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author | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2001-01-10 17:17:53 +0000 |
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committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2001-01-10 17:17:53 +0000 |
commit | b2ad5f821b1381492d792ca10b1eb7a107b48f14 (patch) | |
tree | 954a648692e7da983db1d2470953705f6a729264 /Documentation | |
parent | c9c06167e7933d93a6e396174c68abf242294abb (diff) |
Merge with Linux 2.4.0-prerelease. Big Makefile rewrite, test your
Makefiles.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Changes | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Configure.help | 159 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/Makefile | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/sis900.tmpl | 585 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devices.txt | 578 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i2c/functionality | 135 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/modules.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/sis900.txt | 84 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/parport.txt | 40 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/ALS | 49 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/Soundblaster | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Modules.conf | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README | 5 |
17 files changed, 1537 insertions, 151 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index ed3bfb602..4c0881fff 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ al español de este documento en varios formatos. Eine deutsche Version dieser Datei finden Sie unter <http://www.stefan-winter.de/Changes-2.4.0.txt>. -Last updated: October 25, 2000 +Last updated: December 11, 2000 Chris Ricker (kaboom@gatech.edu or chris.ricker@genetics.utah.edu). @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ with pcmcia-cs. o Gnu C 2.91.66 # gcc --version o Gnu make 3.77 # make --version o binutils 2.9.1.0.25 # ld -v -o util-linux 2.10o # kbdrate -v -o modutils 2.3.18 # insmod -V +o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version +o modutils 2.3.21 # insmod -V o e2fsprogs 1.19 # tune2fs --version o pcmcia-cs 3.1.21 # cardmgr -V o PPP 2.4.0 # pppd --version @@ -115,18 +115,18 @@ DevFS is now in the kernel. See Documentation/filesystems/devfs/* in the kernel source tree for all the gory details. System V shared memory is now implemented via a virtual filesystem. -You do not have to mount it to use it as long as you can live with the -default maxima for shared memory and segments. If you wish to change -these variables, you have to mount it with the options nr_blocks -and / or nr_inodes. POSIX shared memory is also now implemented via a -virtual filesystem. If you want to use it, you'll need to mount the -filesystem. The recommended mount location is /dev/shm, and adding the -following line to /etc/fstab should take care of things: +You do not have to mount it to use it. SYSV shared memory limits are +set via /proc/sys/kernel/shm{max,all,mni}. You should mount the +filesystem under /dev/shm to be able to use POSIX shared +memory. Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of +things: none /dev/shm shm defaults 0 0 Remember to create the directory that you intend to mount shm on if -necessary. +necessary (The entry is automagically created if you use devfs). You +can set limits for the number of blocks and inodes used by the +filesystem with the mount options nr_blocks and nr_inodes. The Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is now in the kernel. If you want to use this, you'll need to install the necessary LVM toolset. @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.3> Modutils -------- -o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/modutils/v2.3/modutils-2.3.18.tar.bz2> +o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/modutils/v2.3/modutils-2.3.21.tar.bz2> Mkinitrd -------- diff --git a/Documentation/Configure.help b/Documentation/Configure.help index fefc32bb4..c7924bf50 100644 --- a/Documentation/Configure.help +++ b/Documentation/Configure.help @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 VIA82CXXX chipset support CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX - This allows you to to configure your chipset for a better use while + This allows you to configure your chipset for a better use while running (U)DMA: it will allow you to enable efficiently the second channel dma usage, as it may not be set by BIOS. It allows you to pass a kernel command line at boot time in order to set fifo @@ -2369,10 +2369,10 @@ CONFIG_AGP module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. The module will be called agpgart.o. -Intel 440LX/BX/GX support +Intel 440LX/BX/GX/815/840/850 support CONFIG_AGP_INTEL This option gives you AGP support for the GLX component of the - XFree86 4.x on Intel 440LX/BX/GX, 815, and 840 chipsets. + XFree86 4.x on Intel 440LX/BX/GX, 815, 840 and 850 chipsets. For the moment, you should probably say N, unless you want to test the GLX component for XFree86 3.3.6, which can be downloaded from @@ -3227,9 +3227,9 @@ Matrox unified accelerated driver (EXPERIMENTAL) CONFIG_FB_MATROX Say Y here if you have a Matrox Millennium, Matrox Millennium II, Matrox Mystique, Matrox Mystique 220, Matrox Productiva G100, Matrox - Mystique G200, Matrox Millennium G200, Matrox Marvel G200 video or - Matrox G400 card in your box. At this time, support for the G100, - Mystique G200 and Marvel G200 is untested. + Mystique G200, Matrox Millennium G200, Matrox Marvel G200 video, + Matrox G400 or G450 card in your box. At this time, support for the G100 + is untested and support for G450 is highly experimental. This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). @@ -3258,13 +3258,13 @@ CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MYSTIQUE packed pixel and 32 bpp packed pixel. You can also use font widths different from 8. -Matrox G100/G200/G400 support +Matrox G100/G200/G400/G450 support CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100 - Say Y here if you have a Matrox Productiva G100, Matrox Mystique - G200, Matrox Marvel G200 or Matrox Millennium G200 video card. If - you select "Advanced lowlevel driver options", you should check 8 - bpp packed pixel, 16 bpp packed pixel, 24 bpp packed pixel and 32 - bpp packed pixel. You can also use font widths different from 8. + Say Y here if you have a Matrox G100, G200, G400 or G450 based + video card. If you select "Advanced lowlevel driver options", you + should check 8 bpp packed pixel, 16 bpp packed pixel, 24 bpp packed + pixel and 32 bpp packed pixel. You can also use font widths + different from 8. If you need support for G400 secondary head, you must first say Y to "I2C support" and "I2C bit-banging support" in the character devices @@ -3287,6 +3287,8 @@ CONFIG_FB_MATROX_I2C Matrox G400 second head support CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MAVEN + WARNING !!! This support does not work with G450 !!! + Say Y or M here if you want to use a secondary head (meaning two monitors in parallel) on G400 or MGA-TVO add-on on G200. Secondary head is not compatible with accelerated XFree 3.3.x SVGA servers - @@ -3314,6 +3316,30 @@ CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MAVEN There is no need for enabling 'Matrox multihead support' if you have only one Matrox card in the box. +Matrox G450 second head support +CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450 + Say Y or M here if you want to use a secondary head (meaning two + monitors in parallel) on G450. + + If you compile it as module, two modules are created, + matroxfb_crtc2.o and matroxfb_g450.o. Both modules are needed if you + want two independent display devices. + + The driver starts in monitor mode and currently does not support + output in TV modes. You must use the matroxset tool (available + at ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest) to swap primary + and secondary head outputs. Secondary head driver always start in + 640x480 resolution and you must use fbset to change it. + + Also do not forget that second head supports only 16 and 32 bpp + packed pixels, so it is a good idea to compile them into the kernel + too. You can use only some font widths, as the driver uses generic + painting procedures (the secondary head does not use acceleration + engine). + + There is no need for enabling 'Matrox multihead support' if you have + only one Matrox card in the box. + Matrox unified driver multihead support CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MULTIHEAD Say Y here if you have more than one (supported) Matrox device in @@ -3565,6 +3591,30 @@ CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER other non-standard types of parallel ports. This causes a performance loss, so most people say N. +Sun Ultra/AX-style hardware +CONFIG_PARPORT_AX + Say Y here if you need support for the parallel port hardware on Sun + Ultra/AX machines. This code is also available as a module (say M), + called parport_ax.o. If in doubt, saying N is the safe plan. + +Amiga built-in parallel port support +CONFIG_PARPORT_AMIGA + Say Y here if you need support for the parallel port hardware on + Amiga machines. This code is also available as a module (say M), + called parport_amiga.o. If in doubt, saying N is the safe plan. + +Atari built-in parallel port support +CONFIG_PARPORT_ATARI + Say Y here if you need support for the parallel port hardware on + Atari machines. This code is also available as a module (say M), + called parport_atari.o. If in doubt, saying N is the safe plan. + +Multiface 3 parallel port card support +CONFIG_PARPORT_MFC3 + Say Y here if you need parallel port support for the MFC3 card. + This code is also available as a module (say M), called + parport_mfc3.o. If in doubt, saying N is the safe plan. + Support IEEE1284 status readback CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK If you have a device on your parallel port that support this @@ -5215,6 +5265,30 @@ CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt and Documentation/scsi.txt . +OnStream SC-x0 SCSI tape support +CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST + The OnStream SC-x0 SCSI tape drives can not be driven by the + standard st driver, but instead need this special osst driver and + use the /dev/osstX char device nodes (major 206). + Via usb-storage and ide-scsi, you may be able to drive the USB-x0 + and DI-x0 drives as well. Note that there is also a second generation + of OnStream tape drives (ADR-x0) that supports the standard SCSI-2 + commands for tapes (QIC-157) and can be driven by the standard + driver st. + For more information, you may have a look at the SCSI-HOWTO + ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO and + drivers/scsi/README.osst in the kernel source. + More info on the OnStream driver may be found on + http://linux1.onstream.nl/test/ + Please also have a look at the standard st docu, as most of it + applies to osst as well. + + This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be + inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). + The module will be called osst.o. If you want to compile it as a + module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt and + Documentation/scsi.txt . + SCSI CDROM support CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR If you want to use a SCSI CDROM under Linux, say Y and read the @@ -13157,40 +13231,35 @@ CONFIG_PM will issue the hlt instruction if nothing is to be done, thereby sending the processor to sleep and saving power. -ACPI support +ACPI Support CONFIG_ACPI - The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is a standard - designed to allow the operating system more control over power - management issues, such as suspending a computer in a low power - consumption state after a certain time of inaction. It aims to be - an improved version of APM (see below). ACPI has to be - supported by the motherboard. You can read more about the standard - at http://www.teleport.com/~acpi/ . - - If your computer supports ACPI and you want to use it, say Y here. - You will then need supporting software; for location and more - information, please read Documentation/pm.txt and the Battery - Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from - http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto . - - If you say Y here and also to "Advanced Power Management" (APM) - below, then ACPI has precedence in the sense that, if your hardware - supports ACPI, it will be used and APM won't. - -ACPI interpreter (EXPERIMENTAL) -CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER - If you say Y here, an ACPI interpreter will be included in your - kernel, eventually making the full range of ACPI features - available on systems that support ACPI. Note, this option will - enlarge your kernel by about 120K. - - The interpreter is currently experimental so only say Y if - you know what you are doing. - -Enter S1 for sleep (EXPERIMENTAL) -CONFIG_ACPI_S1_SLEEP - If you say Y here, ACPI compliant devices can enter level 1 of ACPI - saving power levels. Basically, this will let them enter sleep mode. + ACPI/OSPM support for Linux is currently under development. As such, + this support is preliminary and EXPERIMENTAL. Configuring ACPI support + enables kernel interfaces that allow higher level software (OSPM) to + manipulate ACPI defined hardware and software interfaces, including + the evaluation of ACPI control methods. If unsure, choose N here. + Note, this option will enlarge your kernel by about 120K. + + This support requires an ACPI compliant platform (hardware/firmware). + If both ACPI and Advanced Power Management (APM) support are + configured, ACPI is used. + + This code DOES NOT currently provide a complete OSPM implementation -- + it has not yet reached APM's level of functionality. When fully + implemented, Linux ACPI/OSPM will provide a more robust functional + replacement for legacy configuration and power management interfaces, + including the Plug-and-Play BIOS specification (PNP BIOS), the Multi- + Processor Specification (MPS), and the Advanced Power Management + specification (APM). + + Linux support for ACPI/OSPM is based on Intel Corporation's ACPI + Component Architecture (ACPI CA). The latest ACPI CA source code, + documentation, debug builds, and implementation status information + can be downloaded from: + http://developer.intel.com/technology/iapc/acpi/downloads.htm + + The ACPI mailing list may also be of interest: + http://phobos.fs.tum.de/acpi/index.html Advanced Power Management BIOS support CONFIG_APM diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index 113aa69fa..aebb0303a 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ BOOKS := wanbook.sgml z8530book.sgml mcabook.sgml videobook.sgml \ kernel-api.sgml parportbook.sgml kernel-hacking.sgml \ - kernel-locking.sgml via-audio.sgml mousedrivers.sgml + kernel-locking.sgml via-audio.sgml mousedrivers.sgml sis900.sgml PS := $(patsubst %.sgml, %.ps, $(BOOKS)) PDF := $(patsubst %.sgml, %.pdf, $(BOOKS)) @@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ via-audio.sgml: via-audio.tmpl $(TOPDIR)/drivers/sound/via82cxxx_audio.c $(TOPDIR)/scripts/docgen $(TOPDIR)/drivers/sound/via82cxxx_audio.c \ <via-audio.tmpl >via-audio.sgml +sis900.sgml: sis900.tmpl $(TOPDIR)/drivers/net/sis900.c + $(TOPDIR)/scripts/docgen $(TOPDIR)/drivers/net/sis900.c \ + <sis900.tmpl >sis900.sgml + mcabook.sgml: mcabook.tmpl $(TOPDIR)/arch/i386/kernel/mca.c $(TOPDIR)/scripts/docgen $(TOPDIR)/arch/i386/kernel/mca.c \ <mcabook.tmpl >mcabook.sgml @@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ APISOURCES := $(TOPDIR)/drivers/media/video/videodev.c \ $(TOPDIR)/drivers/sound/sound_firmware.c \ $(TOPDIR)/drivers/net/wan/syncppp.c \ $(TOPDIR)/drivers/net/wan/z85230.c \ + $(TOPDIR)/drivers/usb/usb.c \ $(TOPDIR)/fs/locks.c \ $(TOPDIR)/fs/devfs/base.c \ $(TOPDIR)/kernel/pm.c \ diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl index 0c445af2f..a593487ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl @@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ !Idrivers/sound/sound_firmware.c </chapter> + <chapter id="usb"> + <title>USB Devices</title> +!Edrivers/usb/usb.c + </chapter> <chapter id="uart16x50"> <title>16x50 UART Driver</title> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl index 9ea1fabe7..cfce2afd3 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ </row> <row> <entry></entry> - <entry>add 1 (5)</entry> + <entry>add 1 (6)</entry> </row> <row> <entry>write very_important_count (6)</entry> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/sis900.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/sis900.tmpl new file mode 100644 index 000000000..88c8ff6a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/sis900.tmpl @@ -0,0 +1,585 @@ +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN"[]> + +<book id="SiS900Guide"> + +<bookinfo> + +<title>SiS 900/7016 Fast Ethernet Device Driver</Title> + +<authorgroup> +<author> +<FirstName>Ollie</FirstName> +<surname>Lho</surname> +</author> + +<author> +<FirstName>Lei Chun</FirstName> +<surname>Chang</surname> +</author> +</authorgroup> + +<edition>Document Revision: 0.3 for SiS900 driver v1.06 & v1.07</edition> +<PubDate>November 16, 2000</PubDate> + +<copyright> + <year>1999</year> + <holder>Silicon Integrated System Corp.</holder> +</copyright> + +<legalnotice> + <para> + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + </para> + + <para> + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + </para> + + <para> + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + </para> +</legalnotice> + +<Abstract> +<Para> +This document gives some information on installation and usage of SiS 900/7016 +device driver under Linux. +</Para> +</Abstract> + +</bookinfo> + +<toc></toc> + +<chapter id="intro"> + <Title>Introduction</Title> + +<Para> +This document describes the revision 1.06 and 1.07 of SiS 900/7016 Fast Ethernet +device driver under Linux. The driver is developed by Silicon Integrated +System Corp. and distributed freely under the GNU General Public License (GPL). +The driver can be compiled as a loadable module and used under Linux kernel +version 2.2.x. (rev. 1.06) +With minimal changes, the driver can also be used under 2.3.x and 2.4.x kernel +(rev. 1.07), please see +<XRef LinkEnd="install">. If you are intended to +use the driver for earlier kernels, you are on your own. +</Para> + +<Para> +The driver is tested with usual TCP/IP applications including +FTP, Telnet, Netscape etc. and is used constantly by the developers. +</Para> + +<Para> +Please send all comments/fixes/questions to +<ULink URL="mailto:lcchang@sis.com.tw">Lei-Chun Chang</ULink>. +</Para> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="changes"> + <Title>Changes</Title> + +<Para> +Changes made in Revision 1.07 + +<OrderedList> +<ListItem> +<Para> +Separation of sis900.c and sis900.h in order to move most +constant definition to sis900.h (many of those constants were +corrected) +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +Clean up PCI detection, the pci-scan from Donald Becker were not used, +just simple pci_find_*. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +MII detection is modified to support multiple mii transceiver. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +Bugs in read_eeprom, mdio_* were removed. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +Lot of sis900 irrelevant comments were removed/changed and +more comments were added to reflect the real situation. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +Clean up of physical/virtual address space mess in buffer +descriptors. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +Better transmit/receive error handling. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +The driver now uses zero-copy single buffer management +scheme to improve performance. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +Names of variables were changed to be more consistent. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +Clean up of auo-negotiation and timer code. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +Automatic detection and change of PHY on the fly. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +Bug in mac probing fixed. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +Fix 630E equalier problem by modifying the equalizer workaround rule. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +Support for ICS1893 10/100 Interated PHYceiver. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +Support for media select by ifconfig. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +Added kernel-doc extratable documentation. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +</OrderedList> +</Para> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="tested"> + <Title>Tested Environment</Title> + +<Para> +This driver is developed on the following hardware + +<ItemizedList> +<ListItem> + +<Para> +Intel Celeron 500 with SiS 630 (rev 02) chipset +</Para> +</ListItem> +<ListItem> + +<Para> +SiS 900 (rev 01) and SiS 7016/7014 Fast Ethernet Card +</Para> +</ListItem> + +</ItemizedList> + +and tested with these software environments + +<ItemizedList> +<ListItem> + +<Para> +Red Hat Linux version 6.2 +</Para> +</ListItem> +<ListItem> + +<Para> +Linux kernel version 2.4.0 +</Para> +</ListItem> +<ListItem> + +<Para> +Netscape version 4.6 +</Para> +</ListItem> +<ListItem> + +<Para> +NcFTP 3.0.0 beta 18 +</Para> +</ListItem> +<ListItem> + +<Para> +Samba version 2.0.3 +</Para> +</ListItem> + +</ItemizedList> + +</Para> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="files"> +<Title>Files in This Package</Title> + +<Para> +In the package you can find these files: +</Para> + +<Para> +<VariableList> + +<VarListEntry> +<Term>sis900.c</Term> +<ListItem> +<Para> +Driver source file in C +</Para> +</ListItem> +</VarListEntry> + +<VarListEntry> +<Term>sis900.h</Term> +<ListItem> +<Para> +Header file for sis900.c +</Para> +</ListItem> +</VarListEntry> + +<VarListEntry> +<Term>sis900.sgml</Term> +<ListItem> +<Para> +DocBook SGML source of the document +</Para> +</ListItem> +</VarListEntry> + +<VarListEntry> +<Term>sis900.txt</Term> +<ListItem> +<Para> +Driver document in plain text +</Para> +</ListItem> +</VarListEntry> + +</VariableList> +</Para> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="install"> + <Title>Installation</Title> + +<Para> +Silicon Integrated System Corp. is cooperating closely with core Linux Kernel +developers. The revisions of SiS 900 driver are distributed by the usuall channels +for kernel tar files and patches. Those kernel tar files for official kernel and +patches for kernel pre-release can be download at +<ULink URL="http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/">official kernel ftp site</ULink> +and its mirrors. +The 1.06 revision can be found in kernel version later than 2.3.15 and pre-2.2.14, +and 1.07 revision can be found in kernel version 2.4.0. +If you have no prior experience in networking under Linux, please read +<ULink URL="http://www.linuxdoc.org/">Ethernet HOWTO</ULink> and +<ULink URL="http://www.linuxdoc.org/">Networking HOWTO</ULink> available from +Linux Documentation Project (LDP). +</Para> + +<Para> +The driver is bundled in release later than 2.2.11 and 2.3.15 so this +is the most easy case. +Be sure you have the appropriate packages for compiling kernel source. +Those packages are listed in Document/Changes in kernel source +distribution. If you have to install the driver other than those bundled +in kernel release, you should have your driver file +<filename>sis900.c</filename> and <filename>sis900.h</filename> +copied into <filename class=directory>/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/</filename> first. +There are two alternative ways to install the driver +</Para> + +<Sect1> +<Title>Building the driver as loadable module</Title> + +<Para> +To build the driver as a loadable kernel module you have to reconfigure +the kernel to activate network support by +</Para> + +<Para><screen> +make menuconfig +</screen></Para> + +<Para> +Choose <quote>Loadable module support ---></quote>, +then select <quote>Enable loadable module support</quote>. +</Para> + +<Para> +Choose <quote>Network Device Support ---></quote>, select +<quote>Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)</quote>. +Then select <quote>EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers</quote>, +and choose <quote>SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support</quote> +to <quote>M</quote>. +</Para> + +<Para> +After reconfiguring the kernel, you can make the driver module by +</Para> + +<Para><screen> +make modules +</screen></Para> + +<Para> +The driver should be compiled with no errors. After compiling the driver, +the driver can be installed to proper place by +</Para> + +<Para><screen> +make modules_install +</screen></Para> + +<Para> +Load the driver into kernel by +</Para> + +<Para><screen> +insmod sis900 +</screen></Para> + +<Para> +When loading the driver into memory, some information message can be view by +</Para> + +<Para> +<screen> +dmesg +</screen> + +or + +<screen> +cat /var/log/message +</screen> +</Para> + +<Para> +If the driver is loaded properly you will have messages similar to this: +</Para> + +<Para><screen> +sis900.c: v1.07.06 11/07/2000 +eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd000, IRQ 10, 00:00:e8:83:7f:a4. +eth0: SiS 900 Internal MII PHY transceiver found at address 1. +eth0: Using SiS 900 Internal MII PHY as default +</screen></Para> + +<Para> +showing the version of the driver and the results of probing routine. +</Para> + +<Para> +Once the driver is loaded, network can be brought up by +</Para> + +<Para><screen> +/sbin/ifconfig eth0 IPADDR broadcast BROADCAST netmask NETMASK media TYPE +</screen></Para> + +<Para> +where IPADDR, BROADCAST, NETMASK are your IP address, broadcast address and +netmask respectively. TYPE is used to set medium type used by the device. +Typical values are "10baseT"(twisted-pair 10Mbps Ethernet) or "100baseT" +(twisted-pair 100Mbps Ethernet). For more information on how to configure +network interface, please refer to +<ULink URL="http://www.linuxdoc.org/">Networking HOWTO</ULink>. +</Para> + +<Para> +The link status is also shown by kernel messages. For example, after the +network interface is activated, you may have the message: +</Para> + +<Para><screen> +eth0: Media Link On 100mbps full-duplex +</screen></Para> + +<Para> +If you try to unplug the twist pair (TP) cable you will get +</Para> + +<Para><screen> +eth0: Media Link Off +</screen></Para> + +<Para> +indicating that the link is failed. +</Para> +</Sect1> + +<Sect1> +<Title>Building the driver into kernel</Title> + +<Para> +If you want to make the driver into kernel, choose <quote>Y</quote> +rather than <quote>M</quote> on +<quote>SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support</quote> +when configuring the kernel. Build the kernel image in the usual way +</Para> + +<Para><screen> +make dep + +make clean + +make bzlilo +</screen></Para> + +<Para> +Next time the system reboot, you have the driver in memory. +</Para> + +</Sect1> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="problems"> + <Title>Known Problems and Bugs</Title> + +<Para> +There are some known problems and bugs. If you find any other bugs please +mail to <ULink URL="mailto:lcchang@sis.com.tw">lcchang@sis.com.tw</ULink> + +<OrderedList> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +AM79C901 HomePNA PHY is not thoroughly tested, there may be some +bugs in the <quote>on the fly</quote> change of transceiver. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +A bug is hidden somewhere in the receive buffer management code, +the bug causes NULL pointer reference in the kernel. This fault is +caught before bad things happen and reported with the message: + +<computeroutput> +eth0: NULL pointer encountered in Rx ring, skipping +</computeroutput> + +which can be viewed with <Literal remap="tt">dmesg</Literal> or +<Literal remap="tt">cat /var/log/message</Literal>. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +The media type change from 10Mbps to 100Mbps twisted-pair ethernet +by ifconfig causes the media link down. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +</OrderedList> +</Para> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="RHistory"> + <Title>Revision History</Title> + +<Para> +<ItemizedList> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +November 13, 2000, Revision 1.07, seventh release, 630E problem fixed +and furthur clean up. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +November 4, 1999, Revision 1.06, Second release, lots of clean up +and optimization. +</Para> +</ListItem> + +<ListItem> +<Para> +August 8, 1999, Revision 1.05, Initial Public Release +</Para> +</ListItem> + +</ItemizedList> +</Para> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="acknowledgements"> + <Title>Acknowledgements</Title> + +<Para> +This driver was originally derived form +<ULink URL="mailto:becker@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov">Donald Becker</ULink>'s +<ULink URL="ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/kern-2.3/pci-skeleton.c" +>pci-skeleton</ULink> and +<ULink URL="ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/kern-2.3/rtl8139.c" +>rtl8139</ULink> drivers. Donald also provided various suggestion +regarded with improvements made in revision 1.06. +</Para> + +<Para> +The 1.05 revision was created by +<ULink URL="mailto:cmhuang@sis.com.tw">Jim Huang</ULink>, AMD 79c901 +support was added by <ULink URL="mailto:lcs@sis.com.tw">Chin-Shan Li</ULink>. +</Para> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="functions"> +<title>List of Functions</title> +!Idrivers/net/sis900.c +</chapter> + +</book> diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt index 6332b478e..5c250ac97 100644 --- a/Documentation/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ LINUX ALLOCATED DEVICES - Maintained by H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> + Maintained by H. Peter Anvin <device@lanana.org> - Last revised: March 23, 2000 + Last revised: December 29, 2000 This list is the Linux Device List, the official registry of allocated device numbers and /dev directory nodes for the Linux operating @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ on this list. Any such information requests will be deleted without reply. - **** PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE SUBMITTING A DEVICE ENTRY **** + **** DEVICE DRIVERS AUTHORS PLEASE READ THIS **** To have a major number allocated, or a minor number in situations where that applies (e.g. busmice), please contact me with the @@ -44,24 +44,32 @@ appropriate device information. Also, if you have additional information regarding any of the devices listed below, or if I have made a mistake, I would greatly appreciate a note. -I do, however, make two requests about the nature of your report. +I do, however, make a few requests about the nature of your report. This is necessary for me to be able to keep this list up to date and -correct in a timely manner. First of all, *please* include the word -"device" in the subject so your mail won't accidentally get buried! I -receive hundreds of email messages a day, so mail sent with other -subjects may very well get lost in the avalanche. +correct in a timely manner. First of all, *please* send it to the +correct address... <device@lanana.org>. I receive hundreds of email +messages a day, so mail sent to other addresses may very well get lost +in the avalanche. Please put in a descriptive subject, so I can find +your mail again should I need to. Too many people send me email +saying just "device number request" in the subject. Second, please include a description of the device *in the same format as this list*. The reason for this is that it is the only way I have found to ensure I have all the requisite information to publish your device and avoid conflicts. +Third, please don't assume that the distributed version of the list is +up to date. Due to the number of registrations I have to maintain it +in "batch mode", so there is likely additional registrations that +haven't been listed yet. + Finally, sometimes I have to play "namespace police." Please don't be offended. I often get submissions for /dev names that would be bound to cause conflicts down the road. I am trying to avoid getting in a situation where we would have to suffer an incompatible forward -change. - +change. Therefore, please consult with me *before* you make your +device names and numbers in any way public, at least to the point +where it would be at all difficult to get them changed. Your cooperation is appreciated. @@ -79,16 +87,18 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 7 = /dev/full Returns ENOSPC on write 8 = /dev/random Nondeterministic random number gen. 9 = /dev/urandom Faster, less secure random number gen. + 10 = /dev/aio Asyncronous I/O notification interface block RAM disk 0 = /dev/ram0 First RAM disk + 1 = /dev/ram1 Second RAM disk ... - 7 = /dev/ram7 Eighth RAM disk - 250 = /dev/initrd Initial RAM disk + 250 = /dev/initrd Initial RAM disk {2.6} Older kernels had /dev/ramdisk (1, 1) here. /dev/initrd refers to a RAM disk which was preloaded - by the boot loader. - + by the boot loader; newer kernels use /dev/ram0 for + the initrd. + 2 char Pseudo-TTY masters 0 = /dev/ptyp0 First PTY master 1 = /dev/ptyp1 Second PTY master @@ -199,6 +209,8 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. ... 255 = /dev/ttyS191 192nd UART serial port + UART serial ports refer to 8250/16450/16550 series devices. + Older versions of the Linux kernel used this major number for BSD PTY devices. As of Linux 2.1.115, this is no longer supported. Use major numbers 2 and 3. @@ -310,6 +322,8 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 10 = /dev/adbmouse Apple Desktop Bus mouse 11 = /dev/vrtpanel Vr41xx embedded touch panel 13 = /dev/vpcmouse Connectix Virtual PC Mouse + 14 = /dev/touchscreen/ucb1x00 UCB 1x00 touchscreen + 15 = /dev/touchscreen/mk712 MK712 touchscreen 128 = /dev/beep Fancy beep device 129 = /dev/modreq Kernel module load request {2.6} 130 = /dev/watchdog Watchdog timer port @@ -321,7 +335,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 139 = /dev/openprom SPARC OpenBoot PROM 140 = /dev/relay8 Berkshire Products Octal relay card 141 = /dev/relay16 Berkshire Products ISO-16 relay card - 142 = /dev/msr x86 model-specific registers + 142 = /dev/msr x86 model-specific registers {2.6} 143 = /dev/pciconf PCI configuration space 144 = /dev/nvram Non-volatile configuration RAM 145 = /dev/hfmodem Soundcard shortwave modem control {2.6} @@ -363,6 +377,26 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 182 = /dev/perfctr Performance-monitoring counters 183 = /dev/intel_rng Intel i8x0 random number generator 184 = /dev/cpu/microcode CPU microcode update interface + 186 = /dev/atomicps Atomic shapshot of process state data + 187 = /dev/irnet IrNET device + 188 = /dev/smbusbios SMBus BIOS + 189 = /dev/ussp_ctl User space serial port control + 190 = /dev/crash Mission Critical Linux crash dump facility + 191 = /dev/pcl181 <information missing> + 192 = /dev/nas_xbus NAS xbus LCD/buttons access + 193 = /dev/d7s SPARC 7-segment display + 194 = /dev/zkshim Zero-Knowledge network shim control + 195 = /dev/elographics/e2201 Elographics touchscreen E271-2201 + 198 = /dev/sexec Signed executable interface + 199 = /dev/scanners/cuecat :CueCat barcode scanner + 200 = /dev/net/tun TAP/TUN network device + 201 = /dev/button/gulpb Transmeta GULP-B buttons + 204 = /dev/video/em8300 EM8300 DVD decoder control + 205 = /dev/video/em8300_mv EM8300 DVD decoder video + 206 = /dev/video/em8300_ma EM8300 DVD decoder audio + 207 = /dev/video/em8300_sp EM8300 DVD decoder subpicture + 208 = /dev/compaq/cpqphpc Compaq PCI Hot Plug Controller + 209 = /dev/compaq/cpqrid Compaq Remote Insight Driver 240-255 Reserved for local use 11 char Raw keyboard device @@ -901,29 +935,62 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 0 = /dev/ttyL0 First RISCom port 1 = /dev/ttyL1 Second RISCom port ... - block Reserved for Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller + block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; first controller + 0 = /dev/rd/c0d0 First disk, whole disk + 8 = /dev/rd/c0d1 Second disk, whole disk + ... + 248 = /dev/rd/c0d15 16th disk, whole disk + + For partitions add: + 0 = /dev/rd/c?d? Whole disk + 1 = /dev/rd/c?d?p1 First partition + ... + 7 = /dev/rd/c?d?p7 Seventh partition 49 char SDL RISCom serial card - alternate devices 0 = /dev/cul0 Callout device for ttyL0 1 = /dev/cul1 Callout device for ttyL1 ... - block Reserved for Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller + block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; second controller + 0 = /dev/rd/c1d0 First disk, whole disk + 8 = /dev/rd/c1d1 Second disk, whole disk + ... + 248 = /dev/rd/c1d15 16th disk, whole disk + + Partitions are handled as for major 48. 50 char Reserved for GLINT - block Reserved for Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller + + block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; third controller + 0 = /dev/rd/c2d0 First disk, whole disk + 8 = /dev/rd/c2d1 Second disk, whole disk + ... + 248 = /dev/rd/c2d15 16th disk, whole disk 51 char Baycom radio modem 0 = /dev/bc0 First Baycom radio modem 1 = /dev/bc1 Second Baycom radio modem ... - block Reserved for Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller + block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; fourth controller + 0 = /dev/rd/c3d0 First disk, whole disk + 8 = /dev/rd/c3d1 Second disk, whole disk + ... + 248 = /dev/rd/c3d15 16th disk, whole disk + + Partitions are handled as for major 48. 52 char Spellcaster DataComm/BRI ISDN card 0 = /dev/dcbri0 First DataComm card 1 = /dev/dcbri1 Second DataComm card 2 = /dev/dcbri2 Third DataComm card 3 = /dev/dcbri3 Fourth DataComm card - block Reserved for Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller + block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; fifth controller + 0 = /dev/rd/c4d0 First disk, whole disk + 8 = /dev/rd/c4d1 Second disk, whole disk + ... + 248 = /dev/rd/c4d15 16th disk, whole disk + + Partitions are handled as for major 48. 53 char BDM interface for remote debugging MC683xx microcontrollers 0 = /dev/pd_bdm0 PD BDM interface on lp0 @@ -939,7 +1006,13 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. Domain Interface and ICD is the commercial interface by P&E. - block Reserved for Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller + block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; sixth controller + 0 = /dev/rd/c5d0 First disk, whole disk + 8 = /dev/rd/c5d1 Second disk, whole disk + ... + 248 = /dev/rd/c5d15 16th disk, whole disk + + Partitions are handled as for major 48. 54 char Electrocardiognosis Holter serial card 0 = /dev/holter0 First Holter port @@ -950,11 +1023,23 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. <mseritan@ottonel.pub.ro> to transfer data from Holter 24-hour heart monitoring equipment. - block Reserved for Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller + block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; seventh controller + 0 = /dev/rd/c6d0 First disk, whole disk + 8 = /dev/rd/c6d1 Second disk, whole disk + ... + 248 = /dev/rd/c6d15 16th disk, whole disk + + Partitions are handled as for major 48. 55 char DSP56001 digital signal processor 0 = /dev/dsp56k First DSP56001 - block Reserved for Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller + block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; eigth controller + 0 = /dev/rd/c7d0 First disk, whole disk + 8 = /dev/rd/c7d1 Second disk, whole disk + ... + 248 = /dev/rd/c7d15 16th disk, whole disk + + Partitions are handled as for major 48. 