diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/serial/stallion.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/serial/stallion.txt | 392 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 392 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/stallion.txt b/Documentation/serial/stallion.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 4d798c0cb5cb..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/serial/stallion.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,392 +0,0 @@ -* NOTE - This is an unmaintained driver. Lantronix, which bought Stallion -technologies, is not active in driver maintenance, and they have no information -on when or if they will have a 2.6 driver. - -James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com> - 12-12-2004 - -Stallion Multiport Serial Driver Readme ---------------------------------------- - -Copyright (C) 1994-1999, Stallion Technologies. - -Version: 5.5.1 -Date: 28MAR99 - - - -1. INTRODUCTION - -There are two drivers that work with the different families of Stallion -multiport serial boards. One is for the Stallion smart boards - that is -EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 and EasyConnection 8/64-PCI, the other for -the true Stallion intelligent multiport boards - EasyConnection 8/64 -(ISA, EISA), EasyConnection/RA-PCI, ONboard and Brumby. - -If you are using any of the Stallion intelligent multiport boards (Brumby, -ONboard, EasyConnection 8/64 (ISA, EISA), EasyConnection/RA-PCI) with -Linux you will need to get the driver utility package. This contains a -firmware loader and the firmware images necessary to make the devices operate. - -The Stallion Technologies ftp site, ftp.stallion.com, will always have -the latest version of the driver utility package. - -ftp://ftp.stallion.com/drivers/ata5/Linux/ata-linux-550.tar.gz - -As of the printing of this document the latest version of the driver -utility package is 5.5.0. If a later version is now available then you -should use the latest version. - -If you are using the EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 or EasyConnection 8/64-PCI -boards then you don't need this package, although it does have a serial stats -display program. - -If you require DIP switch settings, or EISA configuration files, or any -other information related to Stallion boards then have a look at Stallion's -web pages at http://www.stallion.com. - - - -2. INSTALLATION - -The drivers can be used as loadable modules or compiled into the kernel. -You can choose which when doing a "config" on the kernel. - -All ISA, and EISA boards that you want to use need to be configured into -the driver(s). All PCI boards will be automatically detected when you load -the driver - so they do not need to be entered into the driver(s) -configuration structure. Note that kernel PCI support is required to use PCI -boards. - -There are two methods of configuring ISA and EISA boards into the drivers. -If using the driver as a loadable module then the simplest method is to pass -the driver configuration as module arguments. The other method is to modify -the driver source to add configuration lines for each board in use. - -If you have pre-built Stallion driver modules then the module argument -configuration method should be used. A lot of Linux distributions come with -pre-built driver modules in /lib/modules/X.Y.Z/misc for the kernel in use. -That makes things pretty simple to get going. - - -2.1 MODULE DRIVER CONFIGURATION: - -The simplest configuration for modules is to use the module load arguments -to configure any ISA or EISA boards. PCI boards are automatically -detected, so do not need any additional configuration at all. - -If using EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 ISA, or EasyConnection 8/63-PCI -boards then use the "stallion" driver module, Otherwise if you are using -an EasyConnection 8/64 ISA or EISA, EasyConnection/RA-PCI, ONboard, -Brumby or original Stallion board then use the "istallion" driver module. - -Typically to load up the smart board driver use: - - modprobe stallion - -This will load the EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 driver. It will output a -message to say that it loaded and print the driver version number. It will -also print out whether it found the configured boards or not. These messages -may not appear on the console, but typically are always logged to -/var/adm/messages or /var/log/syslog files - depending on how the klogd and -syslogd daemons are setup on your system. - -To load the intelligent board driver use: - - modprobe istallion - -It will output similar messages to the smart board driver. - -If not using an auto-detectable board type (that is a PCI board) then you -will also need to supply command line arguments to the modprobe command -when loading the driver. The general form of the configuration argument is - - board?