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This is a subset of the documentation. To use this driver you MUST have the
full package from:
Internet:
=========
1. ftp://ftp.ccac.rwth-aachen.de/pub/jr/z8530drv-utils_3.0-3.tar.gz
2. ftp://ftp.pspt.fi/pub/ham/linux/ax25/z8530drv-utils_3.0-3.tar.gz
Please note that the information in this document may be hopelessly outdated.
A new version of the documentation, along with links to other important
Linux Kernel AX.25 documentation and programs, is available on
http://yaina.de/jreuter
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SCC.C - Linux driver for Z8530 based HDLC cards for AX.25
********************************************************************
(c) 1993,2000 by Joerg Reuter DL1BKE <jreuter@yaina.de>
portions (c) 1993 Guido ten Dolle PE1NNZ
for the complete copyright notice see >> Copying.Z8530DRV <<
********************************************************************
1. Initialization of the driver
===============================
To use the driver, 3 steps must be performed:
1. if compiled as module: loading the module
2. Setup of hardware, MODEM and KISS parameters with sccinit
3. Attach each channel to the Linux kernel AX.25 with "ifconfig"
Unlike the versions below 2.4 this driver is a real network device
driver. If you want to run xNOS instead of our fine kernel AX.25
use a 2.x version (available from above sites) or read the
AX.25-HOWTO on how to emulate a KISS TNC on network device drivers.
1.1 Loading the module
======================
(If you're going to compile the driver as a part of the kernel image,
skip this chapter and continue with 1.2)
Before you can use a module, you'll have to load it with
insmod scc.o
please read 'man insmod' that comes with module-init-tools.
You should include the insmod in one of the /etc/rc.d/rc.* files,
and don't forget to insert a call of sccinit after that. It
will read your /etc/z8530drv.conf.
1.2. /etc/z8530drv.conf
=======================
To setup all parameters you must run /sbin/sccinit from one
of your rc.*-files. This has to be done BEFORE you can
"ifconfig" an interface. Sccinit reads the file /etc/z8530drv.conf
and sets the hardware, MODEM and KISS parameters. A sample file is
delivered with this package. Change it to your needs.
The file itself consists of two main sections.
1.2.1 configuration of hardware parameters
==========================================
The hardware setup section defines the following parameters for each
Z8530:
chip 1
data_a 0x300 # data port A
ctrl_a 0x304 # control port A
data_b 0x301 # data port B
ctrl_b 0x305 # control port B
irq 5 # IRQ No. 5
pclock 4915200 # clock
board BAYCOM # hardware type
escc no # enhanced SCC chip? (8580/85180/85280)
vector 0 # latch for interrupt vector
special no # address of special function register
option 0 # option to set via sfr
chip - this is just a delimiter to make sccinit a bit simpler to
program. A parameter has no effect.
data_a - the address of the data port A of this Z8530 (needed)
ctrl_a - the address of the control port A (needed)
data_b - the address of the data port B (needed)
ctrl_b - the address of the control port B (needed)
irq - the used IRQ for this chip. Different chips can use different
IRQs or the same. If they share an interrupt, it needs to be
specified within one chip-definition only.
pclock - the clock at the PCLK pin of the Z8530 (option, 4915200 is
default), measured in Hertz
board - the "type" of the board:
SCC type value
---------------------------------
PA0HZP SCC card PA0HZP
EAGLE card EAGLE
PC100 card PC100
PRIMUS-PC (DG9BL) card PRIMUS
BayCom (U)SCC card BAYCOM
escc - if you want support for ESCC chips (8580, 85180, 85280), set
this to "yes" (option, defaults to "no")
vector - address of the vector latch (aka "intack port") for PA0HZP
cards. There can be only one vector latch for all chips!
(option, defaults to 0)
special - address of the special function register on several cards.
(option, defaults to 0)
option - The value you write into that register (option, default is 0)
You can specify up to four chips (8 channels). If this is not enough,
just change
#define MAXSCC 4
to a higher value.