56 char Apple Desktop Bus 0 = /dev/adb ADB bus control @@ -1001,6 +1086,8 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. running small fs translation drivers) through serial / IRDA / parallel links. + NAMING CONFLICT -- PROPOSED REVISED NAME /dev/rpda0 etc + 60-63 LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE Allocated for local/experimental use. For devices not assigned official numbers, these ranges should be @@ -1175,6 +1262,16 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. ... 255 = /dev/cuf255 Callout device for ttyF255 + block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, first controller + 0 = /dev/ida/c0d0 First logical drive whole disk + 16 = /dev/ida/c0d1 Second logical drive whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/ida/c0d15 16th logical drive whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + 73 char Computone IntelliPort II serial card - control devices 0 = /dev/ip2ipl0 Loadware device for board 0 1 = /dev/ip2stat0 Status device for board 0 @@ -1185,6 +1282,16 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 12 = /dev/ip2ipl3 Loadware device for board 3 13 = /dev/ip2stat3 Status device for board 3 + block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, second controller + 0 = /dev/ida/c1d0 First logical drive whole disk + 16 = /dev/ida/c1d1 Second logical drive whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/ida/c1d15 16th logical drive whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + 74 char SCI bridge 0 = /dev/SCI/0 SCI device 0 1 = /dev/SCI/1 SCI device 1 @@ -1193,6 +1300,16 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. Currently for Dolphin Interconnect Solutions' PCI-SCI bridge. + block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, third controller + 0 = /dev/ida/c2d0 First logical drive whole disk + 16 = /dev/ida/c2d1 Second logical drive whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/ida/c2d15 16th logical drive whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + 75 char Specialix IO8+ serial card 0 = /dev/ttyW0 First IO8+ port, first card 1 = /dev/ttyW1 Second IO8+ port, first card @@ -1200,6 +1317,16 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 8 = /dev/ttyW8 First IO8+ port, second card ... + block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, fourth controller + 0 = /dev/ida/c3d0 First logical drive whole disk + 16 = /dev/ida/c3d1 Second logical drive whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/ida/c3d15 16th logical drive whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + 76 char Specialix IO8+ serial card - alternate devices 0 = /dev/cuw0 Callout device for ttyW0 1 = /dev/cuw1 Callout device for ttyW1 @@ -1207,19 +1334,63 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 8 = /dev/cuw8 Callout device for ttyW8 ... + block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, fifth controller + 0 = /dev/ida/c4d0 First logical drive whole disk + 16 = /dev/ida/c4d1 Second logical drive whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/ida/c4d15 16th logical drive whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + + 77 char ComScire Quantum Noise Generator 0 = /dev/qng ComScire Quantum Noise Generator + block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, sixth controller + 0 = /dev/ida/c5d0 First logical drive whole disk + 16 = /dev/ida/c5d1 Second logical drive whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/ida/c5d15 16th logical drive whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + + 78 char PAM Software's multimodem boards 0 = /dev/ttyM0 First PAM modem 1 = /dev/ttyM1 Second PAM modem ... + block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, seventh controller + 0 = /dev/ida/c6d0 First logical drive whole disk + 16 = /dev/ida/c6d1 Second logical drive whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/ida/c6d15 16th logical drive whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + + 79 char PAM Software's multimodem boards - alternate devices 0 = /dev/cum0 Callout device for ttyM0 1 = /dev/cum1 Callout device for ttyM1 ... + block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, eigth controller + 0 = /dev/ida/c7d0 First logical drive whole disk + 16 = /dev/ida/c7d1 Second logical drive whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/ida/c715 16th logical drive whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + + 80 char Photometrics AT200 CCD camera 0 = /dev/at200 Photometrics AT200 CCD camera @@ -1496,14 +1667,13 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 1 = /dev/parport1 Second parallel port ... -100 char POTS (analogue telephone) A/B port {2.6} - 0 = /dev/phone0 First telephone port - 1 = /dev/phone1 Second telephone port - ... + block JavaStation flash disk + 0 = /dev/jsfd JavaStation flash disk - The names have been reallocated to Telephony For - Linux, major 159. All use of major 100 should be - considered legacy and deprecated. +100 char Telephony for Linux + 0 = /dev/phone0 First telephony device + 1 = /dev/phone1 Second telephony device + ... 101 char Motorola DSP 56xxx board 0 = /dev/mdspstat Status information @@ -1511,6 +1681,19 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. ... 16 = /dev/mdsp16 16th DSP board I/O controls + block AMI HyperDisk RAID controller + 0 = /dev/amiraid/ar0 First array whole disk + 16 = /dev/amiraid/ar1 Second array whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/amiraid/ar15 16th array whole disk + + For each device, partitions are added as: + 0 = /dev/amiraid/ar? Whole disk + 1 = /dev/amiraid/ar?p1 First partition + 2 = /dev/amiraid/ar?p2 Second partition + ... + 15 = /dev/amiraid/ar?p15 15th partition + 102 char Philips SAA5249 Teletext signal decoder {2.6} 0 = /dev/tlk0 First Teletext decoder 1 = /dev/tlk1 Second Teletext decoder @@ -1527,36 +1710,119 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. to the arla announce mailing list by sending a mail to <arla-announce-request@stacken.kth.se>. + block Audit device + 0 = /dev/audit Audit device + 104 char Flash BIOS support + block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, first controller + 0 = /dev/cciss/c0d0 First logical drive, whole disk + 16 = /dev/cciss/c0d1 Second logical drive, whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/cciss/c0d15 16th logical drive, whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + 105 char Comtrol VS-1000 serial controller 0 = /dev/ttyV0 First VS-1000 port 1 = /dev/ttyV1 Second VS-1000 port ... + block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, second controller + 0 = /dev/cciss/c1d0 First logical drive, whole disk + 16 = /dev/cciss/c1d1 Second logical drive, whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/cciss/c1d15 16th logical drive, whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + 106 char Comtrol VS-1000 serial controller - alternate devices 0 = /dev/cuv0 First VS-1000 port 1 = /dev/cuv1 Second VS-1000 port ... + block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, third controller + 0 = /dev/cciss/c2d0 First logical drive, whole disk + 16 = /dev/cciss/c2d1 Second logical drive, whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/cciss/c2d15 16th logical drive, whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + 107 char 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics device 0 = /dev/3dfx Primary 3Dfx graphics device + block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, fourth controller + 0 = /dev/cciss/c3d0 First logical drive, whole disk + 16 = /dev/cciss/c3d1 Second logical drive, whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/cciss/c3d15 16th logical drive, whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + 108 char Device independent PPP interface 0 = /dev/ppp Device independent PPP interface + block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, fifth controller + 0 = /dev/cciss/c4d0 First logical drive, whole disk + 16 = /dev/cciss/c4d1 Second logical drive, whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/cciss/c4d15 16th logical drive, whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + 109 char Reserved for logical volume manager + block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, sixth controller + 0 = /dev/cciss/c5d0 First logical drive, whole disk + 16 = /dev/cciss/c5d1 Second logical drive, whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/cciss/c5d15 16th logical drive, whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + 110 char miroMEDIA Surround board 0 = /dev/srnd0 First miroMEDIA Surround board 1 = /dev/srnd1 Second miroMEDIA Surround board ... + block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, seventh controller + 0 = /dev/cciss/c6d0 First logical drive, whole disk + 16 = /dev/cciss/c6d1 Second logical drive, whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/cciss/c6d15 16th logical drive, whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + 111 char Philips SAA7146-based audio/video card {2.6} 0 = /dev/av0 First A/V card 1 = /dev/av1 Second A/V card ... + block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, eigth controller + 0 = /dev/cciss/c7d0 First logical drive, whole disk + 16 = /dev/cciss/c7d1 Second logical drive, whole disk + ... + 240 = /dev/cciss/c7d15 16th logical drive, whole disk + + Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex + DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on + partitions is 15. + 112 char ISI serial card 0 = /dev/ttyM0 First ISI port 1 = /dev/ttyM1 Second ISI port @@ -1717,10 +1983,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 1 = /dev/gfax1 GammaLink channel 1 ... -159 char Telephony for Linux - 0 = /dev/phone0 First telephony device - 1 = /dev/phone1 Second telephony device - ... +159 RESERVED 160 char General Purpose Instrument Bus (GPIB) 0 = /dev/gpib0 First GPIB bus @@ -1944,7 +2207,244 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 240 = /dev/mvideo/status15 16th device ... -195-239 UNALLOCATED +195 char Nvidia graphics devices + 0 = /dev/nvidia0 First Nvidia card + 1 = /dev/nvidia1 Second Nvidia card + ... + 255 = /dev/nvidiactl Nvidia card control device + +196-197 UNASSIGNED + +198 char Total Impact TPMP2 quad coprocessor