From 954a8b8162ecab1d5ddf6c5b993b2d4da3fcaef7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kyle McMartin Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:48:14 -0500 Subject: x86, doc: fix references to Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt Impact: Documentation fix The amazing dancing boot.txt file has jumped places again. It should never have been in Documentation/x86/i386, since it never was 32-bit-specific, but it unfortunately ended up there for a while. Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 319785b..f6d5d5b 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ In addition, the following text indicates that the option: Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly. Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme -need or coordination with . +need or coordination with . There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here. See for example . @@ -2449,7 +2449,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt. vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode - See Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt and + See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and Documentation/svga.txt. Use vga=ask for menu. This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is -- cgit v1.1 From d22157b3d7a24d953ef5cce4515436be65b2e121 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Wright Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:50:35 -0800 Subject: PCI: add some sysfs ABI docs Add sysfs ABI docs for driver entries bind, unbind and new_id. These entries are pretty old, from 2.6.0 onwards AFAIK, so this documents current behaviour. Signed-off-by: Chris Wright Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci index ceddcff..e638e15 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci @@ -1,3 +1,46 @@ +What: /sys/bus/pci/drivers/.../bind +Date: December 2003 +Contact: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org +Description: + Writing a device location to this file will cause + the driver to attempt to bind to the device found at + this location. This is useful for overriding default + bindings. The format for the location is: DDDD:BB:DD.F. + That is Domain:Bus:Device.Function and is the same as + found in /sys/bus/pci/devices/. For example: + # echo 0000:00:19.0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/foo/bind + (Note: kernels before 2.6.28 may require echo -n). + +What: /sys/bus/pci/drivers/.../unbind +Date: December 2003 +Contact: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org +Description: + Writing a device location to this file will cause the + driver to attempt to unbind from the device found at + this location. This may be useful when overriding default + bindings. The format for the location is: DDDD:BB:DD.F. + That is Domain:Bus:Device.Function and is the same as + found in /sys/bus/pci/devices/. For example: + # echo 0000:00:19.0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/foo/unbind + (Note: kernels before 2.6.28 may require echo -n). + +What: /sys/bus/pci/drivers/.../new_id +Date: December 2003 +Contact: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org +Description: + Writing a device ID to this file will attempt to + dynamically add a new device ID to a PCI device driver. + This may allow the driver to support more hardware than + was included in the driver's static device ID support + table at compile time. The format for the device ID is: + VVVV DDDD SVVV SDDD CCCC MMMM PPPP. That is Vendor ID, + Device ID, Subsystem Vendor ID, Subsystem Device ID, + Class, Class Mask, and Private Driver Data. The Vendor ID + and Device ID fields are required, the rest are optional. + Upon successfully adding an ID, the driver will probe + for the device and attempt to bind to it. For example: + # echo "8086 10f5" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/foo/new_id + What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../vpd Date: February 2008 Contact: Ben Hutchings -- cgit v1.1 From 0af80c04e2f2e45ae09fceb17df8050f828a5c40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Fries Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:28:21 +0100 Subject: ide: ide.c 'clear' fix, update "ide=nodma" documentation Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt - ide=nodma is no longer valid. drivers/ide/Kconfig - The module is ide-core.ko not ide. drivers/ide/ide.c - It took me a while to figure out what the arguments %d.%d:%d to nodma module parameter ment, so I added a comment to each. - Added a comment to each of the sscanf lines. - There is a bug, if j is 0 it would previously clear all the other bits except the current device, changed in three different places. mask &= (1 << i) should be mask &= ~(1 << i). Signed-off-by: David Fries [bart: s/disk/device/ in ide.c, beautify patch description] Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 319785b..0ed3234 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -868,8 +868,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file icn= [HW,ISDN] Format: [,[,[,]]] - ide= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - Format: ide=nodma or ide=doubler + ide-core.nodma= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem + Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc + .vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .noprobe .nowerr .cdrom + .chs .ignore_cable are additional options See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed -- cgit v1.1 From f5a3258335eef2baf534243da00bcd0e760dd2b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Uwe Bugla Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:54:20 -0300 Subject: V4L/DVB (10695): Update Technisat card documentation Fixes for documentation of Technisat-based cards Signed-off-by: Uwe Bugla Signed-off-by: Patrick Boettcher Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/dvb/technisat.txt | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/technisat.txt b/Documentation/dvb/technisat.txt index cdf6ee4..3f435ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/technisat.txt +++ b/Documentation/dvb/technisat.