
+a) Determine free irq/address to use if any (configure BIOS if need be)
+b) Run "make config" or "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig"
+ Select (m) module for CONFIG_COMPUTONE under character
+ devices. CONFIG_PCI and CONFIG_MODULES also may need to be set.
+c) Set address on ISA cards then:
+ edit /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ip2.c if needed
+ or
+ edit /etc/modprobe.conf if needed (module).
+ or both to match this setting.
+d) Run "make modules"
+e) Run "make modules_install"
+f) Run "/sbin/depmod -a"
+g) install driver using `modprobe ip2 <options>` (options listed below)
+h) run ip2mkdev (either the script below or the binary version)
+
+
+Kernel installation:
+
+a) Determine free irq/address to use if any (configure BIOS if need be)
+b) Run "make config" or "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig"
+ Select (y) kernel for CONFIG_COMPUTONE under character
+ devices. CONFIG_PCI may need to be set if you have PCI bus.
+c) Set address on ISA cards then:
+ edit /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ip2.c
+ (Optional - may be specified on kernel command line now)
+d) Run "make zImage" or whatever target you prefer.
+e) mv /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage to /boot.
+f) Add new config for this kernel into /etc/lilo.conf, run "lilo"
+ or copy to a floppy disk and boot from that floppy disk.
+g) Reboot using this kernel
+h) run ip2mkdev (either the script below or the binary version)
+
+Kernel command line options:
+
+When compiling the driver into the kernel, io and irq may be
+compiled into the driver by editing ip2.c and setting the values for
+io and irq in the appropriate array. An alternative is to specify
+a command line parameter to the kernel at boot up.
+
+ ip2=io0,irq0,io1,irq1,io2,irq2,io3,irq3
+
+Note that this order is very different from the specifications for the
+modload parameters which have separate IRQ and IO specifiers.
+
+The io port also selects PCI (1) and EISA (2) boards.
+
+ io=0 No board
+ io=1 PCI board
+ io=2 EISA board
+ else ISA board io address
+
+You only need to specify the boards which are present.
+
+ Examples:
+
+ 2 PCI boards:
+
+ ip2=1,0,1,0
+
+ 1 ISA board at 0x310 irq 5:
+
+ ip2=0x310,5
+
+This can be added to and "append" option in lilo.conf similar to this:
+
+ append="ip2=1,0,1,0"
+
+
+3. INSTALLATION
+
+Previously, the driver sources were packaged with a set of patch files
+to update the character drivers' makefile and configuration file, and other
+kernel source files. A build script (ip2build) was included which applies
+the patches if needed, and build any utilities needed.
+What you receive may be a single patch file in conventional kernel
+patch format build script. That form can also be applied by
+running patch -p1 < ThePatchFile. Otherwise run ip2build.
+
+The driver can be installed as a module (recommended) or built into the
+kernel. This is selected as for other drivers through the `make config`
+command from the root of the Linux source tree. If the driver is built
+into the kernel you will need to edit the file ip2.c to match the boards
+you are installing. See that file for instructions. If the driver is
+installed as a module the configuration can also be specified on the
+modprobe command line as follows:
+
+ modprobe ip2 irq=irq1,irq2,irq3,irq4 io=addr1,addr2,addr3,addr4
+
+where irqnum is one of the valid Intelliport II interrupts (3,4,5,7,10,11,
+12,15) and addr1-4 are the base addresses for up to four controllers. If
+the irqs are not specified the driver uses the default in ip2.c (which
+selects polled mode). If no base addresses are specified the defaults in
+ip2.c are used. If you are autoloading the driver module with kerneld or
+kmod the base addresses and interrupt number must also be set in ip2.c
+and recompile or just insert and options line in /etc/modprobe.conf or both.
+The options line is equivalent to the command line and takes precedence over
+what is in ip2.c.
+
+/etc/modprobe.conf sample:
+ options ip2 io=1,0x328 irq=1,10
+ alias char-major-71 ip2
+ alias char-major-72 ip2
+ alias char-major-73 ip2
+
+The equivalent in ip2.c:
+
+static int io[IP2_MAX_BOARDS]= { 1, 0x328, 0, 0 };
+static int irq[IP2_MAX_BOARDS] = { 1, 10, -1, -1 };
+
+The equivalent for the kernel command line (in lilo.conf):
+
+ append="ip2=1,1,0x328,10"
+
+
+Note: Both io and irq should be updated to reflect YOUR system. An "io"
+ address of 1 or 2 indicates a PCI or EISA card in the board table.
+ The PCI or EISA irq will be assigned automatically.
+
+Specifying an invalid or in-use irq will default the driver into
+running in polled mode for that card. If all irq entries are 0 then
+all cards will operate in polled mode.
+
+If you select the driver as part of the kernel run :
+
+ make zlilo (or whatever you do to create a bootable kernel)
+
+If you selected a module run :
+
+ make modules && make modules_install
+
+The utility ip2mkdev (see 5 and 7 below) creates all the device nodes
+required by the driver. For a device to be created it must be configured
+in the driver and the board must be installed. Only devices corresponding
+to real IntelliPort II ports are created. With multiple boards and expansion
+boxes this will leave gaps in the sequence of device names. ip2mkdev uses
+Linux tty naming conventions: ttyF0 - ttyF255 for normal devices, and
+cuf0 - cuf255 for callout devices.
+
+
+4. USING THE DRIVERS
+
+As noted above, the driver implements the ports in accordance with Linux
+conventions, and the devices should be interchangeable with the standard
+serial devices. (This is a key point for problem reporting: please make
+sure that what you are trying do works on the ttySx/cuax ports first; then
+tell us what went wrong with the ip2 ports!)
+
+Higher speeds can be obtained using the setserial utility which remaps
+38,400 bps (extb) to 57,600 bps, 115,200 bps, or a custom speed.
+Intelliport II installations using the PowerPort expansion module can
+use the custom speed setting to select the highest speeds: 153,600 bps,
+230,400 bps, 307,200 bps, 460,800bps and 921,600 bps. The base for
+custom baud rate configuration is fixed at 921,600 for cards/expansion
+modules with ST654's and 115200 for those with Cirrus CD1400's. This
+corresponds to the maximum bit rates those chips are capable.
+For example if the baud base is 921600 and the baud divisor is 18 then
+the custom rate is 921600/18 = 51200 bps. See the setserial man page for
+complete details. Of course if stty accepts the higher rates now you can
+use that as well as the standard ioctls().
+
+
+5. ip2mkdev and assorted utilities...
+
+Several utilities, including the source for a binary ip2mkdev utility are
+available under .../drivers/char/ip2. These can be build by changing to
+that directory and typing "make" after the kernel has be built. If you do
+not wish to compile the binary utilities, the shell script below can be
+cut out and run as "ip2mkdev" to create the necessary device files. To
+use the ip2mkdev script, you must have procfs enabled and the proc file
+system mounted on /proc.
+
+
+6. NOTES
+
+This is a release version of the driver, but it is impossible to test it
+in all configurations of Linux. If there is any anomalous behaviour that
+does not match the standard serial port's behaviour please let us know.
+
+
+7. ip2mkdev shell script
+
+Previously, this script was simply attached here. It is now attached as a
+shar archive to make it easier to extract the script from the documentation.
+To create the ip2mkdev shell script change to a convenient directory (/tmp
+works just fine) and run the following command:
+
+ unshar Documentation/serial/computone.txt
+ (This file)
+
+You should now have a file ip2mkdev in your current working directory with
+permissions set to execute. Running that script with then create the
+necessary devices for the Computone boards, interfaces, and ports which
+are present on you system at the time it is run.
+
+
+#!/bin/sh
+# This is a shell archive (produced by GNU sharutils 4.2.1).
+# To extract the files from this archive, save it to some FILE, remove
+# everything before the `!/bin/sh' line above, then type `sh FILE'.
+#
+# Made on 2001-10-29 10:32 EST by <mhw@alcove.wittsend.com>.
+# Source directory was `/home2/src/tmp'.
+#
+# Existing files will *not* be overwritten unless `-c' is specified.
+#
+# This shar contains:
+# length mode name
+# ------ ---------- ------------------------------------------
+# 4251 -rwxr-xr-x ip2mkdev
+#
+save_IFS="${IFS}"
+IFS="${IFS}:"
+gettext_dir=FAILED
+locale_dir=FAILED
+first_param="$1"
+for dir in $PATH
+do
+ if test "$gettext_dir" = FAILED && test -f $dir/gettext \
+ && ($dir/gettext --version >/dev/null 2>&1)
+ then
+ set `$dir/gettext --version 2>&1`
+ if test "$3" = GNU
+ then
+ gettext_dir=$dir
+ fi
+ fi
+ if test "$locale_dir" = FAILED && test -f $dir/shar \
+ && ($dir/shar --print-text-domain-dir >/dev/null 2>&1)
+ then
+ locale_dir=`$dir/shar --print-text-domain-dir`
+ fi
+done
+IFS="$save_IFS"
+if test "$locale_dir" = FAILED || test "$gettext_dir" = FAILED
+then
+ echo=echo
+else
+ TEXTDOMAINDIR=$locale_dir
+ export TEXTDOMAINDIR
+ TEXTDOMAIN=sharutils
+ export TEXTDOMAIN
+ echo="$gettext_dir/gettext -s"
+fi
+if touch -am -t 200112312359.59 $$.touch >/dev/null 2>&1 && test ! -f 200112312359.59 -a -f $$.touch; then
+ shar_touch='touch -am -t $1$2$3$4$5$6.$7 "$8"'
+elif touch -am 123123592001.59 $$.touch >/dev/null 2>&1 && test ! -f 123123592001.59 -a ! -f 123123592001.5 -a -f $$.touch; then
+ shar_touch='touch -am $3$4$5$6$1$2.$7 "$8"'
+elif touch -am 1231235901 $$.touch >/dev/null 2>&1 && test ! -f 1231235901 -a -f $$.touch; then
+ shar_touch='touch -am $3$4$5$6$2 "$8"'
+else
+ shar_touch=:
+ echo
+ $echo 'WARNING: not restoring timestamps. Consider getting and'
+ $echo "installing GNU \`touch', distributed in GNU File Utilities..."
+ echo
+fi
+rm -f 200112312359.59 123123592001.59 123123592001.5 1231235901 $$.touch
+#
+if mkdir _sh17581; then
+ $echo 'x -' 'creating lock directory'
+else
+ $echo 'failed to create lock directory'
+ exit 1
+fi
+# ============= ip2mkdev ==============
+if test -f 'ip2mkdev' && test "$first_param" != -c; then
+ $echo 'x -' SKIPPING 'ip2mkdev' '(file already exists)'
+else
+ $echo 'x -' extracting 'ip2mkdev' '(text)'
+ sed 's/^X//' << 'SHAR_EOF' > 'ip2mkdev' &&
+#!/bin/sh -
+#
+# ip2mkdev
+#
+# Make or remove devices as needed for Computone Intelliport drivers
+#
+# First rule! If the dev file exists and you need it, don't mess
+# with it. That prevents us from screwing up open ttys, ownership
+# and permissions on a running system!
+#
+# This script will NOT remove devices that no longer exist if their
+# board or interface box has been removed. If you want to get rid
+# of them, you can manually do an "rm -f /dev/ttyF* /dev/cuaf*"
+# before running this script. Running this script will then recreate
+# all the valid devices.
+#
+# Michael H. Warfield
+# /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/
+# mhw@wittsend.com
+#
+# Updated 10/29/2000 for version 1.2.13 naming convention
+# under devfs. /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/
+#
+# Updated 03/09/2000 for devfs support in ip2 drivers. /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/
+#
+X
+if test -d /dev/ip2 ; then
+# This is devfs mode... We don't do anything except create symlinks
+# from the real devices to the old names!
+X cd /dev
+X echo "Creating symbolic links to devfs devices"
+X for i in `ls ip2` ; do
+X if test ! -L ip2$i ; then
+X # Remove it incase it wasn't a symlink (old device)
+X rm -f ip2$i
+X ln -s ip2/$i ip2$i
+X fi
+X done
+X for i in `( cd tts ; ls F* )` ; do
+X if test ! -L tty$i ; then
+X # Remove it incase it wasn't a symlink (old device)
+X rm -f tty$i
+X ln -s tts/$i tty$i
+X fi
+X done
+X for i in `( cd cua ; ls F* )` ; do
+X DEVNUMBER=`expr $i : 'F\(.*\)'`
+X if test ! -L cuf$DEVNUMBER ; then
+X # Remove it incase it wasn't a symlink (old device)
+X rm -f cuf$DEVNUMBER
+X ln -s cua/$i cuf$DEVNUMBER
+X fi
+X done
+X exit 0
+fi
+X
+if test ! -f /proc/tty/drivers
+then
+X echo "\
+Unable to check driver status.
+Make sure proc file system is mounted."
+X
+X exit 255
+fi
+X
+if test ! -f /proc/tty/driver/ip2
+then
+X echo "\
+Unable to locate ip2 proc file.
+Attempting to load driver"
+X
+X if /sbin/insmod ip2
+X then
+X if test ! -f /proc/tty/driver/ip2
+X then
+X echo "\
+Unable to locate ip2 proc file after loading driver.
