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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/wimax/i2400m.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/wimax/i2400m.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..194388c0c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/wimax/i2400m.rst @@ -0,0 +1,283 @@ +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + +==================================================== +Driver for the Intel Wireless Wimax Connection 2400m +==================================================== + +:Copyright: |copy| 2008 Intel Corporation < linux-wimax@intel.com > + + This provides a driver for the Intel Wireless WiMAX Connection 2400m + and a basic Linux kernel WiMAX stack. + +1. Requirements +=============== + + * Linux installation with Linux kernel 2.6.22 or newer (if building + from a separate tree) + * Intel i2400m Echo Peak or Baxter Peak; this includes the Intel + Wireless WiMAX/WiFi Link 5x50 series. + * build tools: + + + Linux kernel development package for the target kernel; to + build against your currently running kernel, you need to have + the kernel development package corresponding to the running + image installed (usually if your kernel is named + linux-VERSION, the development package is called + linux-dev-VERSION or linux-headers-VERSION). + + GNU C Compiler, make + +2. Compilation and installation +=============================== + +2.1. Compilation of the drivers included in the kernel +------------------------------------------------------ + + Configure the kernel; to enable the WiMAX drivers select Drivers > + Networking Drivers > WiMAX device support. Enable all of them as + modules (easier). + + If USB or SDIO are not enabled in the kernel configuration, the options + to build the i2400m USB or SDIO drivers will not show. Enable said + subsystems and go back to the WiMAX menu to enable the drivers. + + Compile and install your kernel as usual. + +2.2. Compilation of the drivers distributed as an standalone module +------------------------------------------------------------------- + + To compile:: + + $ cd source/directory + $ make + + Once built you can load and unload using the provided load.sh script; + load.sh will load the modules, load.sh u will unload them. + + To install in the default kernel directories (and enable auto loading + when the device is plugged):: + + $ make install + $ depmod -a + + If your kernel development files are located in a non standard + directory or if you want to build for a kernel that is not the + currently running one, set KDIR to the right location:: + + $ make KDIR=/path/to/kernel/dev/tree + + For more information, please contact linux-wimax@intel.com. + +3. Installing the firmware +-------------------------- + + The firmware can be obtained from http://linuxwimax.org or might have + been supplied with your hardware. + + It has to be installed in the target system:: + + $ cp FIRMWAREFILE.sbcf /lib/firmware/i2400m-fw-BUSTYPE-1.3.sbcf + + * NOTE: if your firmware came in an .rpm or .deb file, just install + it as normal, with the rpm (rpm -i FIRMWARE.rpm) or dpkg + (dpkg -i FIRMWARE.deb) commands. No further action is needed. + * BUSTYPE will be usb or sdio, depending on the hardware you have. + Each hardware type comes with its own firmware and will not work + with other types. + +4. Design +========= + + This package contains two major parts: a WiMAX kernel stack and a + driver for the Intel i2400m. + + The WiMAX stack is designed to provide for common WiMAX control + services to current and future WiMAX devices from any vendor; please + see README.wimax for details. + + The i2400m kernel driver is broken up in two main parts: the bus + generic driver and the bus-specific drivers. The bus generic driver + forms the drivercore and contain no knowledge of the actual method we + use to connect to the device. The bus specific drivers are just the + glue to connect the bus-generic driver and the device. Currently only + USB and SDIO are supported. See drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h for + more information. + + The bus generic driver is logically broken up in two parts: OS-glue and + hardware-glue. The OS-glue interfaces with Linux. The hardware-glue + interfaces with the device on using an interface provided by the + bus-specific driver. The reason for this breakup is to be able to + easily reuse the hardware-glue to write drivers for other OSes; note + the hardware glue part is written as a native Linux driver; no + abstraction layers are used, so to port to another OS, the Linux kernel + API calls should be replaced with the target OS's. + +5. Usage +======== + + To load the driver, follow the instructions in the install section; + once the driver is loaded, plug in the device (unless it is permanently + plugged in). The driver will enumerate the device, upload the firmware + and output messages in the kernel log (dmesg, /var/log/messages or + /var/log/kern.log) such as:: + + ... + i2400m_usb 5-4:1.0: firmware interface version 8.0.0 + i2400m_usb 5-4:1.0: WiMAX interface wmx0 (00:1d:e1:01:94:2c) ready + + At this point the device is ready to work. + + Current versions require the Intel WiMAX Network Service in userspace + to make things work. See the network service's README for instructions + on how to scan, connect and disconnect. + +5.1. Module parameters +---------------------- + + Module parameters can be set at kernel or module load time or by + echoing values:: + + $ echo VALUE > /sys/module/MODULENAME/parameters/PARAMETERNAME + + To make changes permanent, for example, for the i2400m module, you can + also create a file named /etc/modprobe.d/i2400m