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -How to set up the Technisat devices -=================================== +How to set up the Technisat/B2C2 Flexcop devices +================================================ 1) Find out what device you have ================================ @@ -16,54 +16,60 @@ DVB: registering frontend 0 (Conexant CX24123/CX24109)... If the Technisat is the only TV device in your box get rid of unnecessary modules and check this one: "Multimedia devices" => "Customise analog and hybrid tuner modules to build" -In this directory uncheck every driver which is activated there. +In this directory uncheck every driver which is activated there (except "Simple tuner support" for case 9 only). Then please activate: 2a) Main module part: a.)"Multimedia devices" => "DVB/ATSC adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 FlexcopII(b) and FlexCopIII adapters" -b.)"Multimedia devices" => "DVB/ATSC adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 FlexcopII(b) and FlexCopIII adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 Air/Sky/Cable2PC PCI" in case of a PCI card OR +b.)"Multimedia devices" => "DVB/ATSC adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 FlexcopII(b) and FlexCopIII adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 Air/Sky/Cable2PC PCI" in case of a PCI card +OR c.)"Multimedia devices" => "DVB/ATSC adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 FlexcopII(b) and FlexCopIII adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 Air/Sky/Cable2PC USB" in case of an USB 1.1 adapter d.)"Multimedia devices" => "DVB/ATSC adapters" => "Technisat/B2C2 FlexcopII(b) and FlexCopIII adapters" => "Enable debug for the B2C2 FlexCop drivers" Notice: d.) is helpful for troubleshooting 2b) Frontend module part: -1.) Revision 2.3: +1.) SkyStar DVB-S Revision 2.3: a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build" b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Zarlink VP310/MT312/ZL10313 based" -2.) Revision 2.6: +2.) SkyStar DVB-S Revision 2.6: a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build" b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "ST STV0299 based" -3.) Revision 2.7: +3.) SkyStar DVB-S Revision 2.7: a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build" b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Samsung S5H1420 based" c.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Integrant ITD1000 Zero IF tuner for DVB-S/DSS" d.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "ISL6421 SEC controller" -4.) Revision 2.8: +4.) SkyStar DVB-S Revision 2.8: a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build" b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Conexant CX24113/CX24128 tuner for DVB-S/DSS" c.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Conexant CX24123 based" d.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "ISL6421 SEC controller" -5.) DVB-T card: +5.) AirStar DVB-T card: a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build" b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Zarlink MT352 based" -6.) DVB-C card: +6.) CableStar DVB-C card: a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build" b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "ST STV0297 based" -7.) ATSC card 1st generation: +7.) AirStar ATSC card 1st generation: a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build" b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Broadcom BCM3510" -8.) ATSC card 2nd generation: +8.) AirStar ATSC card 2nd generation: a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build" b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "NxtWave Communications NXT2002/NXT2004 based" -c.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "LG Electronics LGDT3302/LGDT3303 based" +c.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Generic I2C PLL based tuners" -Author: Uwe Bugla December 2008 +9.) AirStar ATSC card 3rd generation: +a.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build" +b.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise DVB frontends" => "LG Electronics LGDT3302/LGDT3303 based" +c.)"Multimedia devices" => "Customise analog and hybrid tuner modules to build" => "Simple tuner support" + +Author: Uwe Bugla February 2009 -- cgit v1.1 From b391d0f08fb0858f7d2cc034ddcca6cd0545bd7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Uwe Bugla Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:56:11 -0300 Subject: V4L/DVB (10696): Remove outdated README for the flexcop-driver This patch removes an outdated README for the flexcop-driver. Signed-off-by: Uwe Bugla Signed-off-by: Patrick Boettcher Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop | 205 --------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 205 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop b/Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop deleted file mode 100644 index 5515469..0000000 --- a/Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop +++ /dev/null @@ -1,205 +0,0 @@ -This README escorted the skystar2-driver rewriting procedure. It describes the -state of the new flexcop-driver set and some internals are written down here -too. - -This document hopefully describes things about the flexcop and its -device-offsprings. Goal was to write an easy-to-write and easy-to-read set of -drivers based on the skystar2.c and other information. - -Remark: flexcop-pci.c was a copy of skystar2.c, but every line has been -touched and rewritten. - -History & News -============== - 2005-04-01 - correct USB ISOC transfers (thanks to Vadim Catana) - - - - -General coding processing -========================= - -We should proceed as follows (as long as no one complains): - -0) Think before start writing code! - -1) rewriting the skystar2.c with the help of the flexcop register descriptions -and splitting up the files to a pci-bus-part and a flexcop-part. -The new driver will be called b2c2-flexcop-pci.ko/b2c2-flexcop-usb.ko for the -device-specific part and b2c2-flexcop.ko for the common flexcop-functions. - -2) Search for errors in the leftover of flexcop-pci.c (compare with pluto2.c -and other pci drivers) - -3) make some beautification (see 'Improvements when rewriting (refactoring) is -done') - -4) Testing the new driver and maybe substitute the skystar2.c with it, to reach -a wider tester audience. - -5) creating an usb-bus-part using the already written flexcop code for the pci -card. - -Idea: create a kernel-object for the flexcop and export all important -functions. This option saves kernel-memory, but maybe a lot of functions have -to be exported to kernel namespace. - - -Current situation -================= - -0) Done :) -1) Done (some minor issues left) -2) Done -3) Not ready yet, more information is necessary -4) next to be done (see the table below) -5) USB driver is working (yes, there are some minor issues) - -What seems to be ready? ------------------------ - -1) Rewriting -1a) i2c is cut off from the flexcop-pci.c and seems to work -1b) moved tuner and demod stuff from flexcop-pci.c to flexcop-tuner-fe.c -1c) moved lnb and diseqc stuff from flexcop-pci.c to flexcop-tuner-fe.c -1e) eeprom (reading MAC address) -1d) sram (no dynamic sll size detection (commented out) (using default as JJ told me)) -1f) misc. register accesses for reading parameters (e.g. resetting, revision) -1g) pid/mac filter (flexcop-hw-filter.c) -1i) dvb-stuff initialization in flexcop.c (done) -1h) dma stuff (now just using the size-irq, instead of all-together, to be done) -1j) remove flexcop initialization from flexcop-pci.c completely (done) -1l) use a well working dma IRQ method (done, see 'Known bugs and problems and TODO') -1k) cleanup flexcop-files (remove unused EXPORT_SYMBOLs, make static from -non-static where possible, moved code to proper places) - -2) Search for errors in the leftover of flexcop-pci.c (partially done) -5a) add MAC address reading -5c) feeding of ISOC data to the software demux (format of the isochronous data -and speed optimization, no real error) (thanks to Vadim Catana) - -What to do in the near future? --------------------------------------- -(no special order here) - -5) USB driver -5b) optimize isoc-transfer (submitting/killing isoc URBs when transfer is starting) - -Testing changes ---------------- - -O = item is working -P = item is partially working -X = item is not working -N = item does not apply here - = item need to be examined - - | PCI | USB -item | mt352 | nxt2002 | stv0299 | mt312 | mt352 | nxt2002 | stv0299 | mt312 --------+-------+---------+---------+-------+-------+---------+---------+------- -1a) | O | | | | N | N | N | N -1b) | O | | | | | | O | -1c) | N | N | | | N | N | O | -1d) | O | O -1e) | O | O -1f) | P -1g) | O -1h) | P | -1i) | O | N -1j) | O | N -1l) | O | N -2) | O | N -5a) | N | O -5b)* | N | -5c) | N | O - -* - not done yet - -Known bugs and problems and TODO --------------------------------- - -1g/h/l) when pid filtering is enabled on the pci card - -DMA usage currently: - The DMA is splitted in 2 equal-sized subbuffers. The Flexcop writes to first - address and triggers an IRQ when it's full and starts writing to the second - address. When the second address is full, the IRQ is triggered again, and - the flexcop writes to first address again, and so on. - The buffersize of each address is currently 640*188 bytes. - - Problem is, when using hw-pid-filtering and doing some low-bandwidth - operation (like scanning) the buffers won't be filled enough to trigger - the IRQ. That's why: - - When PID filtering is activated, the timer IRQ is used. Every 1.97 ms the IRQ - is triggered. Is the current write address of DMA1 different to the one - during the last IRQ, then the data is passed to the demuxer. - - There is an additional DMA-IRQ-method: packet count IRQ. This isn't - implemented correctly yet. - - The solution is to disable HW PID filtering, but I don't know how the DVB - API software demux behaves on slow systems with 45MBit/s TS. - -Solved bugs :) --------------- -1g) pid-filtering (somehow pid index 4 and 5 (EMM_PID and ECM_PID) aren't -working) -SOLUTION: also index 0 was affected, because net_translation is done for -these indexes by default - -5b) isochronous transfer does only work in the first attempt (for the Sky2PC -USB, Air2PC is working) SOLUTION: the flexcop was going asleep and never really -woke up again (don't know if this need fixes, see -flexcop-fe-tuner.c:flexcop_sleep) - -NEWS: when the driver is loaded and unloaded and loaded again (w/o doing -anything in the while the driver is loaded the first time), no transfers take -place anymore. - -Improvements when rewriting (refactoring) is done -================================================= - -- split sleeping of the flexcop (misc_204.ACPI3_sig = 1;) from lnb_control - (enable sleeping for other demods than dvb-s) -- add support for CableStar (stv0297 Microtune 203x/ALPS) (almost done, incompatibilities with the Nexus-CA) - -Debugging ---------- -- add verbose debugging to skystar2.c (dump the reg_dw_data) and compare it - with this flexcop, this is important, because i2c is now using the - flexcop_ibi_value union from flexcop-reg.h (do you have a better idea for - that, please tell us so). - -Everything which is identical in the following table, can be put into a common -flexcop-module. - - PCI USB -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Different: -Register access: accessing IO memory USB control message -I2C bus: I2C bus of the FC USB control message -Data transfer: DMA isochronous transfer -EEPROM transfer: through i2c bus not clear yet - -Identical: -Streaming: accessing registers -PID Filtering: accessing registers -Sram destinations: accessing registers -Tuner/Demod: I2C bus -DVB-stuff: can be written for common use - -Acknowledgements (just for the rewriting part) -================ - -Bjarne Steinsbo thought a lot in the first place of the pci part for this code -sharing idea. - -Andreas Oberritter for providing a recent PCI initialization template -(pluto2.c). - -Boleslaw Ciesielski for pointing out a problem with firmware loader. - -Vadim Catana for correcting the USB transfer. - -comments, critics and ideas to linux-dvb@linuxtv.org. -- cgit v1.1