+Driver initialization failure or driver version error.
+"
+X exit 255
+X fi
+X else
+X echo "Unable to load ip2 driver."
+X exit 255
+X fi
+fi
+X
+# Ok... So we got the driver loaded and we can locate the procfs files.
+# Next we need our major numbers.
+X
+TTYMAJOR=`sed -e '/^ip2/!d' -e '/\/dev\/tt/!d' -e 's/.*tt[^ ]*[ ]*\([0-9]*\)[ ]*.*/\1/' < /proc/tty/drivers`
+CUAMAJOR=`sed -e '/^ip2/!d' -e '/\/dev\/cu/!d' -e 's/.*cu[^ ]*[ ]*\([0-9]*\)[ ]*.*/\1/' < /proc/tty/drivers`
+BRDMAJOR=`sed -e '/^Driver: /!d' -e 's/.*IMajor=\([0-9]*\)[ ]*.*/\1/' < /proc/tty/driver/ip2`
+X
+echo "\
+TTYMAJOR = $TTYMAJOR
+CUAMAJOR = $CUAMAJOR
+BRDMAJOR = $BRDMAJOR
+"
+X
+# Ok... Now we should know our major numbers, if appropriate...
+# Now we need our boards and start the device loops.
+X
+grep '^Board [0-9]:' /proc/tty/driver/ip2 | while read token number type alltherest
+do
+X # The test for blank "type" will catch the stats lead-in lines
+X # if they exist in the file
+X if test "$type" = "vacant" -o "$type" = "Vacant" -o "$type" = ""
+X then
+X continue
+X fi
+X
+X BOARDNO=`expr "$number" : '\([0-9]\):'`
+X PORTS=`expr "$alltherest" : '.*ports=\([0-9]*\)' | tr ',' ' '`
+X MINORS=`expr "$alltherest" : '.*minors=\([0-9,]*\)' | tr ',' ' '`
+X
+X if test "$BOARDNO" = "" -o "$PORTS" = ""
+X then
+# This may be a bug. We should at least get this much information
+X echo "Unable to process board line"
+X continue
+X fi
+X
+X if test "$MINORS" = ""
+X then
+# Silently skip this one. This board seems to have no boxes
+X continue
+X fi
+X
+X echo "board $BOARDNO: $type ports = $PORTS; port numbers = $MINORS"
+X
+X if test "$BRDMAJOR" != ""
+X then
+X BRDMINOR=`expr $BOARDNO \* 4`
+X STSMINOR=`expr $BRDMINOR + 1`
+X if test ! -c /dev/ip2ipl$BOARDNO ; then
+X mknod /dev/ip2ipl$BOARDNO c $BRDMAJOR $BRDMINOR
+X fi
+X if test ! -c /dev/ip2stat$BOARDNO ; then
+X mknod /dev/ip2stat$BOARDNO c $BRDMAJOR $STSMINOR
+X fi
+X fi
+X
+X if test "$TTYMAJOR" != ""
+X then
+X PORTNO=$BOARDBASE
+X
+X for PORTNO in $MINORS
+X do
+X if test ! -c /dev/ttyF$PORTNO ; then
+X # We got the hardware but no device - make it
+X mknod /dev/ttyF$PORTNO c $TTYMAJOR $PORTNO
+X fi
+X done
+X fi
+X
+X if test "$CUAMAJOR" != ""
+X then
+X PORTNO=$BOARDBASE
+X
+X for PORTNO in $MINORS
+X do
+X if test ! -c /dev/cuf$PORTNO ; then
+X # We got the hardware but no device - make it
+X mknod /dev/cuf$PORTNO c $CUAMAJOR $PORTNO
+X fi
+X done
+X fi
+done
+X
+Xexit 0
+SHAR_EOF
+ (set 20 01 10 29 10 32 01 'ip2mkdev'; eval "$shar_touch") &&
+ chmod 0755 'ip2mkdev' ||
+ $echo 'restore of' 'ip2mkdev' 'failed'
+ if ( md5sum --help 2>&1 | grep 'sage: md5sum \[' ) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+ && ( md5sum --version 2>&1 | grep -v 'textutils 1.12' ) >/dev/null; then
+ md5sum -c << SHAR_EOF >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+ || $echo 'ip2mkdev:' 'MD5 check failed'
+cb5717134509f38bad9fde6b1f79b4a4 ip2mkdev
+SHAR_EOF
+ else
+ shar_count="`LC_ALL= LC_CTYPE= LANG= wc -c < 'ip2mkdev'`"
+ test 4251 -eq "$shar_count" ||
+ $echo 'ip2mkdev:' 'original size' '4251,' 'current size' "$shar_count!"
+ fi
+fi
+rm -fr _sh17581
+exit 0
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt b/Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2560e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+NOTE: This driver is obsolete. Digi provides a 2.6 driver (dgdm) at
+http://www.digi.com for PCI cards. They no longer maintain this driver,
+and have no 2.6 driver for ISA cards.
+
+This driver requires a number of user-space tools. They can be acquired from
+http://www.digi.com, but only works with 2.4 kernels.
+
+
+The Digi Intl. epca driver.
+----------------------------
+The Digi Intl. epca driver for Linux supports the following boards:
+
+Digi PC/Xem, PC/Xr, PC/Xe, PC/Xi, PC/Xeve
+Digi EISA/Xem, PCI/Xem, PCI/Xr
+
+Limitations:
+------------
+Currently the driver only autoprobes for supported PCI boards.
+
+The Linux MAKEDEV command does not support generating the Digiboard
+Devices. Users executing digiConfig to setup EISA and PC series cards
+will have their device nodes automatically constructed (cud?? for ~CLOCAL,
+and ttyD?? for CLOCAL). Users wishing to boot their board from the LILO
+prompt, or those users booting PCI cards may use buildDIGI to construct
+the necessary nodes.
+
+Notes:
+------
+This driver may be configured via LILO. For users who have already configured
+their driver using digiConfig, configuring from LILO will override previous
+settings. Multiple boards may be configured by issuing multiple LILO command
+lines. For examples see the bottom of this document.
+
+Device names start at 0 and continue up. Beware of this as previous Digi
+drivers started device names with 1.
+
+PCI boards are auto-detected and configured by the driver. PCI boards will
+be allocated device numbers (internally) beginning with the lowest PCI slot
+first. In other words a PCI card in slot 3 will always have higher device
+nodes than a PCI card in slot 1.
+
+LILO config examples:
+---------------------
+Using LILO's APPEND command, a string of comma separated identifiers or
+integers can be used to configure supported boards. The six values in order
+are:
+
+ Enable/Disable this card or Override,
+ Type of card: PC/Xe (AccelePort) (0), PC/Xeve (1), PC/Xem or PC/Xr (2),
+ EISA/Xem (3), PC/64Xe (4), PC/Xi (5),
+ Enable/Disable alternate pin arrangement,
+ Number of ports on this card,
+ I/O Port where card is configured (in HEX if using string identifiers),
+ Base of memory window (in HEX if using string identifiers),
+
+NOTE : PCI boards are auto-detected and configured. Do not attempt to
+configure PCI boards with the LILO append command. If you wish to override
+previous configuration data (As set by digiConfig), but you do not wish to
+configure any specific card (Example if there are PCI cards in the system)
+the following override command will accomplish this:
+-> append="digi=2"
+
+Samples:
+ append="digiepca=E,PC/Xe,D,16,200,D0000"
+ or
+ append="digi=1,0,0,16,512,851968"
+
+Supporting Tools:
+-----------------
+Supporting tools include digiDload, digiConfig, buildPCI, and ditty. See
+drivers/char/README.epca for more details. Note,
+this driver REQUIRES that digiDload be executed prior to it being used.
+Failure to do this will result in an ENODEV error.
+
+Documentation:
+--------------
+Complete documentation for this product may be found in the tool package.
+
+Sources of information and support:
+-----------------------------------
+Digi Intl. support site for this product:
+
+-> http://www.digi.com
+
+Acknowledgments:
+----------------
+Much of this work (And even text) was derived from a similar document
+supporting the original public domain DigiBoard driver Copyright (C)
+1994,1995 Troy De Jongh. Many thanks to Christoph Lameter
+(christoph@lameter.com) and Mike McLagan (mike.mclagan@linux.org) who authored
+and contributed to the original document.
+
+Changelog:
+----------
+10-29-04: Update status of driver, remove dead links in document
+ James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>
+
+2000 (?) Original Document
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/hayes-esp.txt b/Documentation/serial/hayes-esp.txt
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+HAYES ESP DRIVER VERSION 2.1
+
+A big thanks to the people at Hayes, especially Alan Adamson. Their support
+has enabled me to provide enhancements to the driver.
+
+Please report your experiences with this driver to me (arobinso@nyx.net). I
+am looking for both positive and negative feedback.
+
+*** IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR 2.1 ***
+Support for PIO mode. Five situations will cause PIO mode to be used:
+1) A multiport card is detected. PIO mode will always be used. (8 port cards
+do not support DMA).
+2) The DMA channel is set to an invalid value (anything other than 1 or 3).
+3) The DMA buffer/channel could not be allocated. The port will revert to PIO
+mode until it is reopened.
+4) Less than a specified number of bytes need to be transferred to/from the
+FIFOs. PIO mode will be used for that transfer only.
+5) A port needs to do a DMA transfer and another port is already using the
+DMA channel. PIO mode will be used for that transfer only.
+
+Since the Hayes ESP seems to conflict with other cards (notably sound cards)
+when using DMA, DMA is turned off by default. To use DMA, it must be turned
+on explicitly, either with the "dma=" option described below or with
+setserial. A multiport card can be forced into DMA mode by using setserial;
+however, most multiport cards don't support DMA.
+
+The latest version of setserial allows the enhanced configuration of the ESP
+card to be viewed and modified.
+***
+
+This package contains the files needed to compile a module to support the Hayes
+ESP card. The drivers are basically a modified version of the serial drivers.
+
+Features:
+
+- Uses the enhanced mode of the ESP card, allowing a wider range of
+ interrupts and features than compatibility mode
+- Uses DMA and 16 bit PIO mode to transfer data to and from the ESP's FIFOs,
+ reducing CPU load
+- Supports primary and secondary ports
+
+
+If the driver is compiled as a module, the IRQs to use can be specified by
+using the irq= option. The format is:
+
+irq=[0x100],[0x140],[0x180],[0x200],[0x240],[0x280],[0x300],[0x380]
+
+The address in brackets is the base address of the card. The IRQ of
+nonexistent cards can be set to 0. If an IRQ of a card that does exist is set
+to 0, the driver will attempt to guess at the correct IRQ. For example, to set
+the IRQ of the card at address 0x300 to 12, the insmod command would be:
+
+insmod esp irq=0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0
+
+The custom divisor can be set by using the divisor= option. The format is the
+same as for the irq= option. Each divisor value is a series of hex digits,
+with each digit representing the divisor to use for a corresponding port. The
+divisor value is constructed RIGHT TO LEFT. Specifying a nonzero divisor value
+will automatically set the spd_cust flag. To calculate the divisor to use for
+a certain baud rate, divide the port's base baud (generally 921600) by the
+desired rate. For example, to set the divisor of the primary port at 0x300 to
+4 and the divisor of the secondary port at 0x308 to 8, the insmod command would
+be:
+
+insmod esp divisor=0,0,0,0,0,0,0x84,0
+
+The dma= option can be used to set the DMA channel. The channel can be either
+1 or 3. Specifying any other value will force the driver to use PIO mode.
+For example, to set the DMA channel to 3, the insmod command would be:
+
+insmod esp dma=3
+
+The rx_trigger= and tx_trigger= options can be used to set the FIFO trigger
+levels. They specify when the ESP card should send an interrupt. Larger
+values will decrease the number of interrupts; however, a value too high may
+result in data loss. Valid values are 1 through 1023, with 768 being the
+default. For example, to set the receive trigger level to 512 bytes and the
+transmit trigger level to 700 bytes, the insmod command would be:
+
+insmod esp rx_trigger=512 tx_trigger=700
+
+The flow_off= and flow_on= options can be used to set the hardware flow off/
+flow on levels. The flow on level must be lower than the flow off level, and
+the flow off level should be higher than rx_trigger. Valid values are 1
+through 1023, with 1016 being the default flow off level and 944 being the
+default flow on level. For example, to set the flow off level to 1000 bytes
+and the flow on level to 935 bytes, the insmod command would be:
+
+insmod esp flow_off=1000 flow_on=935
+
+The rx_timeout= option can be used to set the receive timeout value. This
+value indicates how long after receiving the last character that the ESP card
+should wait before signalling an interrupt. Valid values are 0 though 255,
+with 128 being the default. A value too high will increase latency, and a
+value too low will cause unnecessary interrupts. For example, to set the
+receive timeout to 255, the insmod command would be:
+
+insmod esp rx_timeout=255
+
+The pio_threshold= option sets the threshold (in number of characters) for
+using PIO mode instead of DMA mode. For example, if this value is 32,
+transfers of 32 bytes or less will always use PIO mode.