PCI card + 0 = /dev/tpmp2/0 First card + 1 = /dev/tpmp2/1 Second card + ... + +199 char Veritas volume manager (VxVM) volumes + 0 = /dev/vx/rdsk/*/* First volume + 1 = /dev/vx/rdsk/*/* Second volume + ... + block Veritas volume manager (VxVM) volumes + 0 = /dev/vx/dsk/*/* First volume + 1 = /dev/vx/dsk/*/* First volume + ... + + The namespace in these directories is maintained by + the user space VxVM software. + +200 char Veritas VxVM configuration interface + 0 = /dev/vx/config Configuration access node + 1 = /dev/vx/trace Volume i/o trace access node + 2 = /dev/vx/iod Volume i/o daemon access node + 3 = /dev/vx/info Volume information access node + 4 = /dev/vx/task Volume tasks access node + 5 = /dev/vx/taskmon Volume tasks monitor daemon + +201 char Veritas VxVM dynamic multipathing driver + 0 = /dev/vx/rdmp/* First multipath device + 1 = /dev/vx/rdmp/* Second multipath device + ... + block Veritas VxVM dynamic multipathing driver + 0 = /dev/vx/dmp/* First multipath device + 1 = /dev/vx/dmp/* Second multipath device + ... + + The namespace in these directories is maintained by + the user space VxVM software. + +202 char CPU model-specific registers + 0 = /dev/cpu/0/msr MSRs on CPU 0 + 1 = /dev/cpu/1/msr MSRs on CPU 1 + ... + +203 char CPU CPUID information + 0 = /dev/cpu/0/cpuid CPUID on CPU 0 + 1 = /dev/cpu/1/cpuid CPUID on CPU 1 + ... + +204 char Low-density serial ports + 0 = /dev/ttyLU0 LinkUp Systems L72xx UART - port 0 + 1 = /dev/ttyLU1 LinkUp Systems L72xx UART - port 1 + 2 = /dev/ttyLU2 LinkUp Systems L72xx UART - port 2 + 3 = /dev/ttyLU3 LinkUp Systems L72xx UART - port 3 + 4 = /dev/ttyFB0 Intel Footbridge (ARM) + 5 = /dev/ttySA0 StrongARM builtin serial port 0 + 6 = /dev/ttySA1 StrongARM builtin serial port 1 + 7 = /dev/ttySA2 StrongARM builtin serial port 2 + 8 = /dev/ttySC0 SCI serial port (SuperH) - port 0 + 9 = /dev/ttySC1 SCI serial port (SuperH) - port 1 + 10 = /dev/ttySC2 SCI serial port (SuperH) - port 2 + 11 = /dev/ttySC3 SCI serial port (SuperH) - port 3 + 12 = /dev/ttyFW0 Firmware console - port 0 + 13 = /dev/ttyFW1 Firmware console - port 1 + 14 = /dev/ttyFW2 Firmware console - port 2 + 15 = /dev/ttyFW3 Firmware console - port 3 + 16 = /dev/ttyAM0 ARM "AMBA" serial port 0 + ... + 31 = /dev/ttyAM15 ARM "AMBA" serial port 15 + +205 char Low-density serial ports (alternate device) + 0 = /dev/culu0 Callout device for ttyLU0 + 1 = /dev/culu1 Callout device for ttyLU1 + 2 = /dev/culu2 Callout device for ttyLU2 + 3 = /dev/culu3 Callout device for ttyLU3 + 4 = /dev/cufb0 Callout device for ttyFB0 + 5 = /dev/cusa0 Callout device for ttySA0 + 6 = /dev/cusa1 Callout device for ttySA1 + 7 = /dev/cusa2 Callout device for ttySA2 + 8 = /dev/cusc0 Callout device for ttySC0 + 9 = /dev/cusc1 Callout device for ttySC1 + 10 = /dev/cusc2 Callout device for ttySC2 + 11 = /dev/cusc3 Callout device for ttySC3 + 12 = /dev/cufw0 Callout device for ttyFW0 + 13 = /dev/cufw1 Callout device for ttyFW1 + 14 = /dev/cufw2 Callout device for ttyFW2 + 15 = /dev/cufw3 Callout device for ttyFW3 + 16 = /dev/cuam0 Callout device for ttyAM0 + ... + 31 = /dev/cuam15 Callout device for ttyAM15 + +206 char OnStream SC-x0 tape devices + 0 = /dev/osst0 First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 0 + 1 = /dev/osst1 Second OnStream SCSI tape, mode 0 + ... + 32 = /dev/osst0l First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 1 + 33 = /dev/osst1l Second OnStream SCSI tape, mode 1 + ... + 64 = /dev/osst0m First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 2 + 65 = /dev/osst1m Second OnStream SCSI tape, mode 2 + ... + 96 = /dev/osst0a First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 3 + 97 = /dev/osst1a Second OnStream SCSI tape, mode 3 + ... + 128 = /dev/nosst0 No rewind version of /dev/osst0 + 129 = /dev/nosst1 No rewind version of /dev/osst1 + ... + 160 = /dev/nosst0l No rewind version of /dev/osst0l + 161 = /dev/nosst1l No rewind version of /dev/osst1l + ... + 192 = /dev/nosst0m No rewind version of /dev/osst0m + 193 = /dev/nosst1m No rewind version of /dev/osst1m + ... + 224 = /dev/nosst0a No rewind version of /dev/osst0a + 225 = /dev/nosst1a No rewind version of /dev/osst1a + ... + + The OnStream SC-x0 SCSI tapes do not support the + standard SCSI SASD command set and therefore need + their own driver "osst". Note that the IDE, USB (and + maybe ParPort) versions may be driven via ide-scsi or + usb-storage SCSI emulation and this osst device and + driver as well. The ADR-x0 drives are QIC-157 + compliant and don't need osst. + +207 char Compaq ProLiant health feature indicate + 0 = /dev/cpqhealth/cpqw Redirector interface + 1 = /dev/cpqhealth/crom EISA CROM + 2 = /dev/cpqhealth/cdt Data Table + 3 = /dev/cpqhealth/cevt Event Log + 4 = /dev/cpqhealth/casr Automatic Server Recovery + 5 = /dev/cpqhealth/cecc ECC Memory + 6 = /dev/cpqhealth/cmca Machine Check Architecture + 7 = /dev/cpqhealth/ccsm Deprecated CDT + 8 = /dev/cpqhealth/cnmi NMI Handling + 9 = /dev/cpqhealth/css Sideshow Management + 10 = /dev/cpqhealth/cram CMOS interface + 11 = /dev/cpqhealth/cpci PCI IRQ interface + +208 char User space serial ports + 0 = /dev/ttyU0 First user space serial port + 1 = /dev/ttyU1 Second user space serial port + ... + +209 char User space serial ports (alternate devices) + 0 = /dev/cuu0 Callout device for ttyU0 + 1 = /dev/cuu1 Callout device for ttyU1 + ... + +210 char SBE, Inc. sync/async serial card + 0 = /dev/sbei/wxcfg0 Configuration device for board 0 + 1 = /dev/sbei/dld0 Download device for board 0 + 2 = /dev/sbei/wan00 WAN device, port 0, board 0 + 3 = /dev/sbei/wan01 WAN device, port 1, board 0 + 4 = /dev/sbei/wan02 WAN device, port 2, board 0 + 5 = /dev/sbei/wan03 WAN device, port 3, board 0 + 6 = /dev/sbei/wanc00 WAN clone device, port 0, board 0 + 7 = /dev/sbei/wanc01 WAN clone device, port 1, board 0 + 8 = /dev/sbei/wanc02 WAN clone device, port 2, board 0 + 9 = /dev/sbei/wanc03 WAN clone device, port 3, board 0 + 10 = /dev/sbei/wxcfg1 Configuration device for board 1 + 11 = /dev/sbei/dld1 Download device for board 1 + 12 = /dev/sbei/wan10 WAN device, port 0, board 1 + 13 = /dev/sbei/wan11 WAN device, port 1, board 1 + 14 = /dev/sbei/wan12 WAN device, port 2, board 1 + 15 = /dev/sbei/wan13 WAN device, port 3, board 1 + 16 = /dev/sbei/wanc10 WAN clone device, port 0, board 1 + 17 = /dev/sbei/wanc11 WAN clone device, port 1, board 1 + 18 = /dev/sbei/wanc12 WAN clone device, port 2, board 1 + 19 = /dev/sbei/wanc13 WAN clone device, port 3, board 1 + ... + + Yes, each board is really spaced 10 (decimal) apart. + +211 char Addinum CPCI1500 digital I/O card + 0 = /dev/addinum/cpci1500/0 First CPCI1500 card + 1 = /dev/addinum/cpci1500/1 Second CPCI1500 card + ... + +216 char USB BlueTooth devices + 0 = /dev/ttyUB0 First USB BlueTooth device + 1 = /dev/ttyUB1 Second USB BlueTooth device + ... + +217 char USB BlueTooth devices (alternate devices) + 0 = /dev/cuub0 Callout device for ttyUB0 + 1 = /dev/cuub1 Callout device for ttyUB1 + ... + +218 char The Logical Company bus Unibus/Qbus adapters + 0 = /dev/logicalco/bci/0 First bus adapter + 1 = /dev/logicalco/bci/1 First bus adapter + ... + +219 char The Logical Company DCI-1300 digital I/O card + 0 = /dev/logicalco/dci1300/0 First DCI-1300 card + 1 = /dev/logicalco/dci1300/1 Second DCI-1300 card + ... + +220 char Myricom Myrinet "GM" board + 0 = /dev/myricom/gm0 First Myrinet GM board + 1 = /dev/myricom/gmp0 First board "root access" + 2 = /dev/myricom/gm1 Second Myrinet GM board + 3 = /dev/myricom/gmp1 Second board "root access" + ... + +221 char VME bus + 0 = /dev/bus/vme/m0 First master image + 1 = /dev/bus/vme/m1 Second master image + 2 = /dev/bus/vme/m2 Third master image + 3 = /dev/bus/vme/m3 Fourth master image + 4 = /dev/bus/vme/s0 First slave image + 5 = /dev/bus/vme/s1 Second slave image + 6 = /dev/bus/vme/s2 Third slave image + 7 = /dev/bus/vme/s3 Fourth slave image + 8 = /dev/bus/vme/ctl Control + + It is expected that all VME bus drivers will use the + same interface. For interface documentation see + http://www.vmelinux.org/. + +224 char A2232 serial card + 0 = /dev/ttyY0 First A2232 port + 1 = /dev/cuy0 Second A2232 port + ... + +225 char A2232 serial card (alternate devices) + 0 = /dev/cuy0 Callout device for ttyY0 + 1 = /dev/cuy1 Callout device for ttyY1 + ... + +226-239 UNASSIGNED 240-254 LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE @@ -2025,6 +2525,14 @@ Non-transient sockets and named pipes may exist in /dev. Common entries are: /dev/log socket syslog local socket /dev/gpmdata socket gpm mouse multiplexer + Mount points + +The following names are reserved for mounting special filesystems +under /dev. These special filesystems provide kernel interfaces that +cannot be provided with standard device nodes. + +/dev/pts devpts PTY slave filesystem +/dev/shm shmfs POSIX shared memory maintenance access **** TERMINAL DEVICES diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/functionality b/Documentation/i2c/functionality new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8a78a95ae --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/i2c/functionality @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +INTRODUCTION +------------ + +Because not every I2C or SMBus adapter implements everything in the +I2C specifications, a client can not trust that everything it needs +is implemented when it is given the option to attach to an adapter: +the client needs some way to check whether an adapter has the needed +functionality. + + +FUNCTIONALITY CONSTANTS +----------------------- + +For the most up-to-date list of functionality constants, please check +<linux/i2c.h>! + + I2C_FUNC_I2C Plain i2c-level commands (Pure SMBus + adapters typically can not do these) + I2C_FUNC_10BIT_ADDR Handles the 10-bit address extensions + I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING Knows about the I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR, + I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR and I2C_M_REV_DIR_NOSTART + flags (which modify the i2c protocol!) + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK Handles the SMBus write_quick command + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BYTE Handles the SMBus read_byte command + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BYTE Handles the SMBus write_byte command + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BYTE_DATA Handles the SMBus read_byte_data command + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BYTE_DATA Handles the SMBus write_byte_data command + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_WORD_DATA Handles the SMBus read_word_data command + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_WORD_DATA Handles the SMBus write_byte_data command + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_PROC_CALL Handles the SMBus process_call command + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BLOCK_DATA Handles the SMBus read_block_data command + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BLOCK_DATA Handles the SMBus write_block_data command + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_I2C_BLOCK Handles the SMBus read_i2c_block_data command + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_I2C_BLOCK Handles the SMBus write_i2c_block_data command + +A few combinations of the above flags are also defined for your convenience: + + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE Handles the SMBus read_byte + and write_byte commands + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA Handles the SMBus read_byte_data + and write_byte_data commands + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WORD_DATA Handles the SMBus read_word_data + and write_word_data commands + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA Handles the SMBus read_block_data + and write_block_data commands + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK Handles the SMBus read_i2c_block_data + and write_i2c_block_data commands + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_EMUL Handles all SMBus commands than can be + emulated by a real I2C adapter (using + the transparent emulation layer) + + +ALGORITHM/ADAPTER IMPLEMENTATION +-------------------------------- + +When you write a new algorithm driver, you will have to implement a +function callback `functionality', that gets an i2c_adapter structure +pointer as its only parameter: + + struct i2c_algorithm { + /* Many other things of course; check <linux/i2c.h>! */ + u32 (*functionality) (struct i2c_adapter *); + } + +A typically implementation is given below, from i2c-algo-bit.c: + + static u32 bit_func(struct i2c_adapter *adap) + { + return I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_EMUL | I2C_FUNC_10BIT_ADDR | + I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING; + } + + + +CLIENT CHECKING +--------------- + +Before a client tries to attach to an adapter, or even do tests to check +whether one of the devices it supports is present on an adapter, it should +check whether the needed functionality is present. There are two functions +defined which should be used instead of calling the functionality hook +in the algorithm structure directly: + + /* Return the functionality mask */ + extern u32 i2c_get_functionality (struct i2c_adapter *adap); + + /* Return 1 if adapter supports everything we need, 0 if not. */ + extern int i2c_check_functionality (struct i2c_adapter *adap, u32 func); + +This is a typical way to use these functions (from the writing-clients +document): + int foo_detect_client(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, + unsigned short flags, int kind) + { + /* Define needed variables */ + + /* As the very first action, we check whether the adapter has the + needed functionality: we need the SMBus read_word_data, + write_word_data and write_byte functions in this example. */ + if (!i2c_check_functionality(adapter,I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WORD_DATA | + I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BYTE)) + goto ERROR0; + + /* Now we can do the real detection */ + + ERROR0: + /* Return an error */ + } + + + +CHECKING THROUGH /DEV +--------------------- + +If you try to access an adapter from a userspace program, you will have +to use the /dev interface. You will still have to check whether the +functionality you need is supported, of course. This is done using +the I2C_FUNCS ioctl. An example, adapted from the lm_sensors i2c_detect +program, is below: + + int file; + if (file = open("/dev/i2c-0",O_RDWR) < 0) { + /* Some kind of error handling */ + exit(1); + } + if (ioctl(file,I2C_FUNCS,&funcs) < 0) { + /* Some kind of error handling */ + exit(1); + } + if (! (funcs & I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK)) { + /* Oops, the needed functionality (SMBus write_quick function) is + not available! */ + exit(1); + } + /* Now it is safe to use the SMBus write_quick command */ diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 495c9a0be..e1f608b84 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: SERIAL Serial support is enabled. SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel. SOUND Appropriate sound system support is enabled. + V4L Video For Linux support is enabled. VGA The VGA console has been enabled. VT Virtual terminal support is enabled. XT IBM PC/XT MFM hard disk support is enabled. @@ -116,6 +117,11 @@ running once the system is up. bmouse= [HW,MOUSE,PS2] Bus mouse. + bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards), most + bttv.radio= important insmod options are available as kernel args too. + bttv.pll= see Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options + bttv.tuner= and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST + BusLogic= [HW,SCSI] cdu31a= [HW,CD] diff --git a/Documentation/modules.txt b/Documentation/modules.txt index e7e371945..885a4d6af 100644 --- a/Documentation/modules.txt +++ b/Documentation/modules.txt @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ And, yes, there _are_ man-pages for all this... To use modprobe successfully, you generally place the following command in your /etc/rc.d/rc.S script. (Read more about this in the -"rc.hints" file in the module utilities package, "modules-x.y.z.tar.gz".) +"rc.hints" file in the module utilities package, "modutils-x.y.z.tar.gz".) /sbin/depmod -a diff --git a/Documentation/networking/sis900.txt b/Documentation/networking/sis900.txt index b6de27947..6e864fe53 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/sis900.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/sis900.txt @@ -5,14 +5,43 @@ Ollie Lho Lei Chun Chang - November 16, 2000. Document Revision: 0.3 + Copyright © 1999 by Silicon Integrated System Corp. This document gives some information on installation and usage of SiS 900/7016 device driver under Linux. + + 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 + USA _________________________________________________________________ + + Table of Contents + 1. Introduction + 2. Changes + 3. Tested Environment + 4. Files in This Package + 5. Installation + + Building the driver as loadable module + Building the driver into kernel + + 6. Known Problems and Bugs + 7. Revision History + 8. Acknowledgements _________________________________________________________________ -Introduction +Chapter 1. Introduction This document describes the revision 1.06 and 1.07 of SiS 900/7016 Fast Ethernet device driver under Linux. The driver is developed by @@ -20,9 +49,8 @@ Introduction General Public License (GPL). The driver can be compiled as a loadable module and used under Linux kernel version 2.2.x. (rev. 1.06) With minimal changes, the driver can also be used under 2.3.x and 2.4.x - kernel (rev. 1.07), please see the section called Installation. If you - are intended to use the driver for earlier kernels, you are on your - own. + kernel (rev. 1.07), please see Chapter 5. If you are intended to use + the driver for earlier kernels, you are on your own. The driver is tested with usual TCP/IP applications including FTP, Telnet, Netscape etc. and is used constantly by the developers. @@ -30,27 +58,7 @@ Introduction Please send all comments/fixes/questions to Lei-Chun Chang. _________________________________________________________________ -License - - Copyright (C) 1999 Silicon Integrated System Corp. - - 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 U -SA - _________________________________________________________________ - -Changes +Chapter 2. Changes Changes made in Revision 1.07 @@ -75,9 +83,10 @@ Changes rule. 14. Support for ICS1893 10/100 Interated PHYceiver. 15. Support for media select by ifconfig. + 16. Added kernel-doc extratable documentation. _________________________________________________________________ -Tested Environment +Chapter 3. Tested Environment This driver is developed on the following hardware @@ -93,7 +102,7 @@ Tested Environment * Samba version 2.0.3 _________________________________________________________________ -Files in This Package +Chapter 4. Files in This Package In the package you can find these files: @@ -110,7 +119,7 @@ Files in This Package Driver document in plain text _________________________________________________________________ -Installation +Chapter 5. Installation Silicon Integrated System Corp. is cooperating closely with core Linux Kernel developers. The revisions of SiS 900 driver are distributed by @@ -179,11 +188,14 @@ eth0: Using SiS 900 Internal MII PHY as default Once the driver is loaded, network can be brought up by -/sbin/ifconfig eth0 IPADDR broadcast BROADCAST netmask NETMASK +/sbin/ifconfig eth0 IPADDR broadcast BROADCAST netmask NETMASK media TYPE where IPADDR, BROADCAST, NETMASK are your IP address, broadcast - address and netmask respectively. For more information on how to - configure network interface, please refer to Networking HOWTO. + address and netmask respectively. TYPE is used to set medium type used + by the device. Typical values are "10baseT"(twisted-pair 10Mbps + Ethernet) or "100baseT" (twisted-pair 100Mbps Ethernet). For more + information on how to configure network interface, please refer to + Networking HOWTO. The link