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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>2020-05-01 17:44:56 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2020-05-01 22:24:43 +0300
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docs: networking: device drivers: convert ti/tlan.txt to ReST
- add SPDX header; - adjust titles and chapters, adding proper markups; - mark tables as such; - mark code blocks and literals as such; - adjust identation, whitespaces and blank lines where needed; - add to networking/index.rst. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ti/tlan.rst (renamed from Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ti/tlan.txt)73
2 files changed, 49 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst
index 1d3b664e6921..adc0bf65fb02 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Contents:
smsc/smc9
ti/cpsw_switchdev
ti/cpsw
+ ti/tlan
.. only:: subproject and html
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ti/tlan.txt b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ti/tlan.rst
index 34550dfcef74..4fdc0907f4fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ti/tlan.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ti/tlan.rst
@@ -1,20 +1,33 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=====================
+TLAN driver for Linux
+=====================
+
+:Version: 1.14a
+
(C) 1997-1998 Caldera, Inc.
+
(C) 1998 James Banks
+
(C) 1999-2001 Torben Mathiasen <tmm@image.dk, torben.mathiasen@compaq.com>
For driver information/updates visit http://www.compaq.com
-TLAN driver for Linux, version 1.14a
-README
-I. Supported Devices.
+
+I. Supported Devices
+====================
Only PCI devices will work with this driver.
Supported:
+
+ ========= ========= ===========================================
Vendor ID Device ID Name
+ ========= ========= ===========================================
0e11 ae32 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX PCI UTP
0e11 ae34 Compaq Netelligent 10 T PCI UTP
0e11 ae35 Compaq Integrated NetFlex 3/P
@@ -25,13 +38,14 @@ I. Supported Devices.
0e11 b030 Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX UTP
0e11 f130 Compaq NetFlex 3/P
0e11 f150 Compaq NetFlex 3/P
- 108d 0012 Olicom OC-2325
+ 108d 0012 Olicom OC-2325
108d 0013 Olicom OC-2183
- 108d 0014 Olicom OC-2326
+ 108d 0014 Olicom OC-2326
+ ========= ========= ===========================================
Caveats:
-
+
I am not sure if 100BaseTX daughterboards (for those cards which
support such things) will work. I haven't had any solid evidence
either way.
@@ -41,21 +55,25 @@ I. Supported Devices.
The "Netelligent 10 T/2 PCI UTP/Coax" (b012) device is untested,
but I do not expect any problems.
-
-II. Driver Options
+
+II. Driver Options
+==================
+
1. You can append debug=x to the end of the insmod line to get
- debug messages, where x is a bit field where the bits mean
+ debug messages, where x is a bit field where the bits mean
the following:
-
+
+ ==== =====================================
0x01 Turn on general debugging messages.
0x02 Turn on receive debugging messages.
0x04 Turn on transmit debugging messages.
0x08 Turn on list debugging messages.
+ ==== =====================================
2. You can append aui=1 to the end of the insmod line to cause
- the adapter to use the AUI interface instead of the 10 Base T
- interface. This is also what to do if you want to use the BNC
+ the adapter to use the AUI interface instead of the 10 Base T
+ interface. This is also what to do if you want to use the BNC
connector on a TLAN based device. (Setting this option on a
device that does not have an AUI/BNC connector will probably
cause it to not function correctly.)
@@ -70,41 +88,45 @@ II. Driver Options
5. You have to use speed=X duplex=Y together now. If you just
do "insmod tlan.o speed=100" the driver will do Auto-Neg.
- To force a 10Mbps Half-Duplex link do "insmod tlan.o speed=10
+ To force a 10Mbps Half-Duplex link do "insmod tlan.o speed=10
duplex=1".
6. If the driver is built into the kernel, you can use the 3rd
and 4th parameters to set aui and debug respectively. For
- example:
+ example::
- ether=0,0,0x1,0x7,eth0
+ ether=0,0,0x1,0x7,eth0
This sets aui to 0x1 and debug to 0x7, assuming eth0 is a
supported TLAN device.
The bits in the third byte are assigned as follows:
- 0x01 = aui
- 0x02 = use half duplex
- 0x04 = use full duplex
- 0x08 = use 10BaseT
- 0x10 = use 100BaseTx
+ ==== ===============
+ 0x01 aui
+ 0x02 use half duplex
+ 0x04 use full duplex
+ 0x08 use 10BaseT
+ 0x10 use 100BaseTx
+ ==== ===============
You also need to set both speed and duplex settings when forcing
- speeds with kernel-parameters.
+ speeds with kernel-parameters.
ether=0,0,0x12,0,eth0 will force link to 100Mbps Half-Duplex.
7. If you have more than one tlan adapter in your system, you can
use the above options on a per adapter basis. To force a 100Mbit/HD
- link with your eth1 adapter use:
-
- insmod tlan speed=0,100 duplex=0,1
+ link with your eth1 adapter use::
+
+ insmod tlan speed=0,100 duplex=0,1
Now eth0 will use auto-neg and eth1 will be forced to 100Mbit/HD.
Note that the tlan driver supports a maximum of 8 adapters.
-III. Things to try if you have problems.
+III. Things to try if you have problems
+=======================================
+
1. Make sure your card's PCI id is among those listed in
section I, above.
2. Make sure routing is correct.
@@ -113,5 +135,6 @@ III. Things to try if you have problems.
There is also a tlan mailing list which you can join by sending "subscribe tlan"
in the body of an email to majordomo@vuser.vu.union.edu.
+
There is also a tlan website at http://www.compaq.com