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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/caif/caif.rst (renamed from Documentation/networking/caif/README)88
1 files changed, 60 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/caif/README b/Documentation/networking/caif/caif.rst
index 757ccfaa1385..07afc8063d4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/caif/README
+++ b/Documentation/networking/caif/caif.rst
@@ -1,18 +1,31 @@
-Copyright (C) ST-Ericsson AB 2010
-Author: Sjur Brendeland/ sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com
-License terms: GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2
----------------------------------------------------------
+:orphan:
-=== Start ===
-If you have compiled CAIF for modules do:
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
-$modprobe crc_ccitt
-$modprobe caif
-$modprobe caif_socket
-$modprobe chnl_net
+================
+Using Linux CAIF
+================
-=== Preparing the setup with a STE modem ===
+
+:Copyright: |copy| ST-Ericsson AB 2010
+
+:Author: Sjur Brendeland/ sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com
+
+Start
+=====
+
+If you have compiled CAIF for modules do::
+
+ $modprobe crc_ccitt
+ $modprobe caif
+ $modprobe caif_socket
+ $modprobe chnl_net
+
+
+Preparing the setup with a STE modem
+====================================
If you are working on integration of CAIF you should make sure
that the kernel is built with module support.
@@ -32,24 +45,30 @@ module parameter "ser_use_stx".
Normally Frame Checksum is always used on UART, but this is also provided as a
module parameter "ser_use_fcs".
-$ modprobe caif_serial ser_ttyname=/dev/ttyS0 ser_use_stx=yes
-$ ifconfig caif_ttyS0 up
+::
+
+ $ modprobe caif_serial ser_ttyname=/dev/ttyS0 ser_use_stx=yes
+ $ ifconfig caif_ttyS0 up
-PLEASE NOTE: There is a limitation in Android shell.
+PLEASE NOTE:
+ There is a limitation in Android shell.
It only accepts one argument to insmod/modprobe!
-=== Trouble shooting ===
+Trouble shooting
+================
There are debugfs parameters provided for serial communication.
/sys/kernel/debug/caif_serial/<tty-name>/
* ser_state: Prints the bit-mask status where
+
- 0x02 means SENDING, this is a transient state.
- 0x10 means FLOW_OFF_SENT, i.e. the previous frame has not been sent
- and is blocking further send operation. Flow OFF has been propagated
- to all CAIF Channels using this TTY.
+ and is blocking further send operation. Flow OFF has been propagated
+ to all CAIF Channels using this TTY.
* tty_status: Prints the bit-mask tty status information
+
- 0x01 - tty->warned is on.
- 0x02 - tty->low_latency is on.
- 0x04 - tty->packed is on.
@@ -58,13 +77,17 @@ There are debugfs parameters provided for serial communication.
- 0x20 - tty->stopped is on.
* last_tx_msg: Binary blob Prints the last transmitted frame.
- This can be printed with
+
+ This can be printed with::
+
$od --format=x1 /sys/kernel/debug/caif_serial/<tty>/last_rx_msg.
- The first two tx messages sent look like this. Note: The initial
- byte 02 is start of frame extension (STX) used for re-syncing
- upon errors.
- - Enumeration:
+ The first two tx messages sent look like this. Note: The initial
+ byte 02 is start of frame extension (STX) used for re-syncing
+ upon errors.
+
+ - Enumeration::
+
0000000 02 05 00 00 03 01 d2 02
| | | | | |
STX(1) | | | |
@@ -73,7 +96,9 @@ There are debugfs parameters provided for serial communication.
Command:Enumeration(1)
Link-ID(1)
Checksum(2)
- - Channel Setup:
+
+ - Channel Setup::
+
0000000 02 07 00 00 00 21 a1 00 48 df
| | | | | | | |
STX(1) | | | | | |
@@ -86,13 +111,18 @@ There are debugfs parameters provided for serial communication.
Checksum(2)
* last_rx_msg: Prints the last transmitted frame.
- The RX messages for LinkSetup look almost identical but they have the
- bit 0x20 set in the command bit, and Channel Setup has added one byte
- before Checksum containing Channel ID.
- NOTE: Several CAIF Messages might be concatenated. The maximum debug
+
+ The RX messages for LinkSetup look almost identical but they have the
+ bit 0x20 set in the command bit, and Channel Setup has added one byte
+ before Checksum containing Channel ID.
+
+ NOTE:
+ Several CAIF Messages might be concatenated. The maximum debug
buffer size is 128 bytes.
-== Error Scenarios:
+Error Scenarios
+===============
+
- last_tx_msg contains channel setup message and last_rx_msg is empty ->
The host seems to be able to send over the UART, at least the CAIF ldisc get
notified that sending is completed.
@@ -103,7 +133,9 @@ There are debugfs parameters provided for serial communication.
- if /sys/kernel/debug/caif_serial/<tty>/tty_status is non-zero there
might be problems transmitting over UART.
+
E.g. host and modem wiring is not correct you will typically see
tty_status = 0x10 (hw_stopped) and ser_state = 0x10 (FLOW_OFF_SENT).
+
You will probably see the enumeration message in last_tx_message
and empty last_rx_message.