+
+insmod esp pio_threshold=32
+
+Multiple options can be listed on the insmod command line by separating each
+option with a space. For example:
+
+insmod esp dma=3 trigger=512
+
+The esp module can be automatically loaded when needed. To cause this to
+happen, add the following lines to /etc/modprobe.conf (replacing the last line
+with options for your configuration):
+
+alias char-major-57 esp
+alias char-major-58 esp
+options esp irq=0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0 divisor=0,0,0,0,0,0,0x4,0
+
+You may also need to run 'depmod -a'.
+
+Devices must be created manually. To create the devices, note the output from
+the module after it is inserted. The output will appear in the location where
+kernel messages usually appear (usually /var/adm/messages). Create two devices
+for each 'tty' mentioned, one with major of 57 and the other with major of 58.
+The minor number should be the same as the tty number reported. The commands
+would be (replace ? with the tty number):
+
+mknod /dev/ttyP? c 57 ?
+mknod /dev/cup? c 58 ?
+
+For example, if the following line appears:
+
+Oct 24 18:17:23 techno kernel: ttyP8 at 0x0140 (irq = 3) is an ESP primary port
+
+...two devices should be created:
+
+mknod /dev/ttyP8 c 57 8
+mknod /dev/cup8 c 58 8
+
+You may need to set the permissions on the devices:
+
+chmod 666 /dev/ttyP*
+chmod 666 /dev/cup*
+
+The ESP module and the serial module should not conflict (they can be used at
+the same time). After the ESP module has been loaded the ports on the ESP card
+will no longer be accessible by the serial driver.
+
+If I/O errors are experienced when accessing the port, check for IRQ and DMA
+conflicts ('cat /proc/interrupts' and 'cat /proc/dma' for a list of IRQs and
+DMAs currently in use).
+
+Enjoy!
+Andrew J. Robinson <arobinso@nyx.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/moxa-smartio b/Documentation/serial/moxa-smartio
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,523 @@
+=============================================================================
+ MOXA Smartio/Industio Family Device Driver Installation Guide
+ for Linux Kernel 2.4.x, 2.6.x
+ Copyright (C) 2008, Moxa Inc.
+=============================================================================
+Date: 01/21/2008
+
+Content
+
+1. Introduction
+2. System Requirement
+3. Installation
+ 3.1 Hardware installation
+ 3.2 Driver files
+ 3.3 Device naming convention
+ 3.4 Module driver configuration
+ 3.5 Static driver configuration for Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x.
+ 3.6 Custom configuration
+ 3.7 Verify driver installation
+4. Utilities
+5. Setserial
+6. Troubleshooting
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+1. Introduction
+
+ The Smartio/Industio/UPCI family Linux driver supports following multiport
+ boards.
+
+ - 2 ports multiport board
+ CP-102U, CP-102UL, CP-102UF
+ CP-132U-I, CP-132UL,
+ CP-132, CP-132I, CP132S, CP-132IS,
+ CI-132, CI-132I, CI-132IS,
+ (C102H, C102HI, C102HIS, C102P, CP-102, CP-102S)
+
+ - 4 ports multiport board
+ CP-104EL,
+ CP-104UL, CP-104JU,
+ CP-134U, CP-134U-I,
+ C104H/PCI, C104HS/PCI,
+ CP-114, CP-114I, CP-114S, CP-114IS, CP-114UL,
+ C104H, C104HS,
+ CI-104J, CI-104JS,
+ CI-134, CI-134I, CI-134IS,
+ (C114HI, CT-114I, C104P)
+ POS-104UL,
+ CB-114,
+ CB-134I
+
+ - 8 ports multiport board
+ CP-118EL, CP-168EL,
+ CP-118U, CP-168U,
+ C168H/PCI,
+ C168H, C168HS,
+ (C168P),
+ CB-108
+
+ This driver and installation procedure have been developed upon Linux Kernel
+ 2.4.x and 2.6.x. This driver supports Intel x86 hardware platform. In order
+ to maintain compatibility, this version has also been properly tested with
+ RedHat, Mandrake, Fedora and S.u.S.E Linux. However, if compatibility problem
+ occurs, please contact Moxa at support@moxa.com.tw.
+
+ In addition to device driver, useful utilities are also provided in this
+ version. They are
+ - msdiag Diagnostic program for displaying installed Moxa
+ Smartio/Industio boards.
+ - msmon Monitor program to observe data count and line status signals.
+ - msterm A simple terminal program which is useful in testing serial
+ ports.
+ - io-irq.exe Configuration program to setup ISA boards. Please note that
+ this program can only be executed under DOS.
+
+ All the drivers and utilities are published in form of source code under
+ GNU General Public License in this version. Please refer to GNU General
+ Public License announcement in each source code file for more detail.
+
+ In Moxa's Web sites, you may always find latest driver at http://web.moxa.com.
+
+ This version of driver can be installed as Loadable Module (Module driver)
+ or built-in into kernel (Static driver). You may refer to following
+ installation procedure for suitable one. Before you install the driver,
+ please refer to hardware installation procedure in the User's Manual.
+
+ We assume the user should be familiar with following documents.
+ - Serial-HOWTO
+ - Kernel-HOWTO
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+2. System Requirement
+ - Hardware platform: Intel x86 machine
+ - Kernel version: 2.4.x or 2.6.x
+ - gcc version 2.72 or later
+ - Maximum 4 boards can be installed in combination
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+3. Installation
+
+ 3.1 Hardware installation
+ 3.2 Driver files
+ 3.3 Device naming convention
+ 3.4 Module driver configuration
+ 3.5 Static driver configuration for Linux kernel 2.4.x, 2.6.x.
+ 3.6 Custom configuration
+ 3.7 Verify driver installation
+
+
+ 3.1 Hardware installation
+
+ There are two types of buses, ISA and PCI, for Smartio/Industio
+ family multiport board.
+
+ ISA board
+ ---------
+ You'll have to configure CAP address, I/O address, Interrupt Vector
+ as well as IRQ before installing this driver. Please refer to hardware
+ installation procedure in User's Manual before proceed any further.
+ Please make sure the JP1 is open after the ISA board is set properly.
+
+ PCI/UPCI board
+ --------------
+ You may need to adjust IRQ usage in BIOS to avoid from IRQ conflict
+ with other ISA devices. Please refer to hardware installation
+ procedure in User's Manual in advance.
+
+ PCI IRQ Sharing
+ -----------
+ Each port within the same multiport board shares the same IRQ. Up to
+ 4 Moxa Smartio/Industio PCI Family multiport boards can be installed
+ together on one system and they can share the same IRQ.
+
+
+ 3.2 Driver files
+
+ The driver file may be obtained from ftp, CD-ROM or floppy disk. The
+ first step, anyway, is to copy driver file "mxser.tgz" into specified
+ directory. e.g. /moxa. The execute commands as below.
+
+ # cd /
+ # mkdir moxa
+ # cd /moxa
+ # tar xvf /dev/fd0
+
+ or
+
+ # cd /
+ # mkdir moxa
+ # cd /moxa
+ # cp /mnt/cdrom/<driver directory>/mxser.tgz .
+ # tar xvfz mxser.tgz
+
+
+ 3.3 Device naming convention
+
+ You may find all the driver and utilities files in /moxa/mxser.
+ Following installation procedure depends on the model you'd like to
+ run the driver. If you prefer module driver, please refer to 3.4.
+ If static driver is required, please refer to 3.5.
+
+ Dialin and callout port
+ -----------------------
+ This driver remains traditional serial device properties. There are
+ two special file name for each serial port. One is dial-in port
+ which is named "ttyMxx". For callout port, the naming convention
+ is "cumxx".
+
+ Device naming when more than 2 boards installed
+ -----------------------------------------------
+ Naming convention for each Smartio/Industio multiport board is
+ pre-defined as below.
+
+ Board Num. Dial-in Port Callout port
+ 1st board ttyM0 - ttyM7 cum0 - cum7
+ 2nd board ttyM8 - ttyM15 cum8 - cum15
+ 3rd board ttyM16 - ttyM23 cum16 - cum23
+ 4th board ttyM24 - ttym31 cum24 - cum31
+
+
+ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+ Under Kernel 2.6 the cum Device is Obsolete. So use ttyM*
+ device instead.
+ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+
+ Board sequence
+ --------------
+ This driver will activate ISA boards according to the parameter set
+ in the driver. After all specified ISA board activated, PCI board
+ will be installed in the system automatically driven.
+ Therefore the board number is sorted by the CAP address of ISA boards.
+ For PCI boards, their sequence will be after ISA boards and C168H/PCI
+ has higher priority than C104H/PCI boards.
+
+ 3.4 Module driver configuration
+ Module driver is easiest way to install. If you prefer static driver
+ installation, please skip this paragraph.
+
+
+ ------------- Prepare to use the MOXA driver--------------------
+ 3.4.1 Create tty device with correct major number
+ Before using MOXA driver, your system must have the tty devices
+ which are created with driver's major number. We offer one shell
+ script "msmknod" to simplify the procedure.
+ This step is only needed to be executed once. But you still
+ need to do this procedure when:
+ a. You change the driver's major number. Please refer the "3.7"
+ section.
+ b. Your total installed MOXA boards number is changed. Maybe you
+ add/delete one MOXA board.
+ c. You want to change the tty name. This needs to modify the
+ shell script "msmknod"
+
+ The procedure is:
+ # cd /moxa/mxser/driver
+ # ./msmknod
+
+ This shell script will require the major number for dial-in
+ device and callout device to create tty device. You also need
+ to specify the total installed MOXA board number. Default major
+ numbers for dial-in device and callout device are 30, 35. If
+ you need to change to other number, please refer section "3.7"
+ for more detailed procedure.
+ Msmknod will delete any special files occupying the same device
+ naming.
+
+ 3.4.2 Build the MOXA driver and utilities
+ Before using the MOXA driver and utilities, you need compile the
+ all the source code. This step is only need to be executed once.
+ But you still re-compile the source code if you modify the source
+ code. For example, if you change the driver's major number (see
+ "3.7" section), then you need to do this step again.
+
+ Find "Makefile" in /moxa/mxser, then run
+
+ # make clean; make install
+
+ !!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+ For Red Hat 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS3/ES3/WS3 & Fedora Core1:
+ # make clean; make installsp1
+
+ For Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4/ES4/WS4:
+ # make clean; make installsp2
+ !!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+
+ The driver files "mxser.o" and utilities will be properly compiled
+ and copied to system directories respectively.
+
+ ------------- Load MOXA driver--------------------
+ 3.4.3 Load the MOXA driver
+
+ # modprobe mxser <argument>
+
+ will activate the module driver. You may run "lsmod" to check
+ if "mxser" is activated. If the MOXA board is ISA board, the
+ <argument> is needed. Please refer to section "3.4.5" for more
+ information.
+
+
+ ------------- Load MOXA driver on boot --------------------
+ 3.4.4 For the above description, you may manually execute
+ "modprobe mxser" to activate this driver and run
+ "rmmod mxser" to remove it.
+ However, it's better to have a boot time configuration to
+ eliminate manual operation. Boot time configuration can be
+ achieved by rc file. We offer one "rc.mxser" file to simplify
+ the procedure under "moxa/mxser/driver".
+
+ But if you use ISA board, please modify the "modprobe ..." command
+ to add the argument (see "3.4.5" section). After modifying the
+ rc.mxser, please try to execute "/moxa/mxser/driver/rc.mxser"
+ manually to make sure the modification is ok. If any error
+ encountered, please try to modify again. If the modification is
+ completed, follow the below step.
+
+ Run following command for setting rc files.
+
+ # cd /moxa/mxser/driver
+ # cp ./rc.mxser /etc/rc.d
+ # cd /etc/rc.d
+
+ Check "rc.serial" is existed or not. If "rc.serial" doesn't exist,
+ create it by vi, run "chmod 755 rc.serial" to change the permission.
+ Add "/etc/rc.d/rc.mxser" in last line,
+
+ Reboot and check if moxa.o activated by "lsmod" command.
+
+ 3.4.5. If you'd like to drive Smartio/Industio ISA boards in the system,
+ you'll have to add parameter to specify CAP address of given
+ board while activating "mxser.o". The format for parameters are
+ as follows.
+
+ modprobe mxser ioaddr=0x???,0x???,0x???,0x???
+ | | | |
+ | | | +- 4th ISA board
+ | | +------ 3rd ISA board
+ | +------------ 2nd ISA board
+ +------------------- 1st ISA board
+
+ 3.5 Static driver configuration for Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x
+
+ Note: To use static driver, you must install the linux kernel
+ source package.
+
+ 3.5.1 Backup the built-in driver in the kernel.
+ # cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/char
+ # mv mxser.c mxser.c.old
+
+ For Red Hat 7.x user, you need to create link:
+ # cd /usr/src
+ # ln -s linux-2.4 linux
+
+ 3.5.2 Create link
+ # cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/char
+ # ln -s /moxa/mxser/driver/mxser.c mxser.c
+
+ 3.5.3 Add CAP address list for ISA boards. For PCI boards user,
+ please skip this step.