Example for the BAYCOM USCC:
----------------------------
chip 1
data_a 0x300 # data port A
ctrl_a 0x304 # control port A
data_b 0x301 # data port B
ctrl_b 0x305 # control port B
irq 5 # IRQ No. 5 (#)
board BAYCOM # hardware type (*)
#
# SCC chip 2
#
chip 2
data_a 0x302
ctrl_a 0x306
data_b 0x303
ctrl_b 0x307
board BAYCOM
An example for a PA0HZP card:
-----------------------------
chip 1
data_a 0x153
data_b 0x151
ctrl_a 0x152
ctrl_b 0x150
irq 9
pclock 4915200
board PA0HZP
vector 0x168
escc no
#
#
#
chip 2
data_a 0x157
data_b 0x155
ctrl_a 0x156
ctrl_b 0x154
irq 9
pclock 4915200
board PA0HZP
vector 0x168
escc no
A DRSI would should probably work with this:
--------------------------------------------
(actually: two DRSI cards...)
chip 1
data_a 0x303
data_b 0x301
ctrl_a 0x302
ctrl_b 0x300
irq 7
pclock 4915200
board DRSI
escc no
#
#
#
chip 2
data_a 0x313
data_b 0x311
ctrl_a 0x312
ctrl_b 0x310
irq 7
pclock 4915200
board DRSI
escc no
Note that you cannot use the on-board baudrate generator off DRSI
cards. Use "mode dpll" for clock source (see below).
This is based on information provided by Mike Bilow (and verified
by Paul Helay)
The utility "gencfg"
--------------------
If you only know the parameters for the PE1CHL driver for DOS,
run gencfg. It will generate the correct port addresses (I hope).
Its parameters are exactly the same as the ones you use with
the "attach scc" command in net, except that the string "init" must
not appear. Example:
gencfg 2 0x150 4 2 0 1 0x168 9 4915200
will print a skeleton z8530drv.conf for the OptoSCC to stdout.
gencfg 2 0x300 2 4 5 -4 0 7 4915200 0x10
does the same for the BAYCOM USCC card. In my opinion it is much easier
to edit scc_config.h...
1.2.2 channel configuration
===========================
The channel definition is divided into three sub sections for each
channel:
An example for scc0:
# DEVICE
device scc0 # the device for the following params
# MODEM / BUFFERS
speed 1200 # the default baudrate
clock dpll # clock source:
# dpll = normal half duplex operation
# external = MODEM provides own Rx/Tx clock
# divider = use full duplex divider if
# installed (1)
mode nrzi # HDLC encoding mode
# nrzi = 1k2 MODEM, G3RUH 9k6 MODEM
# nrz = DF9IC 9k6 MODEM
#
bufsize 384 # size of buffers. Note that this must include
# the AX.25 header, not only the data field!
# (optional, defaults to 384)
# KISS (Layer 1)
txdelay 36 # (see chapter 1.4)
persist 64
slot 8
tail 8
fulldup 0
wait 12
min 3
maxkey 7
idle 3
maxdef 120
group 0
txoff off
softdcd on
slip off
The order WITHIN these sections is unimportant. The order OF these
sections IS important. The MODEM parameters are set with the first
recognized KISS parameter...
Please note that you can initialize the board only once after boot
(or insmod). You can change all parameters but "mode" and "clock"
later with the Sccparam program or through KISS. Just to avoid
security holes...
(1) this divider is usually mounted on the SCC-PBC (PA0HZP) or not
present at all (BayCom). It feeds back the output of the DPLL
(digital pll) as transmit clock. Using this mode without a divider
installed will normally result in keying the transceiver until
maxkey expires --- of course without sending anything (useful).
2. Attachment of a channel by your AX.25 software
=================================================
2.1 Kernel AX.25
================
To set up an AX.25 device you can simply type:
ifconfig scc0 44.128.1.1 hw ax25 dl0tha-7
This will create a network interface with the IP number 44.128.20.107
and the callsign "dl0tha". If you do not have any IP number (yet) you
can use any of the 44.128.0.0 network. Note that you do not need
axattach. The purpose of axattach (like slattach) is to create a KISS
network device linked to a TTY. Please read the documentation of the
ax25-utils and the AX.25-HOWTO to learn how to set the parameters of
the kernel AX.25.
