similarity index 75%
rename from Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt
rename to Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.rst
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==================
Generic HDLC layer
+==================
+
Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Generic HDLC layer currently supports:
+
1. Frame Relay (ANSI, CCITT, Cisco and no LMI)
+
- Normal (routed) and Ethernet-bridged (Ethernet device emulation)
interfaces can share a single PVC.
- ARP support (no InARP support in the kernel - there is an
experimental InARP user-space daemon available on:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/hdlc/).
+
2. raw HDLC - either IP (IPv4) interface or Ethernet device emulation
3. Cisco HDLC
4. PPP
@@ -24,19 +32,24 @@ with IEEE 802.1Q (VLANs) and 802.1D (Ethernet bridging).
Make sure the hdlc.o and the hardware driver are loaded. It should
create a number of "hdlc" (hdlc0 etc) network devices, one for each
WAN port. You'll need the "sethdlc" utility, get it from:
+
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/hdlc/
-Compile sethdlc.c utility:
+Compile sethdlc.c utility::
+
gcc -O2 -Wall -o sethdlc sethdlc.c
+
Make sure you're using a correct version of sethdlc for your kernel.
Use sethdlc to set physical interface, clock rate, HDLC mode used,
and add any required PVCs if using Frame Relay.
-Usually you want something like:
+Usually you want something like::
sethdlc hdlc0 clock int rate 128000
sethdlc hdlc0 cisco interval 10 timeout 25
-or
+
+or::
+
sethdlc hdlc0 rs232 clock ext
sethdlc hdlc0 fr lmi ansi
sethdlc hdlc0 create 99
@@ -49,46 +62,63 @@ any IP address to it) before using pvc devices.
Setting interface:
-* v35 | rs232 | x21 | t1 | e1 - sets physical interface for a given port
- if the card has software-selectable interfaces
- loopback - activate hardware loopback (for testing only)
-* clock ext - both RX clock and TX clock external
-* clock int - both RX clock and TX clock internal
-* clock txint - RX clock external, TX clock internal
-* clock txfromrx - RX clock external, TX clock derived from RX clock
-* rate - sets clock rate in bps (for "int" or "txint" clock only)
+* v35 | rs232 | x21 | t1 | e1
+ - sets physical interface for a given port
+ if the card has software-selectable interfaces
+ loopback
+ - activate hardware loopback (for testing only)
+* clock ext
+ - both RX clock and TX clock external
+* clock int
+ - both RX clock and TX clock internal
+* clock txint
+ - RX clock external, TX clock internal
+* clock txfromrx
+ - RX clock external, TX clock derived from RX clock
+* rate
+ - sets clock rate in bps (for "int" or "txint" clock only)
Setting protocol:
* hdlc - sets raw HDLC (IP-only) mode
+
nrz / nrzi / fm-mark / fm-space / manchester - sets transmission code
+
no-parity / crc16 / crc16-pr0 (CRC16 with preset zeros) / crc32-itu
+
crc16-itu (CRC16 with ITU-T polynomial) / crc16-itu-pr0 - sets parity
* hdlc-eth - Ethernet device emulation using HDLC. Parity and encoding
as above.
* cisco - sets Cisco HDLC mode (IP, IPv6 and IPX supported)
+
interval - time in seconds between keepalive packets
+
timeout - time in seconds after last received keepalive packet before
- we assume the link is down
+ we assume the link is down
* ppp - sets synchronous PPP mode
* x25 - sets X.25 mode
* fr - Frame Relay mode
+
lmi ansi / ccitt / cisco / none - LMI (link management) type
+
dce - Frame Relay DCE (network) side LMI instead of default DTE (user).
+
It has nothing to do with clocks!
- t391 - link integrity verification polling timer (in seconds) - user
- t392 - polling verification timer (in seconds) - network
- n391 - full status polling counter - user
- n392 - error threshold - both user and network
- n393 - monitored events count - both user and network
+
+ - t391 - link integrity verification polling timer (in seconds) - user
+ - t392 - polling verification timer (in seconds) - network
+ - n391 - full status polling counter - user
+ - n392 - error threshold - both user and network
+ - n393 - monitored events count - both user and network
Frame-Relay only:
+
* create n | delete n - adds / deletes PVC interface with DLCI #n.
Newly created interface will be named pvc0, pvc1 etc.
@@ -101,26 +131,34 @@ Frame-Relay only:
Board-specific issues
---------------------
-n2.o and c101.o need parameters to work:
+n2.o and c101.o need parameters to work::
insmod n2 hw=io,irq,ram,ports[:io,irq,...]
-example:
+
+example::
+
insmod n2 hw=0x300,10,0xD0000,01
-or
+or::
+
insmod c101 hw=irq,ram[:irq,...]
-example:
+
+example::
+
insmod c101 hw=9,0xdc000
-If built into the kernel, these drivers need kernel (command line) parameters:
+If built into the kernel, these drivers need kernel (command line) parameters::
+
n2.hw=io,irq,ram,ports:...
-or
+
+or::
+
c101.hw=irq,ram:...
If you have a problem with N2, C101 or PLX200SYN card, you can issue the
-"private" command to see port's packet descriptor rings (in kernel logs):
+"private" command to see port's packet descriptor rings (in kernel logs)::
sethdlc hdlc0 private
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Contents:
filter
fore200e
framerelay
+ generic-hdlc
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