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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ray_cs.rst (renamed from Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt) | 105 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst index 85bc52d0b3a6..b7e35b0d905c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Contents: ppp_generic proc_net_tcp radiotap-headers + ray_cs .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt b/Documentation/networking/ray_cs.rst index c0c12307ed9d..9a46d1ae8f20 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ray_cs.rst @@ -1,6 +1,14 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + +========================= +Raylink wireless LAN card +========================= + September 21, 1999 -Copyright (c) 1998 Corey Thomas (corey@world.std.com) +Copyright |copy| 1998 Corey Thomas (corey@world.std.com) This file is the documentation for the Raylink Wireless LAN card driver for Linux. The Raylink wireless LAN card is a PCMCIA card which provides IEEE @@ -13,7 +21,7 @@ wireless LAN cards. As of kernel 2.3.18, the ray_cs driver is part of the Linux kernel source. My web page for the development of ray_cs is at -http://web.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html +http://web.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html and I can be emailed at corey@world.std.com The kernel driver is based on ray_cs-1.62.tgz @@ -29,6 +37,7 @@ with nondefault parameters, they can be edited in will find them all. Information on card services is available at: + http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ @@ -39,72 +48,78 @@ the driver. Currently, ray_cs is not part of David Hinds card services package, so the following magic is required. -At the end of the /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file, add the line: -source ./ray_cs.opts +At the end of the /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file, add the line: +source ./ray_cs.opts This will make card services read the ray_cs.opts file when starting. Create the file /etc/pcmcia/ray_cs.opts containing the -following: +following:: -#### start of /etc/pcmcia/ray_cs.opts ################### -# Configuration options for Raylink Wireless LAN PCMCIA card -device "ray_cs" - class "network" module "misc/ray_cs" + #### start of /etc/pcmcia/ray_cs.opts ################### + # Configuration options for Raylink Wireless LAN PCMCIA card + device "ray_cs" + class "network" module "misc/ray_cs" -card "RayLink PC Card WLAN Adapter" - manfid 0x01a6, 0x0000 - bind "ray_cs" + card "RayLink PC Card WLAN Adapter" + manfid 0x01a6, 0x0000 + bind "ray_cs" -module "misc/ray_cs" opts "" -#### end of /etc/pcmcia/ray_cs.opts ##################### + module "misc/ray_cs" opts "" + #### end of /etc/pcmcia/ray_cs.opts ##################### To join an existing network with -different parameters, contact the network administrator for the +different parameters, contact the network administrator for the configuration information, and edit /etc/pcmcia/ray_cs.opts. Add the parameters below between the empty quotes. Parameters for ray_cs driver which may be specified in ray_cs.opts: -bc integer 0 = normal mode (802.11 timing) - 1 = slow down inter frame timing to allow - operation with older breezecom access - points. - -beacon_period integer beacon period in Kilo-microseconds - legal values = must be integer multiple - of hop dwell - default = 256 - -country integer 1 = USA (default) - 2 = Europe - 3 = Japan - 4 = Korea - 5 = Spain - 6 = France - 7 = Israel - 8 = Australia +=============== =============== ============================================= +bc integer 0 = normal mode (802.11 timing), + 1 = slow down inter frame timing to allow + operation with older breezecom access + points. + +beacon_period integer beacon period in Kilo-microseconds, + + legal values = must be integer multiple + of hop dwell + + default = 256 + +country integer 1 = USA (default), + 2 = Europe, + 3 = Japan, + 4 = Korea, + 5 = Spain, + 6 = France, + 7 = Israel, + 8 = Australia essid string ESS ID - network name to join + string with maximum length of 32 chars default value = "ADHOC_ESSID" -hop_dwell integer hop dwell time in Kilo-microseconds +hop_dwell integer hop dwell time in Kilo-microseconds + legal values = 16,32,64,128(default),256 irq_mask integer linux standard 16 bit value 1bit/IRQ + lsb is IRQ 0, bit 1 is IRQ 1 etc. Used to restrict choice of IRQ's to use. - Recommended method for controlling - interrupts is in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts + Recommended method for controlling + interrupts is in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts -net_type integer 0 (default) = adhoc network, +net_type integer 0 (default) = adhoc network, 1 = infrastructure phy_addr string string containing new MAC address in hex, must start with x eg x00008f123456 -psm integer 0 = continuously active +psm integer 0 = continuously active, 1 = power save mode (not useful yet) pc_debug integer (0-5) larger values for more verbose @@ -114,14 +129,14 @@ ray_debug integer Replaced with pc_debug ray_mem_speed integer defaults to 500 -sniffer integer 0 = not sniffer (default) - 1 = sniffer which can be used to record all - network traffic using tcpdump or similar, - but no normal network use is allowed. +sniffer integer 0 = not sniffer (default), + 1 = sniffer which can be used to record all + network traffic using tcpdump or similar, + but no normal network use is allowed. -translate integer 0 = no translation (encapsulate frames) +translate integer 0 = no translation (encapsulate frames), 1 = translation (RFC1042/802.1) - +=============== =============== ============================================= More on sniffer mode: @@ -136,7 +151,7 @@ package which parses the 802.11 headers. Known Problems and missing features - Does not work with non x86 + Does not work with non x86 Does not work with SMP |