+
+ In module mode, the CAP address for ISA board is given by
+ parameter. In static driver configuration, you'll have to
+ assign it within driver's source code. If you will not
+ install any ISA boards, you may skip to next portion.
+ The instructions to modify driver source code are as
+ below.
+ a. # cd /moxa/mxser/driver
+ # vi mxser.c
+ b. Find the array mxserBoardCAP[] as below.
+
+ static int mxserBoardCAP[]
+ = {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
+
+ c. Change the address within this array using vi. For
+ example, to driver 2 ISA boards with CAP address
+ 0x280 and 0x180 as 1st and 2nd board. Just to change
+ the source code as follows.
+
+ static int mxserBoardCAP[]
+ = {0x280, 0x180, 0x00, 0x00};
+
+ 3.5.4 Setup kernel configuration
+
+ Configure the kernel:
+
+ # cd /usr/src/linux
+ # make menuconfig
+
+ You will go into a menu-driven system. Please select [Character
+ devices][Non-standard serial port support], enable the [Moxa
+ SmartIO support] driver with "[*]" for built-in (not "[M]"), then
+ select [Exit] to exit this program.
+
+ 3.5.5 Rebuild kernel
+ The following are for Linux kernel rebuilding, for your
+ reference only.
+ For appropriate details, please refer to the Linux document.
+
+ a. cd /usr/src/linux
+ b. make clean /* take a few minutes */
+ c. make dep /* take a few minutes */
+ d. make bzImage /* take probably 10-20 minutes */
+ e. make install /* copy boot image to correct position */
+ f. Please make sure the boot kernel (vmlinuz) is in the
+ correct position.
+ g. If you use 'lilo' utility, you should check /etc/lilo.conf
+ 'image' item specified the path which is the 'vmlinuz' path,
+ or you will load wrong (or old) boot kernel image (vmlinuz).
+ After checking /etc/lilo.conf, please run "lilo".
+
+ Note that if the result of "make bzImage" is ERROR, then you have to
+ go back to Linux configuration Setup. Type "make menuconfig" in
+ directory /usr/src/linux.
+
+
+ 3.5.6 Make tty device and special file
+ # cd /moxa/mxser/driver
+ # ./msmknod
+
+ 3.5.7 Make utility
+ # cd /moxa/mxser/utility
+ # make clean; make install
+
+ 3.5.8 Reboot
+
+
+
+ 3.6 Custom configuration
+ Although this driver already provides you default configuration, you
+ still can change the device name and major number. The instruction to
+ change these parameters are shown as below.
+
+ Change Device name
+ ------------------
+ If you'd like to use other device names instead of default naming
+ convention, all you have to do is to modify the internal code
+ within the shell script "msmknod". First, you have to open "msmknod"
+ by vi. Locate each line contains "ttyM" and "cum" and change them
+ to the device name you desired. "msmknod" creates the device names
+ you need next time executed.
+
+ Change Major number
+ -------------------
+ If major number 30 and 35 had been occupied, you may have to select
+ 2 free major numbers for this driver. There are 3 steps to change
+ major numbers.
+
+ 3.6.1 Find free major numbers
+ In /proc/devices, you may find all the major numbers occupied
+ in the system. Please select 2 major numbers that are available.
+ e.g. 40, 45.
+ 3.6.2 Create special files
+ Run /moxa/mxser/driver/msmknod to create special files with
+ specified major numbers.
+ 3.6.3 Modify driver with new major number
+ Run vi to open /moxa/mxser/driver/mxser.c. Locate the line
+ contains "MXSERMAJOR". Change the content as below.
+ #define MXSERMAJOR 40
+ #define MXSERCUMAJOR 45
+ 3.6.4 Run "make clean; make install" in /moxa/mxser/driver.
+
+ 3.7 Verify driver installation
+ You may refer to /var/log/messages to check the latest status
+ log reported by this driver whenever it's activated.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+4. Utilities
+ There are 3 utilities contained in this driver. They are msdiag, msmon and
+ msterm. These 3 utilities are released in form of source code. They should
+ be compiled into executable file and copied into /usr/bin.
+
+ Before using these utilities, please load driver (refer 3.4 & 3.5) and
+ make sure you had run the "msmknod" utility.
+
+ msdiag - Diagnostic
+ --------------------
+ This utility provides the function to display what Moxa Smartio/Industio
+ board found by driver in the system.
+
+ msmon - Port Monitoring
+ -----------------------
+ This utility gives the user a quick view about all the MOXA ports'
+ activities. One can easily learn each port's total received/transmitted
+ (Rx/Tx) character count since the time when the monitoring is started.
+ Rx/Tx throughputs per second are also reported in interval basis (e.g.
+ the last 5 seconds) and in average basis (since the time the monitoring
+ is started). You can reset all ports' count by <HOME> key. <+> <->
+ (plus/minus) keys to change the displaying time interval. Press <ENTER>
+ on the port, that cursor stay, to view the port's communication
+ parameters, signal status, and input/output queue.
+
+ msterm - Terminal Emulation
+ ---------------------------
+ This utility provides data sending and receiving ability of all tty ports,
+ especially for MOXA ports. It is quite useful for testing simple
+ application, for example, sending AT command to a modem connected to the
+ port or used as a terminal for login purpose. Note that this is only a
+ dumb terminal emulation without handling full screen operation.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+5. Setserial
+
+ Supported Setserial parameters are listed as below.
+
+ uart set UART type(16450-->disable FIFO, 16550A-->enable FIFO)
+ close_delay set the amount of time(in 1/100 of a second) that DTR
+ should be kept low while being closed.
+ closing_wait set the amount of time(in 1/100 of a second) that the
+ serial port should wait for data to be drained while
+ being closed, before the receiver is disable.
+ spd_hi Use 57.6kb when the application requests 38.4kb.
+ spd_vhi Use 115.2kb when the application requests 38.4kb.
+ spd_shi Use 230.4kb when the application requests 38.4kb.
+ spd_warp Use 460.8kb when the application requests 38.4kb.
+ spd_normal Use 38.4kb when the application requests 38.4kb.
+ spd_cust Use the custom divisor to set the speed when the
+ application requests 38.4kb.
+ divisor This option set the custom divison.
+ baud_base This option set the base baud rate.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+6. Troubleshooting
+
+ The boot time error messages and solutions are stated as clearly as
+ possible. If all the possible solutions fail, please contact our technical
+ support team to get more help.
+
+
+ Error msg: More than 4 Moxa Smartio/Industio family boards found. Fifth board
+ and after are ignored.
+ Solution:
+ To avoid this problem, please unplug fifth and after board, because Moxa
+ driver supports up to 4 boards.
+
+ Error msg: Request_irq fail, IRQ(?) may be conflict with another device.
+ Solution:
+ Other PCI or ISA devices occupy the assigned IRQ. If you are not sure
+ which device causes the situation, please check /proc/interrupts to find
+ free IRQ and simply change another free IRQ for Moxa board.
+
+ Error msg: Board #: C1xx Series(CAP=xxx) interrupt number invalid.
+ Solution:
+ Each port within the same multiport board shares the same IRQ. Please set
+ one IRQ (IRQ doesn't equal to zero) for one Moxa board.
+
+ Error msg: No interrupt vector be set for Moxa ISA board(CAP=xxx).
+ Solution:
+ Moxa ISA board needs an interrupt vector.Please refer to user's manual
+ "Hardware Installation" chapter to set interrupt vector.
+
+ Error msg: Couldn't install MOXA Smartio/Industio family driver!
+ Solution:
+ Load Moxa driver fail, the major number may conflict with other devices.
+ Please refer to previous section 3.7 to change a free major number for
+ Moxa driver.
+
+ Error msg: Couldn't install MOXA Smartio/Industio family callout driver!
+ Solution:
+ Load Moxa callout driver fail, the callout device major number may
+ conflict with other devices. Please refer to previous section 3.7 to
+ change a free callout device major number for Moxa driver.
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt b/Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+* NOTE - this is an unmaintained driver. The original author cannot be located.
+
+SDL Communications is now SBS Technologies, and does not have any
+information on these ancient ISA cards on their website.
+
+James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com> - 12-12-2004
+
+ This is the README for RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver
+ (C) 1994-1996 D.Gorodchanin
+ See file LICENSE for terms and conditions.
+
+NOTE: English is not my native language.
+ I'm sorry for any mistakes in this text.
+
+Misc. notes for RISCom/8 serial driver, in no particular order :)
+
+1) This driver can support up to 4 boards at time.
+ Use string "riscom8=0xXXX,0xXXX,0xXXX,0xXXX" at LILO prompt, for
+ setting I/O base addresses for boards. If you compile driver
+ as module use modprobe options "iobase=0xXXX iobase1=0xXXX iobase2=..."
+
+2) The driver partially supports famous 'setserial' program, you can use almost
+ any of its options, excluding port & irq settings.
+
+3) There are some misc. defines at the beginning of riscom8.c, please read the
+ comments and try to change some of them in case of problems.
+
+4) I consider the current state of the driver as BETA.
+
+5) SDL Communications WWW page is http://www.sdlcomm.com.
+
+6) You can use the MAKEDEV program to create RISCom/8 /dev/ttyL* entries.
+
+7) Minor numbers for first board are 0-7, for second 8-15, etc.
+
+22 Apr 1996.
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/rocket.txt b/Documentation/serial/rocket.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d85829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/rocket.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+Comtrol(tm) RocketPort(R)/RocketModem(TM) Series
+Device Driver for the Linux Operating System
+
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+
+PRODUCT OVERVIEW
+----------------
+
+This driver provides a loadable kernel driver for the Comtrol RocketPort
+and RocketModem PCI boards. These boards provide, 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32
+high-speed serial ports or modems. This driver supports up to a combination
+of four RocketPort or RocketModems boards in one machine simultaneously.
+This file assumes that you are using the RocketPort driver which is
+integrated into the kernel sources.
+
+The driver can also be installed as an external module using the usual
+"make;make install" routine. This external module driver, obtainable
+from the Comtrol website listed below, is useful for updating the driver
+or installing it into kernels which do not have the driver configured
+into them. Installations instructions for the external module
+are in the included README and HW_INSTALL files.
+
+RocketPort ISA and RocketModem II PCI boards currently are only supported by
+this driver in module form.
+
+The RocketPort ISA board requires I/O ports to be configured by the DIP
+switches on the board. See the section "ISA Rocketport Boards" below for
+information on how to set the DIP switches.
+
+You pass the I/O port to the driver using the following module parameters:
+
+board1 : I/O port for the first ISA board
+board2 : I/O port for the second ISA board
+board3 : I/O port for the third ISA board
+board4 : I/O port for the fourth ISA board
+
+There is a set of utilities and scripts provided with the external driver
+( downloadable from http://www.comtrol.com ) that ease the configuration and
+setup of the ISA cards.
+
+The RocketModem II PCI boards require firmware to be loaded into the card
+before it will function. The driver has only been tested as a module for this
+board.
+
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+
+INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
+-----------------------
+
+RocketPort/RocketModem PCI cards require no driver configuration, they are
+automatically detected and configured.
+
+The RocketPort driver can be installed as a module (recommended) or built
+into the kernel. This is selected, as for other drivers, through the `make config`
+command from the root of the Linux source tree during the kernel build process.
+
+The RocketPort/RocketModem serial ports installed by this driver are assigned
+device major number 46, and will be named /dev/ttyRx, where x is the port number
+starting at zero (ex. /dev/ttyR0, /devttyR1, ...). If you have multiple cards
+installed in the system, the mapping of port names to serial ports is displayed
+in the system log at /var/log/messages.
+
+If installed as a module, the module must be loaded. This can be done
+manually by entering "modprobe rocket". To have the module loaded automatically
+upon system boot, edit the /etc/modprobe.conf file and add the line
+"alias char-major-46 rocket".
+
+In order to use the ports, their device names (nodes) must be created with mknod.
+This is only required once, the system will retain the names once created. To
+create the RocketPort/RocketModem device names, use the command
+"mknod /dev/ttyRx c 46 x" where x is the port number starting at zero. For example:
+
+>mknod /dev/ttyR0 c 46 0
+>mknod /dev/ttyR1 c 46 1
+>mknod /dev/ttyR2 c 46 2
+
+The Linux script MAKEDEV will create the first 16 ttyRx device names (nodes)
+for you:
+
+>/dev/MAKEDEV ttyR
+
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+
+ISA Rocketport Boards
+---------------------
+
+You must assign and configure the I/O addresses used by the ISA Rocketport
+card before installing and using it. This is done by setting a set of DIP
+switches on the Rocketport board.
+
+
+SETTING THE I/O ADDRESS
+-----------------------
+
+Before installing RocketPort(R) or RocketPort RA boards, you must find
+a range of I/O addresses for it to use. The first RocketPort card
+requires a 68-byte contiguous block of I/O addresses, starting at one
+of the following: 0x100h, 0x140h, 0x180h, 0x200h, 0x240h, 0x280h,
+0x300h, 0x340h, 0x380h. This I/O address must be reflected in the DIP
+switches of *all* of the Rocketport cards.