2.2 NOS, NET and TFKISS
=======================
Since the TTY driver (aka KISS TNC emulation) is gone you need
to emulate the old behaviour. The cost of using these programs is
that you probably need to compile the kernel AX.25, regardless of whether
you actually use it or not. First setup your /etc/ax25/axports,
for example:
9k6 dl0tha-9 9600 255 4 9600 baud port (scc3)
axlink dl0tha-15 38400 255 4 Link to NOS
Now "ifconfig" the scc device:
ifconfig scc3 44.128.1.1 hw ax25 dl0tha-9
You can now axattach a pseudo-TTY:
axattach /dev/ptys0 axlink
and start your NOS and attach /dev/ptys0 there. The problem is that
NOS is reachable only via digipeating through the kernel AX.25
(disastrous on a DAMA controlled channel). To solve this problem,
configure "rxecho" to echo the incoming frames from "9k6" to "axlink"
and outgoing frames from "axlink" to "9k6" and start:
rxecho
Or simply use "kissbridge" coming with z8530drv-utils:
ifconfig scc3 hw ax25 dl0tha-9
kissbridge scc3 /dev/ptys0
3. Adjustment and Display of parameters
=======================================
3.1 Displaying SCC Parameters:
==============================
Once a SCC channel has been attached, the parameter settings and
some statistic information can be shown using the param program:
dl1bke-u:~$ sccstat scc0
Parameters:
speed : 1200 baud
txdelay : 36
persist : 255
slottime : 0
txtail : 8
fulldup : 1
waittime : 12
mintime : 3 sec
maxkeyup : 7 sec
idletime : 3 sec
maxdefer : 120 sec
group : 0x00
txoff : off
softdcd : on
SLIP : off
Status:
HDLC Z8530 Interrupts Buffers
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sent : 273 RxOver : 0 RxInts : 125074 Size : 384
Received : 1095 TxUnder: 0 TxInts : 4684 NoSpace : 0
RxErrors : 1591 ExInts : 11776
TxErrors : 0 SpInts : 1503
Tx State : idle
The status info shown is:
Sent - number of frames transmitted
Received - number of frames received
RxErrors - number of receive errors (CRC, ABORT)
TxErrors - number of discarded Tx frames (due to various reasons)
Tx State - status of the Tx interrupt handler: idle/busy/active/tail (2)
RxOver - number of receiver overruns
TxUnder - number of transmitter underruns
RxInts - number of receiver interrupts
TxInts - number of transmitter interrupts
EpInts - number of receiver special condition interrupts
SpInts - number of external/status interrupts
Size - maximum size of an AX.25 frame (*with* AX.25 headers!)
NoSpace - number of times a buffer could not get allocated
An overrun is abnormal. If lots of these occur, the product of
baudrate and number of interfaces is too high for the processing
power of your computer. NoSpace errors are unlikely to be caused by the
driver or the kernel AX.25.
3.2 Setting Parameters
======================
The setting of parameters of the emulated KISS TNC is done in the
same way in the SCC driver. You can change parameters by using
the kissparms program from the ax25-utils package or use the program
"sccparam":
sccparam <device> <paramname> <decimal-|hexadecimal value>
You can change the following parameters:
param : value
------------------------
speed : 1200
txdelay : 36
persist : 255
slottime : 0
txtail : 8
fulldup : 1
waittime : 12
mintime : 3
maxkeyup : 7
idletime : 3
maxdefer : 120
group : 0x00
txoff : off
softdcd : on
SLIP : off
The parameters have the following meaning:
speed:
The baudrate on this channel in bits/sec
Example: sccparam /dev/scc3 speed 9600
txdelay:
The delay (in units of 10 ms) after keying of the
transmitter, until the first byte is sent. This is usually
called "TXDELAY" in a TNC. When 0 is specified, the driver
will just wait until the CTS signal is asserted. This
assumes the presence of a timer or other circuitry in the
MODEM and/or transmitter, that asserts CTS when the
transmitter is ready for data.
A normal value of this parameter is 30-36.
Example: sccparam /dev/scc0 txd 20
persist:
This is the probability that the transmitter will be keyed
when the channel is found to be free. It is a value from 0
to 255, and the probability is (value+1)/256. The value
should be somewhere near 50-60, and should be lowered when
the channel is used more heavily.
Example: sccparam /dev/scc2 persist 20
slottime:
This is the time between samples of the channel. It is
expressed in units of 10 ms. About 200-300 ms (value 20-30)
seems to be a good value.
Example: sccparam /dev/scc0 slot 20
tail:
The time the transmitter will remain keyed after the last
byte of a packet has been transferred to the SCC. This is
necessary because the CRC and a flag still have to leave the
SCC before the transmitter is keyed down. The value depends
on the baudrate selected. A few character times should be
sufficient, e.g. 40ms at 1200 baud. (value 4)
The value of this parameter is in 10 ms units.
Example: sccparam /dev/scc2 4
full:
The full-duplex mode switch. This can be one of the following
values:
0: The interface will operate in CSMA mode (the normal
half-duplex packet radio operation)
1: Fullduplex mode, i.e. the transmitter will be keyed at
any time, without checking the received carrier. It
will be unkeyed when there are no packets to be sent.
2: Like 1, but the transmitter will remain keyed, also
when there are no packets to be sent. Flags will be
sent in that case, until a timeout (parameter 10)
occurs.
Example: sccparam /dev/scc0 fulldup off
wait:
The initial waittime before any transmit attempt, after the
frame has been queue for transmit. This is the length of
the first slot in CSMA mode. In full duplex modes it is
set to 0 for maximum performance.
