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diff --git a/kiss/mkiss.8 b/kiss/mkiss.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4c6c973 --- /dev/null +++ b/kiss/mkiss.8 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.TH MKISS 8 "05 January 1997" Linux "Linux System Managers Manual" +.SH NAME +mkiss \- Attach a multi KISS interface +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B mkiss [-c] [-h] [-l] [-s speed] [-p] [-v] ttyinterface pty... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +.B Mkiss +allows dual port TNCs or multiple TNCs sharing the same serial port to be +used with the Linux AX.25 kernel software. The AX.25 softare has no support +for dual port TNCs or multiple TNCs charing the same serial line. The +different ports are addressed by encoding the port number in the control +byte of every kiss frame. +.B Mkiss +watches a serial port, and routes kiss frames to/from the pseudo ttys. The +other side of the pseudo ttys are then attached with +.B kissattach +as normal. +.sp 1 +Statistics about the operation of +.B mkiss +may be obtained by sending the SIGUSR1 signal to the running program. On +reception of such a signal +.B mkiss +will print a set of statistics to the system log if logging has been +enabled. +.sp 1 +Although mention is made of using pseudo ttys as the last arguments, +these devices may be normal serial ports. However +.B mkiss +provides no way in which to set their speed, the speed must therefore be set +by some other method. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP 10 +.BI \-c +This enables a one-byte checksum on each incoming and outgoing KISS frame on +the serial port. This checksum is used by G8BPQ KISS roms to maintain the +integrity of KISS frames. +.TP 10 +.BI \-h +Enables hardware handshaking on the serial line to the TNC. The KISS +specification states that no hardware flow control shall be used so the +default is off. But some KISS implementations do use hardware flow control. +.TP 10 +.BI \-l +Enables system logging, the default is off. +.TP 10 +.BI "\-s speed" +Set the speed of the serial port. +.TP 10 +.BI "\-p" +Enables polling. Polled mode is used by G8BPQ KISS roms to prevent +contention on systems where multiple TNCs share the same serial line. +.TP 10 +.BI \-v +Display the version. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR kissattach (8), +.BR ifconfig (8), +.BR kill (1). +.SH AUTHORS +Tomi Manninen OH2BNS <tpmannin@cc.hut.fi> +.br +Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk> +.br +Kevin Uhlir N0BEL <kevinu@flochart.com> |