=<name>[,<ioaddr>[,<addr>][,<irq>]] - -where: - - board? -- specifies the arbitrary board number of this board, - can be in the range 0 to 3. - - name -- textual name of this board. The board name is the common - board name, or any "shortened" version of that. The board - type number may also be used here. - - ioaddr -- specifies the I/O address of this board. This argument is - optional, but should generally be specified. - - addr -- optional second address argument. Some board types require - a second I/O address, some require a memory address. The - exact meaning of this argument depends on the board type. - - irq -- optional IRQ line used by this board. - -Up to 4 board configuration arguments can be specified on the load line. -Here is some examples: - - modprobe stallion board0=easyio,0x2a0,5 - -This configures an EasyIO board as board 0 at I/O address 0x2a0 and IRQ 5. - - modprobe istallion board3=ec8/64,0x2c0,0xcc000 - -This configures an EasyConnection 8/64 ISA as board 3 at I/O address 0x2c0 at -memory address 0xcc000. - - modprobe stallion board1=ec8/32-at,0x2a0,0x280,10 - -This configures an EasyConnection 8/32 ISA board at primary I/O address 0x2a0, -secondary address 0x280 and IRQ 10. - -You will probably want to enter this module load and configuration information -into your system startup scripts so that the drivers are loaded and configured -on each system boot. Typically configuration files are put in the -/etc/modprobe.d/ directory. - - -2.2 STATIC DRIVER CONFIGURATION: - -For static driver configuration you need to modify the driver source code. -Entering ISA and EISA boards into the driver(s) configuration structure -involves editing the driver(s) source file. It's pretty easy if you follow -the instructions below. Both drivers can support up to 4 boards. The smart -card driver (the stallion.c driver) supports any combination of EasyIO and -EasyConnection 8/32 boards (up to a total of 4). The intelligent driver -supports any combination of ONboards, Brumbys, Stallions and EasyConnection -8/64 (ISA and EISA) boards (up to a total of 4). - -To set up the driver(s) for the boards that you want to use you need to -edit the appropriate driver file and add configuration entries. - -If using EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 ISA boards, - In drivers/char/stallion.c: - - find the definition of the stl_brdconf array (of structures) - near the top of the file - - modify this to match the boards you are going to install - (the comments before this structure should help) - - save and exit - -If using ONboard, Brumby, Stallion or EasyConnection 8/64 (ISA or EISA) -boards, - In drivers/char/istallion.c: - - find the definition of the stli_brdconf array (of structures) - near the top of the file - - modify this to match the boards you are going to install - (the comments before this structure should help) - - save and exit - -Once you have set up the board configurations then you are ready to build -the kernel or modules. - -When the new kernel is booted, or the loadable module loaded then the -driver will emit some kernel trace messages about whether the configured -boards were detected or not. Depending on how your system logger is set -up these may come out on the console, or just be logged to -/var/adm/messages or /var/log/syslog. You should check the messages to -confirm that all is well. - - -2.3 SHARING INTERRUPTS - -It is possible to share interrupts between multiple EasyIO and -EasyConnection 8/32 boards in an EISA system. To do this you must be using -static driver configuration, modifying the driver source code to add driver -configuration. Then a couple of extra things are required: - -1. When entering the board resources into the stallion.c file you need to - mark the boards as using level triggered interrupts. Do this by replacing - the "0" entry at field position 6 (the last field) in the board - configuration structure with a "1". (This is the structure that defines - the board type, I/O locations, etc. for each board). All boards that are - sharing an interrupt must be set this way, and each board should have the - same interrupt number specified here as well. Now build the module or - kernel as you would normally. - -2. When physically installing the boards into the system you must enter - the system EISA configuration utility. You will need to install the EISA - configuration files for *all* the EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 boards - that are sharing interrupts. The Stallion EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 - EISA configuration files required are supplied by Stallion Technologies - on the EASY Utilities floppy diskette (usually supplied in the box with - the board when purchased. If not, you can pick it up from Stallion's FTP - site, ftp.stallion.com). You will need to edit the board resources to - choose level triggered interrupts, and make sure to set each board's - interrupt to the same IRQ number. - -You must complete both the above steps for this to work. When you reboot -or load the driver your EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 boards will be -sharing interrupts. - - -2.4 USING HIGH SHARED MEMORY - -The EasyConnection 8/64-EI, ONboard and Stallion boards are capable of -using shared memory addresses above the usual 640K - 1Mb range. The ONboard -ISA and the Stallion boards can be programmed to use memory addresses up to -16Mb (the ISA bus addressing limit), and the EasyConnection 8/64-EI and -ONboard/E can be programmed for memory addresses up to 4Gb (the EISA bus -addressing limit). - -The higher than 1Mb memory addresses are fully supported by this driver. -Just enter the address as you normally would for a lower than 1Mb address -(in the driver's board configuration structure). - - - -2.5 TROUBLE SHOOTING - -If a board is not found by the driver but is actually in the system then the -most likely problem is that the I/O address is wrong. Change the module load -argument for the loadable module form. Or change it in the driver stallion.c -or istallion.c configuration structure and rebuild the kernel or modules, or -change it on the board. - -On EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 boards the IRQ is software programmable, so -if there is a conflict you may need to change the IRQ used for a board. There -are no interrupts to worry about for ONboard, Brumby or EasyConnection 8/64 -(ISA and EISA) boards. The memory region on EasyConnection 8/64 and -ONboard boards is software programmable, but not on the Brumby boards. - - - -3. USING THE DRIVERS - -3.1 INTELLIGENT DRIVER OPERATION - -The intelligent boards also need to have their "firmware" code downloaded -to them. This is done via a user level application supplied in the driver -utility package called "stlload". Compile this program wherever you dropped -the package files, by typing "make". In its simplest form you can then type - - ./stlload -i cdk.sys - -in this directory and that will download board 0 (assuming board 0 is an -EasyConnection 8/64 or EasyConnection/RA board). To download to an -ONboard, Brumby or Stallion do: - - ./stlload -i 2681.sys - -Normally you would want all boards to be downloaded as part of the standard -system startup. To achieve this, add one of the lines above into the -/etc/rc.d/rc.S or /etc/rc.d/rc.serial file. To download each board just add -the "-b <brd-number>" option to the line. You will need to download code for -every board. You should probably move the stlload program into a system -directory, such as /usr/sbin. Also, the default location of the cdk.sys image -file in the stlload down-loader is /usr/lib/stallion. Create that directory -and put the cdk.sys and 2681.sys files in it. (It's a convenient place to put -them anyway). As an example your /etc/rc.d/rc.S file might have the -following lines added to it (if you had 3 boards): - - /usr/sbin/stlload -b 0 -i /usr/lib/stallion/cdk.sys - /usr/sbin/stlload -b 1 -i /usr/lib/stallion/2681.sys - /usr/sbin/stlload -b 2 -i /usr/lib/stallion/2681.sys - -The image files cdk.sys and 2681.sys are specific to the board types. The -cdk.sys will only function correctly on an EasyConnection 8/64 board. Similarly -the 2681.sys image fill only operate on ONboard, Brumby and Stallion boards. -If you load the wrong image file into a board it will fail to start up, and -of course the ports will not be operational! - -If you are using the modularized version of the driver you might want to put -the modprobe calls in the startup script as well (before the download lines -obviously). - - -3.2 USING THE SERIAL PORTS - -Once the driver is installed you will need to setup some device nodes to -access the serial ports. The simplest method is to use the /dev/MAKEDEV program. -It will automatically create device entries for Stallion boards. This will -create the normal serial port devices as /dev/ttyE# where# is the port number -starting from 0. A bank of 64 minor device numbers is allocated to each board, -so the first port on the second board is port 64,etc. A set of callout type -devices may also be created. They are created as the devices /dev/cue# where # -is the same as for the ttyE devices. - -For the most part the