+
+The second, third, and fourth RocketPort cards require a 64-byte
+contiguous block of I/O addresses, starting at one of the following
+I/O addresses: 0x100h, 0x140h, 0x180h, 0x1C0h, 0x200h, 0x240h, 0x280h,
+0x2C0h, 0x300h, 0x340h, 0x380h, 0x3C0h. The I/O address used by the
+second, third, and fourth Rocketport cards (if present) are set via
+software control. The DIP switch settings for the I/O address must be
+set to the value of the first Rocketport cards.
+
+In order to distinguish each of the card from the others, each card
+must have a unique board ID set on the dip switches. The first
+Rocketport board must be set with the DIP switches corresponding to
+the first board, the second board must be set with the DIP switches
+corresponding to the second board, etc. IMPORTANT: The board ID is
+the only place where the DIP switch settings should differ between the
+various Rocketport boards in a system.
+
+The I/O address range used by any of the RocketPort cards must not
+conflict with any other cards in the system, including other
+RocketPort cards. Below, you will find a list of commonly used I/O
+address ranges which may be in use by other devices in your system.
+On a Linux system, "cat /proc/ioports" will also be helpful in
+identifying what I/O addresses are being used by devices on your
+system.
+
+Remember, the FIRST RocketPort uses 68 I/O addresses. So, if you set it
+for 0x100, it will occupy 0x100 to 0x143. This would mean that you
+CAN NOT set the second, third or fourth board for address 0x140 since
+the first 4 bytes of that range are used by the first board. You would
+need to set the second, third, or fourth board to one of the next available
+blocks such as 0x180.
+
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+
+RocketPort and RocketPort RA SW1 Settings:
+
+ +-------------------------------+
+ | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
+ +-------+-------+---------------+
+ | Unused| Card | I/O Port Block|
+ +-------------------------------+
+
+DIP Switches DIP Switches
+7 8 6 5
+=================== ===================
+On On UNUSED, MUST BE ON. On On First Card <==== Default
+ On Off Second Card
+ Off On Third Card
+ Off Off Fourth Card
+
+DIP Switches I/O Address Range
+4 3 2 1 Used by the First Card
+=====================================
+On Off On Off 100-143
+On Off Off On 140-183
+On Off Off Off 180-1C3 <==== Default
+Off On On Off 200-243
+Off On Off On 240-283
+Off On Off Off 280-2C3
+Off Off On Off 300-343
+Off Off Off On 340-383
+Off Off Off Off 380-3C3
+
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+
+REPORTING BUGS
+--------------
+
+For technical support, please provide the following
+information: Driver version, kernel release, distribution of
+kernel, and type of board you are using. Error messages and log
+printouts port configuration details are especially helpful.
+
+USA
+ Phone: (612) 494-4100
+ FAX: (612) 494-4199
+ email: support@comtrol.com
+
+Comtrol Europe
+ Phone: +44 (0) 1 869 323-220
+ FAX: +44 (0) 1 869 323-211
+ email: support@comtrol.co.uk
+
+Web: http://www.comtrol.com
+FTP: ftp.comtrol.com
+
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+
+
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/specialix.txt b/Documentation/serial/specialix.txt
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/specialix.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,383 @@
+
+ specialix.txt -- specialix IO8+ multiport serial driver readme.
+
+
+
+ Copyright (C) 1997 Roger Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
+
+ Specialix pays for the development and support of this driver.
+ Please DO contact io8-linux@specialix.co.uk if you require
+ support.
+
+ This driver was developed in the BitWizard linux device
+ driver service. If you require a linux device driver for your
+ product, please contact devices@BitWizard.nl for a quote.
+
+ This code is firmly based on the riscom/8 serial driver,
+ written by Dmitry Gorodchanin. The specialix IO8+ card
+ programming information was obtained from the CL-CD1865 Data
+ Book, and Specialix document number 6200059: IO8+ Hardware
+ Functional Specification, augmented by document number 6200088:
+ Merak Hardware Functional Specification. (IO8+/PCI is also
+ called Merak)
+
+
+ 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.
+
+ 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.
+
+ 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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139,
+ USA.
+
+
+Intro
+=====
+
+
+This file contains some random information, that I like to have online
+instead of in a manual that can get lost. Ever misplace your Linux
+kernel sources? And the manual of one of the boards in your computer?
+
+
+Addresses and interrupts
+========================
+
+Address dip switch settings:
+The dip switch sets bits 2-9 of the IO address.
+
+ 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
+ +-----------------+
+ 0 | X X X X X X X |
+ | | = IoBase = 0x100
+ 1 | X |
+ +-----------------+ ------ RS232 connectors ---->
+
+ | | |
+ edge connector
+ | | |
+ V V V
+
+Base address 0x100 caused a conflict in one of my computers once. I
+haven't the foggiest why. My Specialix card is now at 0x180. My
+other computer runs just fine with the Specialix card at 0x100....
+The card occupies 4 addresses, but actually only two are really used.
+
+The PCI version doesn't have any dip switches. The BIOS assigns
+an IO address.
+
+The driver now still autoprobes at 0x100, 0x180, 0x250 and 0x260. If
+that causes trouble for you, please report that. I'll remove
+autoprobing then.
+
+The driver will tell the card what IRQ to use, so you don't have to
+change any jumpers to change the IRQ. Just use a command line
+argument (irq=xx) to the insmod program to set the interrupt.
+
+The BIOS assigns the IRQ on the PCI version. You have no say in what
+IRQ to use in that case.
+
+If your specialix cards are not at the default locations, you can use
+the kernel command line argument "specialix=io0,irq0,io1,irq1...".
+Here "io0" is the io address for the first card, and "irq0" is the
+irq line that the first card should use. And so on.
+
+Examples.
+
+You use the driver as a module and have three cards at 0x100, 0x250
+and 0x180. And some way or another you want them detected in that
+order. Moreover irq 12 is taken (e.g. by your PS/2 mouse).
+
+ insmod specialix.o iobase=0x100,0x250,0x180 irq=9,11,15
+
+The same three cards, but now in the kernel would require you to
+add
+
+ specialix=0x100,9,0x250,11,0x180,15
+
+to the command line. This would become
+
+ append="specialix=0x100,9,0x250,11,0x180,15"
+
+in your /etc/lilo.conf file if you use lilo.
+
+The Specialix driver is slightly odd: It allows you to have the second
+or third card detected without having a first card. This has
+advantages and disadvantages. A slot that isn't filled by an ISA card,
+might be filled if a PCI card is detected. Thus if you have an ISA
+card at 0x250 and a PCI card, you would get:
+
+sx0: specialix IO8+ Board at 0x100 not found.
+sx1: specialix IO8+ Board at 0x180 not found.
+sx2: specialix IO8+ board detected at 0x250, IRQ 12, CD1865 Rev. B.
+sx3: specialix IO8+ Board at 0x260 not found.
+sx0: specialix IO8+ board detected at 0xd800, IRQ 9, CD1865 Rev. B.
+
+This would happen if you don't give any probe hints to the driver.
+If you would specify:
+
+ specialix=0x250,11
+
+you'd get the following messages:
+
+sx0: specialix IO8+ board detected at 0x250, IRQ 11, CD1865 Rev. B.
+sx1: specialix IO8+ board detected at 0xd800, IRQ 9, CD1865 Rev. B.
+
+ISA probing is aborted after the IO address you gave is exhausted, and
+the PCI card is now detected as the second card. The ISA card is now
+also forced to IRQ11....
+
+
+Baud rates
+==========
+
+The rev 1.2 and below boards use a CL-CD1864. These chips can only
+do 64kbit. The rev 1.3 and newer boards use a CL-CD1865. These chips
+are officially capable of 115k2.
+
+The Specialix card uses a 25MHz crystal (in times two mode, which in
+fact is a divided by two mode). This is not enough to reach the rated
+115k2 on all ports at the same time. With this clock rate you can only
+do 37% of this rate. This means that at 115k2 on all ports you are
+going to lose characters (The chip cannot handle that many incoming
+bits at this clock rate.) (Yes, you read that correctly: there is a
+limit to the number of -=bits=- per second that the chip can handle.)
+
+If you near the "limit" you will first start to see a graceful
+degradation in that the chip cannot keep the transmitter busy at all
+times. However with a central clock this slow, you can also get it to
+miss incoming characters. The driver will print a warning message when
+you are outside the official specs. The messages usually show up in
+the file /var/log/messages .
+
+The specialix card cannot reliably do 115k2. If you use it, you have
+to do "extensive testing" (*) to verify if it actually works.
+
+When "mgetty" communicates with my modem at 115k2 it reports:
+got: +++[0d]ATQ0V1H0[0d][0d][8a]O[cb][0d][8a]
+ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^
+
+The three characters that have the "^^^" under them have suffered a
+bit error in the highest bit. In conclusion: I've tested it, and found
+that it simply DOESN'T work for me. I also suspect that this is also
+caused by the baud rate being just a little bit out of tune.
+
+I upgraded the crystal to 66Mhz on one of my Specialix cards. Works
+great! Contact me for details. (Voids warranty, requires a steady hand
+and more such restrictions....)
+
+
+(*) Cirrus logic CD1864 databook, page 40.
+
+
+Cables for the Specialix IO8+
+=============================
+
+The pinout of the connectors on the IO8+ is:
+
+ pin short direction long name
+ name
+ Pin 1 DCD input Data Carrier Detect
+ Pin 2 RXD input Receive
+ Pin 3 DTR/RTS output Data Terminal Ready/Ready To Send
+ Pin 4 GND - Ground
+ Pin 5 TXD output Transmit
+ Pin 6 CTS input Clear To Send
+
+
+ -- 6 5 4 3 2 1 --
+ | |
+ | |
+ | |
+ | |
+ +----- -----+
+ |__________|
+ clip
+
+ Front view of an RJ12 connector. Cable moves "into" the paper.
+ (the plug is ready to plug into your mouth this way...)
+
+
+ NULL cable. I don't know who is going to use these except for
+ testing purposes, but I tested the cards with this cable. (It
+ took quite a while to figure out, so I'm not going to delete
+ it. So there! :-)
+
+
+ This end goes This end needs
+ straight into the some twists in
+ RJ12 plug. the wiring.
+ IO8+ RJ12 IO8+ RJ12
+ 1 DCD white -
+ - - 1 DCD
+ 2 RXD black 5 TXD
+ 3 DTR/RTS red 6 CTS
+ 4 GND green 4 GND
+ 5 TXD yellow 2 RXD
+ 6 CTS blue 3 DTR/RTS
+
+
+ Same NULL cable, but now sorted on the second column.
+
+ 1 DCD white -
+ - - 1 DCD
+ 5 TXD yellow 2 RXD
+ 6 CTS blue 3 DTR/RTS
+ 4 GND green 4 GND
+ 2 RXD black 5 TXD
+ 3 DTR/RTS red 6 CTS
+
+
+
+ This is a modem cable usable for hardware handshaking:
+ RJ12 DB25 DB9
+ 1 DCD white 8 DCD 1 DCD
+ 2 RXD black 3 RXD 2 RXD
+ 3 DTR/RTS red 4 RTS 7 RTS
+ 4 GND green 7 GND 5 GND
+ 5 TXD yellow 2 TXD 3 TXD
+ 6 CTS blue 5 CTS 8 CTS
+ +---- 6 DSR 6 DSR
+ +---- 20 DTR 4 DTR
+
+ This is a modem cable usable for software handshaking:
+ It allows you to reset the modem using the DTR ioctls.
+ I (REW) have never tested this, "but xxxxxxxxxxxxx
+ says that it works." If you test this, please
+ tell me and I'll fill in your name on the xxx's.
+
+ RJ12 DB25 DB9
+ 1 DCD white 8 DCD 1 DCD
+ 2 RXD black 3 RXD 2 RXD
+ 3 DTR/RTS red 20 DTR 4 DTR
+ 4 GND green 7 GND 5 GND
+ 5 TXD yellow 2 TXD 3 TXD
+ 6 CTS blue 5 CTS 8 CTS
+ +---- 6 DSR 6 DSR
+ +---- 4 RTS 7 RTS
+
+ I bought a 6 wire flat cable. It was colored as indicated.
+ Check that yours is the same before you trust me on this.
+
+
+Hardware handshaking issues.
+============================
+
+The driver can be told to operate in two different ways. The default
+behaviour is specialix.sx_rtscts = 0 where the pin behaves as DTR when
+hardware handshaking is off. It behaves as the RTS hardware
+handshaking signal when hardware handshaking is selected.
+
+When you use this, you have to use the appropriate cable. The
+cable will either be compatible with hardware handshaking or with
+software handshaking. So switching on the fly is not really an
+option.
+
+I actually prefer to use the "specialix.sx_rtscts=1" option.
+This makes the DTR/RTS pin always an RTS pin, and ioctls to
+change DTR are always ignored. I have a cable that is configured
+for this.
+
+
+Ports and devices
+=================
+
+Port 0 is the one furthest from the card-edge connector.
+
+Devices:
+
+You should make the devices as follows:
+
+bash
+cd /dev
+for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 \
+ 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
+do
+ echo -n "$i "
+ mknod /dev/ttyW$i c 75 $i
+ mknod /dev/cuw$i c 76 $i
+done
+echo ""
+
+If your system doesn't come with these devices preinstalled, bug your
+linux-vendor about this. They have had ample time to get this
+implemented by now.