containing:: + + options i2400m idle_mode_disabled=1 + + To find which parameters are supported by a module, run:: + + $ modinfo path/to/module.ko + + During kernel bootup (if the driver is linked in the kernel), specify + the following to the kernel command line:: + + i2400m.PARAMETER=VALUE + +5.1.1. i2400m: idle_mode_disabled +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + + The i2400m module supports a parameter to disable idle mode. This + parameter, once set, will take effect only when the device is + reinitialized by the driver (eg: following a reset or a reconnect). + +5.2. Debug operations: debugfs entries +-------------------------------------- + + The driver will register debugfs entries that allow the user to tweak + debug settings. There are three main container directories where + entries are placed, which correspond to the three blocks a i2400m WiMAX + driver has: + + * /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:DEVNAME/ for the generic WiMAX stack + controls + * /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:DEVNAME/i2400m for the i2400m generic + driver controls + * /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:DEVNAME/i2400m-usb (or -sdio) for the + bus-specific i2400m-usb or i2400m-sdio controls). + + Of course, if debugfs is mounted in a directory other than + /sys/kernel/debug, those paths will change. + +5.2.1. Increasing debug output +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + + The files named *dl_* indicate knobs for controlling the debug output + of different submodules:: + + # find /sys/kernel/debug/wimax\:wmx0 -name \*dl_\* + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m-usb/dl_tx + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m-usb/dl_rx + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m-usb/dl_notif + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m-usb/dl_fw + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m-usb/dl_usb + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_tx + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_rx + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_rfkill + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_netdev + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_fw + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_debugfs + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_driver + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_control + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_stack + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_op_rfkill + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_op_reset + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_op_msg + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_id_table + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/wimax_dl_debugfs + + By reading the file you can obtain the current value of said debug + level; by writing to it, you can set it. + + To increase the debug level of, for example, the i2400m's generic TX + engine, just write:: + + $ echo 3 > /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/dl_tx + + Increasing numbers yield increasing debug information; for details of + what is printed and the available levels, check the source. The code + uses 0 for disabled and increasing values until 8. + +5.2.2. RX and TX statistics +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + + The i2400m/rx_stats and i2400m/tx_stats provide statistics about the + data reception/delivery from the device:: + + $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/rx_stats + 45 1 3 34 3104 48 480 + + The numbers reported are: + + * packets/RX-buffer: total, min, max + * RX-buffers: total RX buffers received, accumulated RX buffer size + in bytes, min size received, max size received + + Thus, to find the average buffer size received, divide accumulated + RX-buffer / total RX-buffers. + + To clear the statistics back to 0, write anything to the rx_stats file:: + + $ echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m_rx_stats + + Likewise for TX. + + Note the packets this debug file refers to are not network packet, but + packets in the sense of the device-specific protocol for communication + to the host. See drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/tx.c. + +5.2.3. Tracing messages received from user space +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + + To echo messages received from user space into the trace pipe that the + i2400m driver creates, set the debug file i2400m/trace_msg_from_user to + 1:: + + $ echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/i2400m/trace_msg_from_user + +5.2.4. Performing a device reset +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + + By writing a 0, a 1 or a 2 to the file + /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0/reset, the driver performs a warm (without + disconnecting from the bus), cold (disconnecting from the bus) or bus + (bus specific) reset on the device. + +5.2.5. Asking the device to enter power saving mode +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + + By writing any value to the /sys/kernel/debug/wimax:wmx0 file, the + device will attempt to enter power saving mode. + +6. Troubleshooting +================== + +6.1. Driver complains about ``i2400m-fw-usb-1.2.sbcf: request failed`` +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + + If upon connecting the device, the following is output in the kernel + log:: + + i2400m_usb 5-4:1.0: fw i2400m-fw-usb-1.3.sbcf: request failed: -2 + + This means that the driver cannot locate the firmware file named + /lib/firmware/i2400m-fw-usb-1.2.sbcf. Check that the file is present in + the right location. |