From: Simon Arlott Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 06:04:09 +0000 (-0700) Subject: USB: cxacru: add Documentation file X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=64b85006f5d473fefc181dece9473710b55966e0;p=GitHub%2Fmt8127%2Fandroid_kernel_alcatel_ttab.git USB: cxacru: add Documentation file The sysfs attributes for exposing cxacru statistics/status information with possible values is now explained in Documentation/networking/cxacru.txt including information on the writable adsl_state attribute's commands and a sample of the kernel log format. Signed-off-by: Simon Arlott Cc: Duncan Sands Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX index e06b6e3c1db5..153d84d281e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ cops.txt - info on the COPS LocalTalk Linux driver cs89x0.txt - the Crystal LAN (CS8900/20-based) Ethernet ISA adapter driver +cxacru.txt + - Conexant AccessRunner USB ADSL Modem de4x5.txt - the Digital EtherWORKS DE4?? and DE5?? PCI Ethernet driver decnet.txt diff --git a/Documentation/networking/cxacru.txt b/Documentation/networking/cxacru.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b074681a963e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/cxacru.txt @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +Firmware is required for this device: http://accessrunner.sourceforge.net/ + +While it is capable of managing/maintaining the ADSL connection without the +module loaded, the device will sometimes stop responding after unloading the +driver and it is necessary to unplug/remove power to the device to fix this. + +Detected devices will appear as ATM devices named "cxacru". In /sys/class/atm/ +these are directories named cxacruN where N is the device number. A symlink +named device points to the USB interface device's directory which contains +several sysfs attribute files for retrieving device statistics: + +* adsl_controller_version + +* adsl_headend +* adsl_headend_environment + Information about the remote headend. + +* downstream_attenuation (dB) +* downstream_bits_per_frame +* downstream_rate (kbps) +* downstream_snr_margin (dB) + Downstream stats. + +* upstream_attenuation (dB) +* upstream_bits_per_frame +* upstream_rate (kbps) +* upstream_snr_margin (dB) +* transmitter_power (dBm/Hz) + Upstream stats. + +* downstream_crc_errors +* downstream_fec_errors +* downstream_hec_errors +* upstream_crc_errors +* upstream_fec_errors +* upstream_hec_errors + Error counts. + +* line_startable + Indicates that ADSL support on the device + is/can be enabled, see adsl_start. + +* line_status + "initialising" + "down" + "attempting to activate" + "training" + "channel analysis" + "exchange" + "waiting" + "up" + + Changes between "down" and "attempting to activate" + if there is no signal. + +* link_status + "not connected" + "connected" + "lost" + +* mac_address + +* modulation + "ANSI T1.413" + "ITU-T G.992.1 (G.DMT)" + "ITU-T G.992.2 (G.LITE)" + +* startup_attempts + Count of total attempts to initialise ADSL. + +To enable/disable ADSL, the following can be written to the adsl_state file: + "start" + "stop + "restart" (stops, waits 1.5s, then starts) + "poll" (used to resume status polling if it was disabled due to failure) + +Changes in adsl/line state are reported via kernel log messages: + [4942145.150704] ATM dev 0: ADSL state: running + [4942243.663766] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: down + [4942249.665075] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: attempting to activate + [4942253.654954] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: training + [4942255.666387] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: channel analysis + [4942259.656262] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: exchange + [2635357.696901] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: up (8128 kb/s down | 832 kb/s up)