status is also shown by kernel messages. For example, after the network interface is activated, you may have the message: @@ -212,7 +224,7 @@ make bzlilo Next time the system reboot, you have the driver in memory. _________________________________________________________________ -Known Problems and Bugs +Chapter 6. Known Problems and Bugs There are some known problems and bugs. If you find any other bugs please mail to lcchang@sis.com.tw @@ -224,9 +236,11 @@ Known Problems and Bugs caught before bad things happen and reported with the message: eth0: NULL pointer encountered in Rx ring, skipping which can be viewed with dmesg or cat /var/log/message. + 3. The media type change from 10Mbps to 100Mbps twisted-pair ethernet + by ifconfig causes the media link down. _________________________________________________________________ -Revision History +Chapter 7. Revision History * November 13, 2000, Revision 1.07, seventh release, 630E problem fixed and furthur clean up. @@ -235,7 +249,7 @@ Revision History * August 8, 1999, Revision 1.05, Initial Public Release _________________________________________________________________ -Acknowledgements +Chapter 8. Acknowledgements This driver was originally derived form Donald Becker's pci-skeleton and rtl8139 drivers. Donald also provided various suggestion regarded diff --git a/Documentation/parport.txt b/Documentation/parport.txt index 59e75b5fa..27c6d1c40 100644 --- a/Documentation/parport.txt +++ b/Documentation/parport.txt @@ -219,6 +219,46 @@ Also: * IRQ autoprobing works only for a few port types at the moment. +Reporting printer problems with parport +======================================= + +If you are having problems printing, please go through these steps to +try to narrow down where the problem area is. + +When reporting problems with parport, really you need to give all of +the messages that parport_pc spits out when it initialises. There are +several code paths: + +o polling +o interrupt-driven, protocol in software +o interrupt-driven, protocol in hardware using PIO +o interrupt-driven, protocol in hardware using DMA + +The kernel messages that parport_pc logs give an indication of which +code path is being used. (They could be a lot better actually..) + +For normal printer protocol, having IEEE 1284 modes enabled or not +should not make a difference. + +To turn off the 'protocol in hardware' code paths, disable +CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO. Note that when they are enabled they are not +necessarily _used_; it depends on whether the hardware is available, +enabled by the BIOS, and detected by the driver. + +So, to start with, disable CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO, and load parport_pc +with 'irq=none'. See if printing works then. It really should, +because this is the simplest code path. + +If that works fine, try with 'io=0x378 irq=7' (adjust for your +hardware), to make it use interrupt-driven in-software protocol. + +If _that_ works fine, then one of the hardware modes isn't working +right. Enable CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO (no, it isn't a module option, +and yes, it should be), set the port to ECP mode in the BIOS and note +the DMA channel, and try with: + + io=0x378 irq=7 dma=none (for PIO) + io=0x378 irq=7 dma=3 (for DMA) -- Philip.Blundell@pobox.com tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk diff --git a/Documentation/sound/ALS b/Documentation/sound/ALS index c5e55d5b7..d01ffbfd5 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/ALS +++ b/Documentation/sound/ALS @@ -9,25 +9,42 @@ the mixer registers. For this reason the ALS code is integrated as part of the Sound Blaster 16 driver (adding only 800 bytes to the SB16 driver). -To use an ALS sound card under Linux, enable the following options in the -sound configuration section of the kernel config: +To use an ALS sound card under Linux, enable the following options as +modules in the sound configuration section of the kernel config: - 100% Sound Blaster compatibles (SB16/32/64, ESS, Jazz16) support - FM synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3) support + - standalone MPU401 support may be required for some cards; for the + ALS-007, when using isapnptools, it is required Since the ALS-007/100/200 are PnP cards, ISAPnP support should probably be -compiled in. +compiled in. If kernel level PnP support is not included, isapnptools will +be required to configure the card before the sound modules are loaded. -Alternatively, if you decide not to use kernel level ISAPnP, you can use the -user mode isapnptools to wake up the sound card, as in 2.2.X. Set the "I/O -base for SB", "Sound Blaster IRQ" and "Sound Blaster DMA" (8 bit - -either 0, 1 or 3) to the values used in your particular installation (they -should match the values used to configure the card using isapnp). The -ALS-007 does NOT implement 16 bit DMA, so the "Sound Blaster 16 bit DMA" -should be set to -1. If you wish to use the external MPU-401 interface on -the card, "MPU401 I/O base of SB16" and "SB MPU401 IRQ" should be set to -the appropriate values for your installation. (Note that the ALS-007 -requires a separate IRQ for the MPU-401, so don't specify -1 here). (Note -that the base port of the internal FM synth is fixed at 0x388 on the ALS007; -in any case the FM synth location cannot be set in the kernel configuration). +When using kernel level ISAPnP, the kernel should correctly identify and +configure all resources required by the card when the "sb" module is +inserted. Note that the ALS-007 does not have a 16 bit DMA channel and that +the MPU401 interface on this card uses a different interrupt to the audio +section. This should all be correctly configured by the kernel; if problems +with the MPU401 interface surface, try using the standalone MPU401 module, +passing "0" as the "sb" module's "mpu_io" module parameter to prevent the +soundblaster driver attempting to register the MPU401 itself. The onboard +synth device can be accessed using the "opl3" module. + +If isapnptools is used to wake up the sound card (as in 2.2.x), the settings +of the card's resources should be passed to the kernel modules ("sb", "opl3" +and "mpu401") using the module parameters. When configuring an ALS-007, be +sure to specify different IRQs for the audio and MPU401 sections - this card +requires they be different. For "sb", "io", "irq" and "dma" should be set +to the same values used to configure the audio section of the card with +isapnp. "dma16" should be explicitly set to "-1" for an ALS-007 since this +card does not have a 16 bit dma channel; if not specified the kernel will +default to using channel 5 anyway which will cause audio not to work. +"mpu_io" should be set to 0. The "io" parameter of the "opl3" module should +also agree with the setting used by isapnp. To get the MPU401 interface +working on an ALS-007 card, the "mpu401" module will be required since this +card uses separate IRQs for the audio and MPU401 sections and there is no +parameter available to pass a different IRQ to the "sb" driver (whose +inbuilt MPU401 driver would otherwise be fine). Insert the mpu401 module +passing appropriate values using the "io" and "irq" parameters. The resulting sound driver will provide the following capabilities: - 8 and 16 bit audio playback @@ -45,3 +62,5 @@ jwoithe@physics.adelaide.edu.au Modified 2000-02-26 by Dave Forrest, drf5n@virginia.edu to add ALS100/ALS200 Modified 2000-04-10 by Paul Laufer, pelaufer@csupomona.edu to add ISAPnP info. +Modified 2000-11-19 by Jonathan Woithe, jwoithe@physics.adelaide.edu.au + - updated information for kernel 2.4.x. diff --git a/Documentation/sound/Soundblaster b/Documentation/sound/Soundblaster index 3276245ad..b288d464b 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/Soundblaster +++ b/Documentation/sound/Soundblaster @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ isapnp=0 Set this to disable ISAPnP detection (use io=0xXXX etc. above) multiple=0 Set to disable detection of multiple Soundblaster cards. Consider it a bug if this option is needed, and send in a report. +pnplegacy=1 Set this to be able to use a PnP card(s) along with a single + non-PnP (legacy) card. Above options for io, irq, etc. are + needed, and will apply only to the legacy card. reverse=1 Reverses the order of the search in the PnP table. uart401=1 Set to enable detection of mpu devices on some clones. isapnpjump=n Jumps to slot n in the driver's PnP table. Use the source, diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options index 4cb55586d..97b87f674 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ bttv.o insmod args: card=n card type, see CARDLIST for a list. + tuner=n tuner type, see CARDLIST for a list. radio=0/1 card supports radio pll=0/1/2 pll settings 0: don't use PLL diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Modules.conf b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Modules.conf index 84c79d659..55f14650d 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Modules.conf +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Modules.conf @@ -9,7 +9,3 @@ alias char-major-81-0 bttv options bttv card=2 radio=1 options tuner debug=1 -# make alsa + msp3400 play nicely -options snd-card-ens snd_index=0 -options msp3400 mixer=1 - diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README index bce7e55ee..4af739a5c 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README @@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ Compile bttv ------------ If you are compiling the kernel version, just say 'm' if you are asked -for bttv. I /strongly/ suggest to compile bttv as module, because -there are some insmod options for configuring the driver. +for bttv. I /strongly/ recommend to compile bttv as module, because +there are some insmod options for configuring the driver. Starting +with 0.7.49 the most important ones are available as kernel args too. If you downloaded the separate bttv bundle: You need configured kernel sources to compile the bttv driver. The driver uses some Makefile |