+
+You cannot have more than 4 boards in one computer. The card only
+supports 4 different interrupts. If you really want this, contact me
+about this and I'll give you a few tips (requires soldering iron)....
+
+If you have enough PCI slots, you can probably use more than 4 PCI
+versions of the card though....
+
+The PCI version of the card cannot adhere to the mechanical part of
+the PCI spec because the 8 serial connectors are simply too large. If
+it doesn't fit in your computer, bring back the card.
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+ Fixed bugs and restrictions:
+ - During initialization, interrupts are blindly turned on.
+ Having a shadow variable would cause an extra memory
+ access on every IO instruction.
+ - The interrupt (on the card) should be disabled when we
+ don't allocate the Linux end of the interrupt. This allows
+ a different driver/card to use it while all ports are not in
+ use..... (a la standard serial port)
+ == An extra _off variant of the sx_in and sx_out macros are
+ now available. They don't set the interrupt enable bit.
+ These are used during initialization. Normal operation uses
+ the old variant which enables the interrupt line.
+ - RTS/DTR issue needs to be implemented according to
+ specialix' spec.
+ I kind of like the "determinism" of the current
+ implementation. Compile time flag?
+ == Ok. Compile time flag! Default is how Specialix likes it.
+ == Now a config time flag! Gets saved in your config file. Neat!
+ - Can you set the IO address from the lilo command line?
+ If you need this, bug me about it, I'll make it.
+ == Hah! No bugging needed. Fixed! :-)
+ - Cirrus logic hasn't gotten back to me yet why the CD1865 can
+ and the CD1864 can't do 115k2. I suspect that this is
+ because the CD1864 is not rated for 33MHz operation.
+ Therefore the CD1864 versions of the card can't do 115k2 on
+ all ports just like the CD1865 versions. The driver does
+ not block 115k2 on CD1864 cards.
+ == I called the Cirrus Logic representative here in Holland.
+ The CD1864 databook is identical to the CD1865 databook,
+ except for an extra warning at the end. Similar Bit errors
+ have been observed in testing at 115k2 on both an 1865 and
+ a 1864 chip. I see no reason why I would prohibit 115k2 on
+ 1864 chips and not do it on 1865 chips. Actually there is
+ reason to prohibit it on BOTH chips. I print a warning.
+ If you use 115k2, you're on your own.
+ - A spiky CD may send spurious HUPs. Also in CLOCAL???
+ -- A fix for this turned out to be counter productive.
+ Different fix? Current behaviour is acceptable?
+ -- Maybe the current implementation is correct. If anybody
+ gets bitten by this, please report, and it will get fixed.
+
+ -- Testing revealed that when in CLOCAL, the problem doesn't
+ occur. As warned for in the CD1865 manual, the chip may
+ send modem intr's on a spike. We could filter those out,
+ but that would be a cludge anyway (You'd still risk getting
+ a spurious HUP when two spikes occur.).....
+
+
+
+ Bugs & restrictions:
+ - This is a difficult card to autoprobe.
+ You have to WRITE to the address register to even
+ read-probe a CD186x register. Disable autodetection?
+ -- Specialix: any suggestions?
+
+
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/stallion.txt b/Documentation/serial/stallion.txt
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+* NOTE - This is an unmaintained driver. Lantronix, which bought Stallion
+technologies, is not active in driver maintenance, and they have no information
+on when or if they will have a 2.6 driver.
+
+James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com> - 12-12-2004
+
+Stallion Multiport Serial Driver Readme
+---------------------------------------
+
+Copyright (C) 1994-1999, Stallion Technologies.
+
+Version: 5.5.1
+Date: 28MAR99
+
+
+
+1. INTRODUCTION
+
+There are two drivers that work with the different families of Stallion
+multiport serial boards. One is for the Stallion smart boards - that is
+EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 and EasyConnection 8/64-PCI, the other for
+the true Stallion intelligent multiport boards - EasyConnection 8/64
+(ISA, EISA, MCA), EasyConnection/RA-PCI, ONboard and Brumby.
+
+If you are using any of the Stallion intelligent multiport boards (Brumby,
+ONboard, EasyConnection 8/64 (ISA, EISA, MCA), EasyConnection/RA-PCI) with
+Linux you will need to get the driver utility package. This contains a
+firmware loader and the firmware images necessary to make the devices operate.
+
+The Stallion Technologies ftp site, ftp.stallion.com, will always have
+the latest version of the driver utility package.
+
+ftp://ftp.stallion.com/drivers/ata5/Linux/ata-linux-550.tar.gz
+
+As of the printing of this document the latest version of the driver
+utility package is 5.5.0. If a later version is now available then you
+should use the latest version.
+
+If you are using the EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 or EasyConnection 8/64-PCI
+boards then you don't need this package, although it does have a serial stats
+display program.
+
+If you require DIP switch settings, EISA or MCA configuration files, or any
+other information related to Stallion boards then have a look at Stallion's
+web pages at http://www.stallion.com.
+
+
+
+2. INSTALLATION
+
+The drivers can be used as loadable modules or compiled into the kernel.
+You can choose which when doing a "config" on the kernel.
+
+All ISA, EISA and MCA boards that you want to use need to be configured into
+the driver(s). All PCI boards will be automatically detected when you load
+the driver - so they do not need to be entered into the driver(s)
+configuration structure. Note that kernel PCI support is required to use PCI
+boards.
+
+There are two methods of configuring ISA, EISA and MCA boards into the drivers.
+If using the driver as a loadable module then the simplest method is to pass
+the driver configuration as module arguments. The other method is to modify
+the driver source to add configuration lines for each board in use.
+
+If you have pre-built Stallion driver modules then the module argument
+configuration method should be used. A lot of Linux distributions come with
+pre-built driver modules in /lib/modules/X.Y.Z/misc for the kernel in use.
+That makes things pretty simple to get going.
+
+
+2.1 MODULE DRIVER CONFIGURATION:
+
+The simplest configuration for modules is to use the module load arguments
+to configure any ISA, EISA or MCA boards. PCI boards are automatically
+detected, so do not need any additional configuration at all.
+
+If using EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 ISA or MCA, or EasyConnection 8/63-PCI
+boards then use the "stallion" driver module, Otherwise if you are using
+an EasyConnection 8/64 ISA, EISA or MCA, EasyConnection/RA-PCI, ONboard,
+Brumby or original Stallion board then use the "istallion" driver module.
+
+Typically to load up the smart board driver use:
+
+ modprobe stallion
+
+This will load the EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 driver. It will output a
+message to say that it loaded and print the driver version number. It will
+also print out whether it found the configured boards or not. These messages
+may not appear on the console, but typically are always logged to
+/var/adm/messages or /var/log/syslog files - depending on how the klogd and
+syslogd daemons are setup on your system.
+
+To load the intelligent board driver use:
+
+ modprobe istallion
+
+It will output similar messages to the smart board driver.
+
+If not using an auto-detectable board type (that is a PCI board) then you
+will also need to supply command line arguments to the modprobe command
+when loading the driver. The general form of the configuration argument is
+
+ board?=<name>[,<ioaddr>[,<addr>][,<irq>]]
+
+where:
+
+ board? -- specifies the arbitrary board number of this board,
+ can be in the range 0 to 3.
+
+ name -- textual name of this board. The board name is the common
+ board name, or any "shortened" version of that. The board
+ type number may also be used here.
+
+ ioaddr -- specifies the I/O address of this board. This argument is
+ optional, but should generally be specified.
+
+ addr -- optional second address argument. Some board types require
+ a second I/O address, some require a memory address. The
+ exact meaning of this argument depends on the board type.
+
+ irq -- optional IRQ line used by this board.
+
+Up to 4 board configuration arguments can be specified on the load line.
+Here is some examples:
+
+ modprobe stallion board0=easyio,0x2a0,5
+
+This configures an EasyIO board as board 0 at I/O address 0x2a0 and IRQ 5.
+
+ modprobe istallion board3=ec8/64,0x2c0,0xcc000
+
+This configures an EasyConnection 8/64 ISA as board 3 at I/O address 0x2c0 at
+memory address 0xcc000.
+
+ modprobe stallion board1=ec8/32-at,0x2a0,0x280,10
+
+This configures an EasyConnection 8/32 ISA board at primary I/O address 0x2a0,
+secondary address 0x280 and IRQ 10.
+
+You will probably want to enter this module load and configuration information
+into your system startup scripts so that the drivers are loaded and configured
+on each system boot. Typically the start up script would be something like
+/etc/modprobe.conf.
+
+
+2.2 STATIC DRIVER CONFIGURATION:
+
+For static driver configuration you need to modify the driver source code.
+Entering ISA, EISA and MCA boards into the driver(s) configuration structure
+involves editing the driver(s) source file. It's pretty easy if you follow
+the instructions below. Both drivers can support up to 4 boards. The smart
+card driver (the stallion.c driver) supports any combination of EasyIO and
+EasyConnection 8/32 boards (up to a total of 4). The intelligent driver
+supports any combination of ONboards, Brumbys, Stallions and EasyConnection
+8/64 (ISA and EISA) boards (up to a total of 4).
+
+To set up the driver(s) for the boards that you want to use you need to
+edit the appropriate driver file and add configuration entries.
+
+If using EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 ISA or MCA boards,
+ In drivers/char/stallion.c:
+ - find the definition of the stl_brdconf array (of structures)
+ near the top of the file
+ - modify this to match the boards you are going to install
+ (the comments before this structure should help)
+ - save and exit
+
+If using ONboard, Brumby, Stallion or EasyConnection 8/64 (ISA or EISA)
+boards,
+ In drivers/char/istallion.c:
+ - find the definition of the stli_brdconf array (of structures)
+ near the top of the file
+ - modify this to match the boards you are going to install
+ (the comments before this structure should help)
+ - save and exit
+
+Once you have set up the board configurations then you are ready to build
+the kernel or modules.
+
+When the new kernel is booted, or the loadable module loaded then the
+driver will emit some kernel trace messages about whether the configured
+boards were detected or not. Depending on how your system logger is set
+up these may come out on the console, or just be logged to
+/var/adm/messages or /var/log/syslog. You should check the messages to
+confirm that all is well.
+
+
+2.3 SHARING INTERRUPTS
+
+It is possible to share interrupts between multiple EasyIO and
+EasyConnection 8/32 boards in an EISA system. To do this you must be using
+static driver configuration, modifying the driver source code to add driver
+configuration. Then a couple of extra things are required:
+
+1. When entering the board resources into the stallion.c file you need to
+ mark the boards as using level triggered interrupts. Do this by replacing
+ the "0" entry at field position 6 (the last field) in the board
+ configuration structure with a "1". (This is the structure that defines
+ the board type, I/O locations, etc. for each board). All boards that are
+ sharing an interrupt must be set this way, and each board should have the
+ same interrupt number specified here as well. Now build the module or
+ kernel as you would normally.
+
+2. When physically installing the boards into the system you must enter
+ the system EISA configuration utility. You will need to install the EISA
+ configuration files for *all* the EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 boards
+ that are sharing interrupts. The Stallion EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32
+ EISA configuration files required are supplied by Stallion Technologies
+ on the EASY Utilities floppy diskette (usually supplied in the box with
+ the board when purchased. If not, you can pick it up from Stallion's FTP
+ site, ftp.stallion.com). You will need to edit the board resources to
+ choose level triggered interrupts, and make sure to set each board's
+ interrupt to the same IRQ number.
+
+You must complete both the above steps for this to work. When you reboot
+or load the driver your EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 boards will be
+sharing interrupts.
+
+
+2.4 USING HIGH SHARED MEMORY
+
+The EasyConnection 8/64-EI, ONboard and Stallion boards are capable of
+using shared memory addresses above the usual 640K - 1Mb range. The ONboard
+ISA and the Stallion boards can be programmed to use memory addresses up to
+16Mb (the ISA bus addressing limit), and the EasyConnection 8/64-EI and
+ONboard/E can be programmed for memory addresses up to 4Gb (the EISA bus
+addressing limit).
+
+The higher than 1Mb memory addresses are fully supported by this driver.
+Just enter the address as you normally would for a lower than 1Mb address
+(in the driver's board configuration structure).
+
+
+
+2.5 TROUBLE SHOOTING
+
+If a board is not found by the driver but is actually in the system then the
+most likely problem is that the I/O address is wrong. Change the module load
+argument for the loadable module form. Or change it in the driver stallion.c
+or istallion.c configuration structure and rebuild the kernel or modules, or
+change it on the board.
+
+On EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 boards the IRQ is software programmable, so
+if there is a conflict you may need to change the IRQ used for a board. There
+are no interrupts to worry about for ONboard, Brumby or EasyConnection 8/64
+(ISA, EISA and MCA) boards. The memory region on EasyConnection 8/64 and
+ONboard boards is software programmable, but not on the Brumby boards.
