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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt b/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt index 7d1dc6b884f3..31bc8b759b75 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt @@ -1,21 +1,21 @@ Generic HDLC layer Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl> -January, 2003 Generic HDLC layer currently supports: -- Frame Relay (ANSI, CCITT and no LMI), with ARP support (no InARP). - Normal (routed) and Ethernet-bridged (Ethernet device emulation) - interfaces can share a single PVC. -- raw HDLC - either IP (IPv4) interface or Ethernet device emulation. -- Cisco HDLC, -- PPP (uses syncppp.c), -- X.25 (uses X.25 routines). - -There are hardware drivers for the following cards: -- C101 by Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. -- RISCom/N2 by SDL Communications Inc. -- and others, some not in the official kernel. +1. Frame Relay (ANSI, CCITT, Cisco and no LMI). + - Normal (routed) and Ethernet-bridged (Ethernet device emulation) + interfaces can share a single PVC. + - ARP support (no InARP support in the kernel - there is an + experimental InARP user-space daemon available on: + http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/hdlc/). +2. raw HDLC - either IP (IPv4) interface or Ethernet device emulation. +3. Cisco HDLC. +4. PPP (uses syncppp.c). +5. X.25 (uses X.25 routines). + +Generic HDLC is a protocol driver only - it needs a low-level driver +for your particular hardware. Ethernet device emulation (using HDLC or Frame-Relay PVC) is compatible with IEEE 802.1Q (VLANs) and 802.1D (Ethernet bridging). @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ with IEEE 802.1Q (VLANs) and 802.1D (Ethernet bridging). Make sure the hdlc.o and the hardware driver are loaded. It should create a number of "hdlc" (hdlc0 etc) network devices, one for each WAN port. You'll need the "sethdlc" utility, get it from: - http://hq.pm.waw.pl/hdlc/ + http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/hdlc/ Compile sethdlc.c utility: gcc -O2 -Wall -o sethdlc sethdlc.c @@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ Setting interface: * v35 | rs232 | x21 | t1 | e1 - sets physical interface for a given port if the card has software-selectable interfaces loopback - activate hardware loopback (for testing only) -* clock ext - external clock (uses DTE RX and TX clock) -* clock int - internal clock (provides clock signal on DCE clock output) -* clock txint - TX internal, RX external (provides TX clock on DCE output) -* clock txfromrx - TX clock derived from RX clock (TX clock on DCE output) -* rate - sets clock rate in bps (not required for external clock or - for txfromrx) +* clock ext - both RX clock and TX clock external +* clock int - both RX clock and TX clock internal +* clock txint - RX clock external, TX clock internal +* clock txfromrx - RX clock external, TX clock derived from RX clock +* rate - sets clock rate in bps (for "int" or "txint" clock only) + Setting protocol: @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Setting protocol: * x25 - sets X.25 mode * fr - Frame Relay mode - lmi ansi / ccitt / none - LMI (link management) type + lmi ansi / ccitt / cisco / none - LMI (link management) type dce - Frame Relay DCE (network) side LMI instead of default DTE (user). It has nothing to do with clocks! t391 - link integrity verification polling timer (in seconds) - user @@ -119,13 +119,14 @@ or -If you have a problem with N2 or C101 card, you can issue the "private" -command to see port's packet descriptor rings (in kernel logs): +If you have a problem with N2, C101 or PLX200SYN card, you can issue the +"private" command to see port's packet descriptor rings (in kernel logs): sethdlc hdlc0 private -The hardware driver has to be build with CONFIG_HDLC_DEBUG_RINGS. +The hardware driver has to be build with #define DEBUG_RINGS. Attaching this info to bug reports would be helpful. Anyway, let me know if you have problems using this. -For patches and other info look at http://hq.pm.waw.pl/hdlc/ +For patches and other info look at: +<http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/hdlc/>. |