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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/wimax/wimax.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/wimax/wimax.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 817ee8ba2732..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/wimax/wimax.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,89 +0,0 @@ -.. include:: <isonum.txt> - -======================== -Linux kernel WiMAX stack -======================== - -:Copyright: |copy| 2008 Intel Corporation < linux-wimax@intel.com > - - This provides a basic Linux kernel WiMAX stack to provide a common - control API for WiMAX devices, usable from kernel and user space. - -1. Design -========= - - The WiMAX stack is designed to provide for common WiMAX control - services to current and future WiMAX devices from any vendor. - - Because currently there is only one and we don't know what would be the - common services, the APIs it currently provides are very minimal. - However, it is done in such a way that it is easily extensible to - accommodate future requirements. - - The stack works by embedding a struct wimax_dev in your device's - control structures. This provides a set of callbacks that the WiMAX - stack will call in order to implement control operations requested by - the user. As well, the stack provides API functions that the driver - calls to notify about changes of state in the device. - - The stack exports the API calls needed to control the device to user - space using generic netlink as a marshalling mechanism. You can access - them using your own code or use the wrappers provided for your - convenience in libwimax (in the wimax-tools package). - - For detailed information on the stack, please see - include/linux/wimax.h. - -2. Usage -======== - - For usage in a driver (registration, API, etc) please refer to the - instructions in the header file include/linux/wimax.h. - - When a device is registered with the WiMAX stack, a set of debugfs - files will appear in /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmxX can tweak for - control. - -2.1. Obtaining debug information: debugfs entries -------------------------------------------------- - - The WiMAX stack is compiled, by default, with debug messages that can - be used to diagnose issues. By default, said messages are disabled. - - The drivers will register debugfs entries that allow the user to tweak - debug settings. - - Each driver, when registering with the stack, will cause a debugfs - directory named wimax:DEVICENAME to be created; optionally, it might - create more subentries below it. - -2.1.1. Increasing debug output ------------------------------- - - The files named *dl_* indicate knobs for controlling the debug output - of different submodules of the WiMAX stack:: - - # find /sys/kernel/debug/wimax\:wmx0 -name \*dl_\* - /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_stack - /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_op_rfkill - /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_op_reset - /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_op_msg - /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_id_table - /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_debugfs - /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/.... # other driver specific files - - NOTE: - Of course, if debugfs is mounted in a directory other than - /sys/kernel/debug, those paths will change. - - By reading the file you can obtain the current value of said debug - level; by writing to it, you can set it. - - To increase the debug level of, for example, the id-table submodule, - just write: - - $ echo 3 > /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_id_table - - Increasing numbers yield increasing debug information; for details of - what is printed and the available levels, check the source. The code - uses 0 for disabled and increasing values until 8. |