+
+
+
+3. USING THE DRIVERS
+
+3.1 INTELLIGENT DRIVER OPERATION
+
+The intelligent boards also need to have their "firmware" code downloaded
+to them. This is done via a user level application supplied in the driver
+utility package called "stlload". Compile this program wherever you dropped
+the package files, by typing "make". In its simplest form you can then type
+
+ ./stlload -i cdk.sys
+
+in this directory and that will download board 0 (assuming board 0 is an
+EasyConnection 8/64 or EasyConnection/RA board). To download to an
+ONboard, Brumby or Stallion do:
+
+ ./stlload -i 2681.sys
+
+Normally you would want all boards to be downloaded as part of the standard
+system startup. To achieve this, add one of the lines above into the
+/etc/rc.d/rc.S or /etc/rc.d/rc.serial file. To download each board just add
+the "-b <brd-number>" option to the line. You will need to download code for
+every board. You should probably move the stlload program into a system
+directory, such as /usr/sbin. Also, the default location of the cdk.sys image
+file in the stlload down-loader is /usr/lib/stallion. Create that directory
+and put the cdk.sys and 2681.sys files in it. (It's a convenient place to put
+them anyway). As an example your /etc/rc.d/rc.S file might have the
+following lines added to it (if you had 3 boards):
+
+ /usr/sbin/stlload -b 0 -i /usr/lib/stallion/cdk.sys
+ /usr/sbin/stlload -b 1 -i /usr/lib/stallion/2681.sys
+ /usr/sbin/stlload -b 2 -i /usr/lib/stallion/2681.sys
+
+The image files cdk.sys and 2681.sys are specific to the board types. The
+cdk.sys will only function correctly on an EasyConnection 8/64 board. Similarly
+the 2681.sys image fill only operate on ONboard, Brumby and Stallion boards.
+If you load the wrong image file into a board it will fail to start up, and
+of course the ports will not be operational!
+
+If you are using the modularized version of the driver you might want to put
+the modprobe calls in the startup script as well (before the download lines
+obviously).
+
+
+3.2 USING THE SERIAL PORTS
+
+Once the driver is installed you will need to setup some device nodes to
+access the serial ports. The simplest method is to use the /dev/MAKEDEV program.
+It will automatically create device entries for Stallion boards. This will
+create the normal serial port devices as /dev/ttyE# where# is the port number
+starting from 0. A bank of 64 minor device numbers is allocated to each board,
+so the first port on the second board is port 64,etc. A set of callout type
+devices may also be created. They are created as the devices /dev/cue# where #
+is the same as for the ttyE devices.
+
+For the most part the Stallion driver tries to emulate the standard PC system
+COM ports and the standard Linux serial driver. The idea is that you should
+be able to use Stallion board ports and COM ports interchangeably without
+modifying anything but the device name. Anything that doesn't work like that
+should be considered a bug in this driver!
+
+If you look at the driver code you will notice that it is fairly closely
+based on the Linux serial driver (linux/drivers/char/serial.c). This is
+intentional, obviously this is the easiest way to emulate its behavior!
+
+Since this driver tries to emulate the standard serial ports as much as
+possible, most system utilities should work as they do for the standard
+COM ports. Most importantly "stty" works as expected and "setserial" can
+also be used (excepting the ability to auto-configure the I/O and IRQ
+addresses of boards). Higher baud rates are supported in the usual fashion
+through setserial or using the CBAUDEX extensions. Note that the EasyIO and
+EasyConnection (all types) support at least 57600 and 115200 baud. The newer
+EasyConnection XP modules and new EasyIO boards support 230400 and 460800
+baud as well. The older boards including ONboard and Brumby support a
+maximum baud rate of 38400.
+
+If you are unfamiliar with how to use serial ports, then get the Serial-HOWTO
+by Greg Hankins. It will explain everything you need to know!
+
+
+
+4. NOTES
+
+You can use both drivers at once if you have a mix of board types installed
+in a system. However to do this you will need to change the major numbers
+used by one of the drivers. Currently both drivers use major numbers 24, 25
+and 28 for their devices. Change one driver to use some other major numbers,
+and then modify the mkdevnods script to make device nodes based on those new
+major numbers. For example, you could change the istallion.c driver to use
+major numbers 60, 61 and 62. You will also need to create device nodes with
+different names for the ports, for example ttyF# and cuf#.
+
+The original Stallion board is no longer supported by Stallion Technologies.
+Although it is known to work with the istallion driver.
+
+Finding a free physical memory address range can be a problem. The older
+boards like the Stallion and ONboard need large areas (64K or even 128K), so
+they can be very difficult to get into a system. If you have 16 Mb of RAM
+then you have no choice but to put them somewhere in the 640K -> 1Mb range.
+ONboards require 64K, so typically 0xd0000 is good, or 0xe0000 on some
+systems. If you have an original Stallion board, "V4.0" or Rev.O, then you
+need a 64K memory address space, so again 0xd0000 and 0xe0000 are good.
+Older Stallion boards are a much bigger problem. They need 128K of address
+space and must be on a 128K boundary. If you don't have a VGA card then
+0xc0000 might be usable - there is really no other place you can put them
+below 1Mb.
+
+Both the ONboard and old Stallion boards can use higher memory addresses as
+well, but you must have less than 16Mb of RAM to be able to use them. Usual
+high memory addresses used include 0xec0000 and 0xf00000.
+
+The Brumby boards only require 16Kb of address space, so you can usually
+squeeze them in somewhere. Common addresses are 0xc8000, 0xcc000, or in
+the 0xd0000 range. EasyConnection 8/64 boards are even better, they only
+require 4Kb of address space, again usually 0xc8000, 0xcc000 or 0xd0000
+are good.
+
+If you are using an EasyConnection 8/64-EI or ONboard/E then usually the
+0xd0000 or 0xe0000 ranges are the best options below 1Mb. If neither of
+them can be used then the high memory support to use the really high address
+ranges is the best option. Typically the 2Gb range is convenient for them,
+and gets them well out of the way.
+
+The ports of the EasyIO-8M board do not have DCD or DTR signals. So these
+ports cannot be used as real modem devices. Generally, when using these
+ports you should only use the cueX devices.
+
+The driver utility package contains a couple of very useful programs. One
+is a serial port statistics collection and display program - very handy
+for solving serial port problems. The other is an extended option setting
+program that works with the intelligent boards.
+
+
+
+5. DISCLAIMER
+
+The information contained in this document is believed to be accurate and
+reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by Stallion Technologies
+Pty. Ltd. for its use, nor any infringements of patents or other rights
+of third parties resulting from its use. Stallion Technologies reserves
+the right to modify the design of its products and will endeavour to change
+the information in manuals and accompanying documentation accordingly.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/sx.txt b/Documentation/serial/sx.txt
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+
+ sx.txt -- specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver readme.
+
+
+
+ Copyright (C) 1997 Roger Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
+
+ Specialix pays for the development and support of this driver.
+ Please DO contact support@specialix.co.uk if you require
+ support.
+
+ This driver was developed in the BitWizard linux device
+ driver service. If you require a linux device driver for your
+ product, please contact devices@BitWizard.nl for a quote.
+
+ (History)
+ There used to be an SI driver by Simon Allan. This is a complete
+ rewrite from scratch. Just a few lines-of-code have been snatched.
+
+ (Sources)
+ Specialix document number 6210028: SX Host Card and Download Code
+ Software Functional Specification.
+
+ (Copying)
+ 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.
+
+ 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.
+
+ 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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139,
+ USA.
+
+ (Addendum)
+ I'd appreciate it that if you have fixes, that you send them
+ to me first.
+
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+This file contains some random information, that I like to have online
+instead of in a manual that can get lost. Ever misplace your Linux
+kernel sources? And the manual of one of the boards in your computer?
+
+
+Theory of operation
+===================
+
+An important thing to know is that the driver itself doesn't have the
+firmware for the card. This means that you need the separate package
+"sx_firmware". For now you can get the source at
+
+ ftp://ftp.bitwizard.nl/specialix/sx_firmware_<version>.tgz
+
+The firmware load needs a "misc" device, so you'll need to enable the
+"Support for user misc device modules" in your kernel configuration.
+The misc device needs to be called "/dev/specialix_sxctl". It needs
+misc major 10, and minor number 167 (assigned by HPA). The section
+on creating device files below also creates this device.
+
+After loading the sx.o module into your kernel, the driver will report
+the number of cards detected, but because it doesn't have any
+firmware, it will not be able to determine the number of ports. Only
+when you then run "sx_firmware" will the firmware be downloaded and
+the rest of the driver initialized. At that time the sx_firmware
+program will report the number of ports installed.
+
+In contrast with many other multi port serial cards, some of the data
+structures are only allocated when the card knows the number of ports
+that are connected. This means we won't waste memory for 120 port
+descriptor structures when you only have 8 ports. If you experience
+problems due to this, please report them: I haven't seen any.
+
+
+Interrupts
+==========
+
+A multi port serial card, would generate a horrendous amount of
+interrupts if it would interrupt the CPU for every received
+character. Even more than 10 years ago, the trick not to use
+interrupts but to poll the serial cards was invented.
+
+The SX card allow us to do this two ways. First the card limits its
+own interrupt rate to a rate that won't overwhelm the CPU. Secondly,
+we could forget about the cards interrupt completely and use the
+internal timer for this purpose.
+
+Polling the card can take up to a few percent of your CPU. Using the
+interrupts would be better if you have most of the ports idle. Using
+timer-based polling is better if your card almost always has work to
+do. You save the separate interrupt in that case.
+
+In any case, it doesn't really matter all that much.
+
+The most common problem with interrupts is that for ISA cards in a PCI
+system the BIOS has to be told to configure that interrupt as "legacy
+ISA". Otherwise the card can pull on the interrupt line all it wants
+but the CPU won't see this.
+
+If you can't get the interrupt to work, remember that polling mode is
+more efficient (provided you actually use the card intensively).
+
+
+Allowed Configurations
+======================
+
+Some configurations are disallowed. Even though at a glance they might
+seem to work, they are known to lockup the bus between the host card
+and the device concentrators. You should respect the drivers decision
+not to support certain configurations. It's there for a reason.
+
+Warning: Seriously technical stuff ahead. Executive summary: Don't use
+SX cards except configured at a 64k boundary. Skip the next paragraph.
+
+The SX cards can theoretically be placed at a 32k boundary. So for
+instance you can put an SX card at 0xc8000-0xd7fff. This is not a
+"recommended configuration". ISA cards have to tell the bus controller
+how they like their timing. Due to timing issues they have to do this
+based on which 64k window the address falls into. This means that the
+32k window below and above the SX card have to use exactly the same
+timing as the SX card. That reportedly works for other SX cards. But
+you're still left with two useless 32k windows that should not be used
+by anybody else.
+
+
+Configuring the driver
+======================
+
+PCI cards are always detected. The driver auto-probes for ISA cards at
+some sensible addresses. Please report if the auto-probe causes trouble
+in your system, or when a card isn't detected.
+
+I'm afraid I haven't implemented "kernel command line parameters" yet.
+This means that if the default doesn't work for you, you shouldn't use
+the compiled-into-the-kernel version of the driver. Use a module
+instead. If you convince me that you need this, I'll make it for
+you. Deal?
+
+I'm afraid that the module parameters are a bit clumsy. If you have a
+better idea, please tell me.
+
+You can specify several parameters:
+
+ sx_poll: number of jiffies between timer-based polls.
+
+ Set this to "0" to disable timer based polls.
+ Initialization of cards without a working interrupt
+ will fail.
+
+ Set this to "1" if you want a polling driver.
+ (on Intel: 100 polls per second). If you don't use
+ fast baud rates, you might consider a value like "5".
+ (If you don't know how to do the math, use 1).
+
+ sx_slowpoll: Number of jiffies between timer-based polls.
+ Set this to "100" to poll once a second.
+ This should get the card out of a stall if the driver
+ ever misses an interrupt. I've never seen this happen,
+ and if it does, that's a bug. Tell me.
+
+ sx_maxints: Number of interrupts to request from the card.
+ The card normally limits interrupts to about 100 per
+ second to offload the host CPU. You can increase this
+ number to reduce latency on the card a little.
+ Note that if you give a very high number you can overload
+ your CPU as well as the CPU on the host card. This setting
+ is inaccurate and not recommended for SI cards (But it
+ works).
+
+ sx_irqmask: The mask of allowable IRQs to use. I suggest you set
+ this to 0 (disable IRQs all together) and use polling if
+ the assignment of IRQs becomes problematic. This is defined
+ as the sum of (1 << irq) 's that you want to allow. So
+ sx_irqmask of 8 (1 << 3) specifies that only irq 3 may
+ be used by the SX driver. If you want to specify to the
+ driver: "Either irq 11 or 12 is ok for you to use", then
+ specify (1 << 11) | (1 << 12) = 0x1800 .
+
+ sx_debug: You can enable different sorts of debug traces with this.
+ At "-1" all debugging traces are active. You'll get several
+ times more debugging output than you'll get characters
+ transmitted.