The value of this parameter is in 10 ms units.
Example: sccparam /dev/scc1 wait 4
maxkey:
The maximal time the transmitter will be keyed to send
packets, in seconds. This can be useful on busy CSMA
channels, to avoid "getting a bad reputation" when you are
generating a lot of traffic. After the specified time has
elapsed, no new frame will be started. Instead, the trans-
mitter will be switched off for a specified time (parameter
min), and then the selected algorithm for keyup will be
started again.
The value 0 as well as "off" will disable this feature,
and allow infinite transmission time.
Example: sccparam /dev/scc0 maxk 20
min:
This is the time the transmitter will be switched off when
the maximum transmission time is exceeded.
Example: sccparam /dev/scc3 min 10
idle
This parameter specifies the maximum idle time in full duplex
2 mode, in seconds. When no frames have been sent for this
time, the transmitter will be keyed down. A value of 0 is
has same result as the fullduplex mode 1. This parameter
can be disabled.
Example: sccparam /dev/scc2 idle off # transmit forever
maxdefer
This is the maximum time (in seconds) to wait for a free channel
to send. When this timer expires the transmitter will be keyed
IMMEDIATELY. If you love to get trouble with other users you
should set this to a very low value ;-)
Example: sccparam /dev/scc0 maxdefer 240 # 2 minutes
txoff:
When this parameter has the value 0, the transmission of packets
is enable. Otherwise it is disabled.
Example: sccparam /dev/scc2 txoff on
group:
It is possible to build special radio equipment to use more than
one frequency on the same band, e.g. using several receivers and
only one transmitter that can be switched between frequencies.
Also, you can connect several radios that are active on the same
band. In these cases, it is not possible, or not a good idea, to
transmit on more than one frequency. The SCC driver provides a
method to lock transmitters on different interfaces, using the
"param <interface> group <x>" command. This will only work when
you are using CSMA mode (parameter full = 0).
The number <x> must be 0 if you want no group restrictions, and
can be computed as follows to create restricted groups:
<x> is the sum of some OCTAL numbers:
200 This transmitter will only be keyed when all other
transmitters in the group are off.
100 This transmitter will only be keyed when the carrier
detect of all other interfaces in the group is off.
0xx A byte that can be used to define different groups.
Interfaces are in the same group, when the logical AND
between their xx values is nonzero.
Examples:
When 2 interfaces use group 201, their transmitters will never be
keyed at the same time.
When 2 interfaces use group 101, the transmitters will only key
when both channels are clear at the same time. When group 301,
the transmitters will not be keyed at the same time.
Don't forget to convert the octal numbers into decimal before
you set the parameter.
Example: (to be written)
softdcd:
use a software dcd instead of the real one... Useful for a very
slow squelch.
Example: sccparam /dev/scc0 soft on
4. Problems
===========
If you have tx-problems with your BayCom USCC card please check
the manufacturer of the 8530. SGS chips have a slightly
different timing. Try Zilog... A solution is to write to register 8
instead to the data port, but this won't work with the ESCC chips.
*SIGH!*
A very common problem is that the PTT locks until the maxkeyup timer
expires, although interrupts and clock source are correct. In most
cases compiling the driver with CONFIG_SCC_DELAY (set with
make config) solves the problems. For more hints read the (pseudo) FAQ
and the documentation coming with z8530drv-utils.
I got reports that the driver has problems on some 386-based systems.
(i.e. Amstrad) Those systems have a bogus AT bus timing which will
lead to delayed answers on interrupts. You can recognize these
problems by looking at the output of Sccstat for the suspected
port. If it shows under- and overruns you own such a system.
Delayed processing of received data: This depends on
- the kernel version
- kernel profiling compiled or not
- a high interrupt load
- a high load of the machine --- running X, Xmorph, XV and Povray,
while compiling the kernel... hmm ... even with 32 MB RAM ... ;-)
Or running a named for the whole .ampr.org domain on an 8 MB
box...
- using information from rxecho or kissbridge.
Kernel panics: please read /linux/README and find out if it
really occurred within the scc driver.
If you cannot solve a problem, send me
- a description of the problem,
- information on your hardware (computer system, scc board, modem)
- your kernel version
- the output of cat /proc/net/z8530
4. Thor RLC100
==============
Mysteriously this board seems not to work with the driver. Anyone
got it up-and-running?
Many thanks to Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox for including the driver
in the Linux standard distribution and their support.
Joerg Reuter ampr-net: dl1bke@db0pra.ampr.org
AX-25 : DL1BKE @ DB0ABH.#BAY.DEU.EU
Internet: jreuter@yaina.de
WWW : http://yaina.de/jreuter
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