Stallion driver tries to emulate the standard PC system -COM ports and the standard Linux serial driver. The idea is that you should -be able to use Stallion board ports and COM ports interchangeably without -modifying anything but the device name. Anything that doesn't work like that -should be considered a bug in this driver! - -If you look at the driver code you will notice that it is fairly closely -based on the Linux serial driver (linux/drivers/char/serial.c). This is -intentional, obviously this is the easiest way to emulate its behavior! - -Since this driver tries to emulate the standard serial ports as much as -possible, most system utilities should work as they do for the standard -COM ports. Most importantly "stty" works as expected and "setserial" can -also be used (excepting the ability to auto-configure the I/O and IRQ -addresses of boards). Higher baud rates are supported in the usual fashion -through setserial or using the CBAUDEX extensions. Note that the EasyIO and -EasyConnection (all types) support at least 57600 and 115200 baud. The newer -EasyConnection XP modules and new EasyIO boards support 230400 and 460800 -baud as well. The older boards including ONboard and Brumby support a -maximum baud rate of 38400. - -If you are unfamiliar with how to use serial ports, then get the Serial-HOWTO -by Greg Hankins. It will explain everything you need to know! - - - -4. NOTES - -You can use both drivers at once if you have a mix of board types installed -in a system. However to do this you will need to change the major numbers -used by one of the drivers. Currently both drivers use major numbers 24, 25 -and 28 for their devices. Change one driver to use some other major numbers, -and then modify the mkdevnods script to make device nodes based on those new -major numbers. For example, you could change the istallion.c driver to use -major numbers 60, 61 and 62. You will also need to create device nodes with -different names for the ports, for example ttyF# and cuf#. - -The original Stallion board is no longer supported by Stallion Technologies. -Although it is known to work with the istallion driver. - -Finding a free physical memory address range can be a problem. The older -boards like the Stallion and ONboard need large areas (64K or even 128K), so -they can be very difficult to get into a system. If you have 16 Mb of RAM -then you have no choice but to put them somewhere in the 640K -> 1Mb range. -ONboards require 64K, so typically 0xd0000 is good, or 0xe0000 on some -systems. If you have an original Stallion board, "V4.0" or Rev.O, then you -need a 64K memory address space, so again 0xd0000 and 0xe0000 are good. -Older Stallion boards are a much bigger problem. They need 128K of address -space and must be on a 128K boundary. If you don't have a VGA card then -0xc0000 might be usable - there is really no other place you can put them -below 1Mb. - -Both the ONboard and old Stallion boards can use higher memory addresses as -well, but you must have less than 16Mb of RAM to be able to use them. Usual -high memory addresses used include 0xec0000 and 0xf00000. - -The Brumby boards only require 16Kb of address space, so you can usually -squeeze them in somewhere. Common addresses are 0xc8000, 0xcc000, or in -the 0xd0000 range. EasyConnection 8/64 boards are even better, they only -require 4Kb of address space, again usually 0xc8000, 0xcc000 or 0xd0000 -are good. - -If you are using an EasyConnection 8/64-EI or ONboard/E then usually the -0xd0000 or 0xe0000 ranges are the best options below 1Mb. If neither of -them can be used then the high memory support to use the really high address -ranges is the best option. Typically the 2Gb range is convenient for them, -and gets them well out of the way. - -The ports of the EasyIO-8M board do not have DCD or DTR signals. So these -ports cannot be used as real modem devices. Generally, when using these -ports you should only use the cueX devices. - -The driver utility package contains a couple of very useful programs. One -is a serial port statistics collection and display program - very handy -for solving serial port problems. The other is an extended option setting -program that works with the intelligent boards. - - - -5. DISCLAIMER - -The information contained in this document is believed to be accurate and -reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by Stallion Technologies -Pty. Ltd. for its use, nor any infringements of patents or other rights -of third parties resulting from its use. Stallion Technologies reserves -the right to modify the design of its products and will endeavour to change -the information in manuals and accompanying documentation accordingly. - |