+
+
+Baud rates
+==========
+
+Theoretically new SXDCs should be capable of more than 460k
+baud. However the line drivers usually give up before that. Also the
+CPU on the card may not be able to handle 8 channels going at full
+blast at that speed. Moreover, the buffers are not large enough to
+allow operation with 100 interrupts per second. You'll have to realize
+that the card has a 256 byte buffer, so you'll have to increase the
+number of interrupts per second if you have more than 256*100 bytes
+per second to transmit. If you do any performance testing in this
+area, I'd be glad to hear from you...
+
+(Psst Linux users..... I think the Linux driver is more efficient than
+the driver for other OSes. If you can and want to benchmark them
+against each other, be my guest, and report your findings...... :-)
+
+
+Ports and devices
+=================
+
+Port 0 is the top connector on the module closest to the host
+card. Oh, the ports on the SXDCs and TAs are labelled from 1 to 8
+instead of from 0 to 7, as they are numbered by linux. I'm stubborn in
+this: I know for sure that I wouldn't be able to calculate which port
+is which anymore if I would change that....
+
+
+Devices:
+
+You should make the device files as follows:
+
+#!/bin/sh
+# (I recommend that you cut-and-paste this into a file and run that)
+cd /dev
+t=0
+mknod specialix_sxctl c 10 167
+while [ $t -lt 64 ]
+ do
+ echo -n "$t "
+ mknod ttyX$t c 32 $t
+ mknod cux$t c 33 $t
+ t=`expr $t + 1`
+done
+echo ""
+rm /etc/psdevtab
+ps > /dev/null
+
+
+This creates 64 devices. If you have more, increase the constant on
+the line with "while". The devices start at 0, as is customary on
+Linux. Specialix seems to like starting the numbering at 1.
+
+If your system doesn't come with these devices pre-installed, bug your
+linux-vendor about this. They should have these devices
+"pre-installed" before the new millennium. The "ps" stuff at the end
+is to "tell" ps that the new devices exist.
+
+Officially the maximum number of cards per computer is 4. This driver
+however supports as many cards in one machine as you want. You'll run
+out of interrupts after a few, but you can switch to polled operation
+then. At about 256 ports (More than 8 cards), we run out of minor
+device numbers. Sorry. I suggest you buy a second computer.... (Or
+switch to RIO).
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+ Fixed bugs and restrictions:
+ - Hangup processing.
+ -- Done.
+
+ - the write path in generic_serial (lockup / oops).
+ -- Done (Ugly: not the way I want it. Copied from serial.c).
+
+ - write buffer isn't flushed at close.
+ -- Done. I still seem to lose a few chars at close.
+ Sorry. I think that this is a firmware issue. (-> Specialix)
+
+ - drain hardware before changing termios
+ - Change debug on the fly.
+ - ISA free irq -1. (no firmware loaded).
+ - adding c8000 as a probe address. Added warning.
+ - Add a RAMtest for the RAM on the card.c
+ - Crash when opening a port "way" of the number of allowed ports.
+ (for example opening port 60 when there are only 24 ports attached)
+ - Sometimes the use-count strays a bit. After a few hours of
+ testing the use count is sometimes "3". If you are not like
+ me and can remember what you did to get it that way, I'd
+ appreciate an Email. Possibly fixed. Tell me if anyone still
+ sees this.
+ - TAs don't work right if you don't connect all the modem control
+ signals. SXDCs do. T225 firmware problem -> Specialix.
+ (Mostly fixed now, I think. Tell me if you encounter this!)
+
+ Bugs & restrictions:
+
+ - Arbitrary baud rates. Requires firmware update. (-> Specialix)
+
+ - Low latency (mostly firmware, -> Specialix)
+
+
+
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e65c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,292 @@
+
+ The Lockronomicon
+
+Your guide to the ancient and twisted locking policies of the tty layer and
+the warped logic behind them. Beware all ye who read on.
+
+FIXME: still need to work out the full set of BKL assumptions and document
+them so they can eventually be killed off.
+
+
+Line Discipline
+---------------
+
+Line disciplines are registered with tty_register_ldisc() passing the
+discipline number and the ldisc structure. At the point of registration the
+discipline must be ready to use and it is possible it will get used before
+the call returns success. If the call returns an error then it won't get
+called. Do not re-use ldisc numbers as they are part of the userspace ABI
+and writing over an existing ldisc will cause demons to eat your computer.
+After the return the ldisc data has been copied so you may free your own
+copy of the structure. You must not re-register over the top of the line
+discipline even with the same data or your computer again will be eaten by
+demons.
+
+In order to remove a line discipline call tty_unregister_ldisc().
+In ancient times this always worked. In modern times the function will
+return -EBUSY if the ldisc is currently in use. Since the ldisc referencing
+code manages the module counts this should not usually be a concern.
+
+Heed this warning: the reference count field of the registered copies of the
+tty_ldisc structure in the ldisc table counts the number of lines using this
+discipline. The reference count of the tty_ldisc structure within a tty
+counts the number of active users of the ldisc at this instant. In effect it
+counts the number of threads of execution within an ldisc method (plus those
+about to enter and exit although this detail matters not).
+
+Line Discipline Methods
+-----------------------
+
+TTY side interfaces:
+
+open() - Called when the line discipline is attached to
+ the terminal. No other call into the line
+ discipline for this tty will occur until it
+ completes successfully. Can sleep.
+
+close() - This is called on a terminal when the line
+ discipline is being unplugged. At the point of
+ execution no further users will enter the
+ ldisc code for this tty. Can sleep.
+
+hangup() - Called when the tty line is hung up.
+ The line discipline should cease I/O to the tty.
+ No further calls into the ldisc code will occur.
+ Can sleep.
+
+write() - A process is writing data through the line
+ discipline. Multiple write calls are serialized
+ by the tty layer for the ldisc. May sleep.
+
+flush_buffer() - (optional) May be called at any point between
+ open and close, and instructs the line discipline
+ to empty its input buffer.
+
+chars_in_buffer() - (optional) Report the number of bytes in the input
+ buffer.
+
+set_termios() - (optional) Called on termios structure changes.
+ The caller passes the old termios data and the
+ current data is in the tty. Called under the
+ termios semaphore so allowed to sleep. Serialized
+ against itself only.
+
+read() - Move data from the line discipline to the user.
+ Multiple read calls may occur in parallel and the
+ ldisc must deal with serialization issues. May
+ sleep.
+
+poll() - Check the status for the poll/select calls. Multiple
+ poll calls may occur in parallel. May sleep.
+
+ioctl() - Called when an ioctl is handed to the tty layer
+ that might be for the ldisc. Multiple ioctl calls
+ may occur in parallel. May sleep.
+
+Driver Side Interfaces:
+
+receive_buf() - Hand buffers of bytes from the driver to the ldisc
+ for processing. Semantics currently rather
+ mysterious 8(
+
+write_wakeup() - May be called at any point between open and close.
+ The TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP flag indicates if a call
+ is needed but always races versus calls. Thus the
+ ldisc must be careful about setting order and to
+ handle unexpected calls. Must not sleep.
+
+ The driver is forbidden from calling this directly
+ from the ->write call from the ldisc as the ldisc
+ is permitted to call the driver write method from
+ this function. In such a situation defer it.
+
+
+Driver Access
+
+Line discipline methods can call the following methods of the underlying
+hardware driver through the function pointers within the tty->driver
+structure:
+
+write() Write a block of characters to the tty device.
+ Returns the number of characters accepted. The
+ character buffer passed to this method is already
+ in kernel space.
+
+put_char() Queues a character for writing to the tty device.
+ If there is no room in the queue, the character is
+ ignored.
+
+flush_chars() (Optional) If defined, must be called after
+ queueing characters with put_char() in order to
+ start transmission.
+
+write_room() Returns the numbers of characters the tty driver
+ will accept for queueing to be written.
+
+ioctl() Invoke device specific ioctl.
+ Expects data pointers to refer to userspace.
+ Returns ENOIOCTLCMD for unrecognized ioctl numbers.
+
+set_termios() Notify the tty driver that the device's termios
+ settings have changed. New settings are in
+ tty->termios. Previous settings should be passed in
+ the "old" argument.
+
+ The API is defined such that the driver should return
+ the actual modes selected. This means that the
+ driver function is responsible for modifying any
+ bits in the request it cannot fulfill to indicate
+ the actual modes being used. A device with no
+ hardware capability for change (eg a USB dongle or
+ virtual port) can provide NULL for this method.
+
+throttle() Notify the tty driver that input buffers for the
+ line discipline are close to full, and it should
+ somehow signal that no more characters should be
+ sent to the tty.
+
+unthrottle() Notify the tty driver that characters can now be
+ sent to the tty without fear of overrunning the
+ input buffers of the line disciplines.
+
+stop() Ask the tty driver to stop outputting characters
+ to the tty device.
+
+start() Ask the tty driver to resume sending characters
+ to the tty device.
+
+hangup() Ask the tty driver to hang up the tty device.
+
+break_ctl() (Optional) Ask the tty driver to turn on or off
+ BREAK status on the RS-232 port. If state is -1,
+ then the BREAK status should be turned on; if
+ state is 0, then BREAK should be turned off.
+ If this routine is not implemented, use ioctls
+ TIOCSBRK / TIOCCBRK instead.
+
+wait_until_sent() Waits until the device has written out all of the
+ characters in its transmitter FIFO.
+
+send_xchar() Send a high-priority XON/XOFF character to the device.
+
+
+Flags
+
+Line discipline methods have access to tty->flags field containing the
+following interesting flags:
+
+TTY_THROTTLED Driver input is throttled. The ldisc should call
+ tty->driver->unthrottle() in order to resume
+ reception when it is ready to process more data.
+
+TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP If set, causes the driver to call the ldisc's
+ write_wakeup() method in order to resume
+ transmission when it can accept more data
+ to transmit.
+
+TTY_IO_ERROR If set, causes all subsequent userspace read/write
+ calls on the tty to fail, returning -EIO.
+
+TTY_OTHER_CLOSED Device is a pty and the other side has closed.
+
+TTY_NO_WRITE_SPLIT Prevent driver from splitting up writes into
+ smaller chunks.
+
+
+Locking
+
+Callers to the line discipline functions from the tty layer are required to
+take line discipline locks. The same is true of calls from the driver side
+but not yet enforced.
+
+Three calls are now provided
+
+ ldisc = tty_ldisc_ref(tty);
+
+takes a handle to the line discipline in the tty and returns it. If no ldisc
+is currently attached or the ldisc is being closed and re-opened at this
+point then NULL is returned. While this handle is held the ldisc will not
+change or go away.
+
+ tty_ldisc_deref(ldisc)
+
+Returns the ldisc reference and allows the ldisc to be closed. Returning the
+reference takes away your right to call the ldisc functions until you take
+a new reference.
+
+ ldisc = tty_ldisc_ref_wait(tty);
+
+Performs the same function as tty_ldisc_ref except that it will wait for an
+ldisc change to complete and then return a reference to the new ldisc.
+
+While these functions are slightly slower than the old code they should have
+minimal impact as most receive logic uses the flip buffers and they only
+need to take a reference when they push bits up through the driver.
+
+A caution: The ldisc->open(), ldisc->close() and driver->set_ldisc
+functions are called with the ldisc unavailable. Thus tty_ldisc_ref will
+fail in this situation if used within these functions. Ldisc and driver
+code calling its own functions must be careful in this case.
+
+
+Driver Interface
+----------------
+
+open() - Called when a device is opened. May sleep
+
+close() - Called when a device is closed. At the point of
+ return from this call the driver must make no
+ further ldisc calls of any kind. May sleep
+
+write() - Called to write bytes to the device. May not
+ sleep. May occur in parallel in special cases.
+ Because this includes panic paths drivers generally
+ shouldn't try and do clever locking here.
+
+put_char() - Stuff a single character onto the queue. The
+ driver is guaranteed following up calls to
+ flush_chars.
+
+flush_chars() - Ask the kernel to write put_char queue
+
+write_room() - Return the number of characters tht can be stuffed
+ into the port buffers without overflow (or less).
+ The ldisc is responsible for being intelligent
+ about multi-threading of write_room/write calls
+
+ioctl() - Called when an ioctl may be for the driver
+
+set_termios() - Called on termios change, serialized against
+ itself by a semaphore. May sleep.
+
+set_ldisc() - Notifier for discipline change. At the point this
+ is done the discipline is not yet usable. Can now
+ sleep (I think)
+
+throttle() - Called by the ldisc to ask the driver to do flow
+ control. Serialization including with unthrottle
+ is the job of the ldisc layer.
+
+unthrottle() - Called by the ldisc to ask the driver to stop flow
+ control.
+
+stop() - Ldisc notifier to the driver to stop output. As with
+ throttle the serializations with start() are down
+ to the ldisc layer.
+
+start() - Ldisc notifier to the driver to start output.
+
+hangup() - Ask the tty driver to cause a hangup initiated
+ from the host side. [Can sleep ??]
+
+break_ctl() - Send RS232 break. Can sleep. Can get called in
+ parallel, driver must serialize (for now), and
+ with write calls.
+
+wait_until_sent() - Wait for characters to exit the hardware queue
+ of the driver. Can sleep
+
+send_xchar() - Send XON/XOFF and if possible jump the queue with
+ it in order to get fast flow control responses.
+ Cannot sleep ??
+
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