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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ltpc.txt b/Documentation/networking/ltpc.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 0bf3220c715b..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/networking/ltpc.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,131 +0,0 @@ -This is the ALPHA version of the ltpc driver. - -In order to use it, you will need at least version 1.3.3 of the -netatalk package, and the Apple or Farallon LocalTalk PC card. -There are a number of different LocalTalk cards for the PC; this -driver applies only to the one with the 65c02 processor chip on it. - -To include it in the kernel, select the CONFIG_LTPC switch in the -configuration dialog. You can also compile it as a module. - -While the driver will attempt to autoprobe the I/O port address, IRQ -line, and DMA channel of the card, this does not always work. For -this reason, you should be prepared to supply these parameters -yourself. (see "Card Configuration" below for how to determine or -change the settings on your card) - -When the driver is compiled into the kernel, you can add a line such -as the following to your /etc/lilo.conf: - - append="ltpc=0x240,9,1" - -where the parameters (in order) are the port address, IRQ, and DMA -channel. The second and third values can be omitted, in which case -the driver will try to determine them itself. - -If you load the driver as a module, you can pass the parameters "io=", -"irq=", and "dma=" on the command line with insmod or modprobe, or add -them as options in a configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/ directory: - - alias lt0 ltpc # autoload the module when the interface is configured - options ltpc io=0x240 irq=9 dma=1 - -Before starting up the netatalk demons (perhaps in rc.local), you -need to add a line such as: - - /sbin/ifconfig lt0 127.0.0.42 - -The address is unimportant - however, the card needs to be configured -with ifconfig so that Netatalk can find it. - -The appropriate netatalk configuration depends on whether you are -attached to a network that includes AppleTalk routers or not. If, -like me, you are simply connecting to your home Macintoshes and -printers, you need to set up netatalk to "seed". The way I do this -is to have the lines - - dummy -seed -phase 2 -net 2000 -addr 2000.26 -zone "1033" - lt0 -seed -phase 1 -net 1033 -addr 1033.27 -zone "1033" - -in my atalkd.conf. What is going on here is that I need to fool -netatalk into thinking that there are two AppleTalk interfaces -present; otherwise, it refuses to seed. This is a hack, and a more -permanent solution would be to alter the netatalk code. Also, make -sure you have the correct name for the dummy interface - If it's -compiled as a module, you will need to refer to it as "dummy0" or some -such. - -If you are attached to an extended AppleTalk network, with routers on -it, then you don't need to fool around with this -- the appropriate -line in atalkd.conf is - - lt0 -phase 1 - --------------------------------------- - -Card Configuration: - -The interrupts and so forth are configured via the dipswitch on the -board. Set the switches so as not to conflict with other hardware. - - Interrupts -- set at most one. If none are set, the driver uses - polled mode. Because the card was developed in the XT era, the - original documentation refers to IRQ2. Since you'll be running - this on an AT (or later) class machine, that really means IRQ9. - - SW1 IRQ 4 - SW2 IRQ 3 - SW3 IRQ 9 (2 in original card documentation only applies to XT) - - - DMA -- choose DMA 1 or 3, and set both corresponding switches. - - SW4 DMA 3 - SW5 DMA 1 - SW6 DMA 3 - SW7 DMA 1 - - - I/O address -- choose one. - - SW8 220 / 240 - --------------------------------------- - -IP: - -Yes, it is possible to do IP over LocalTalk. However, you can't just -treat the LocalTalk device like an ordinary Ethernet device, even if -that's what it looks like to Netatalk. - -Instead, you follow the same procedure as for doing IP in EtherTalk. -See Documentation/networking/ipddp.txt for more information about the -kernel driver and userspace tools needed. - --------------------------------------- - -BUGS: - -IRQ autoprobing often doesn't work on a cold boot. To get around -this, either compile the driver as a module, or pass the parameters -for the card to the kernel as described above. - -Also, as usual, autoprobing is not recommended when you use the driver -as a module. (though it usually works at boot time, at least) - -Polled mode is *really* slow sometimes, but this seems to depend on -the configuration of the network. - -It may theoretically be possible to use two LTPC cards in the same -machine, but this is unsupported, so if you really want to do this, -you'll probably have to hack the initialization code a bit. - -______________________________________ - -THANKS: - Thanks to Alan Cox for helpful discussions early on in this -work, and to Denis Hainsworth for doing the bleeding-edge testing. - --- Bradford Johnson <bradford@math.umn.edu> - --- Updated 11/09/1998 by David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org> |