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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpusets.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop | 205 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt | 69 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dvb/ci.txt | 219 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt | 51 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/devices.txt | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt | 4 | ||||
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl index cf2fce7707d..6df1dfd18b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ </authorgroup> <copyright> - <year>2003</year> + <year>2003-2005</year> <holder>Jeff Garzik</holder> </copyright> @@ -44,30 +44,38 @@ <toc></toc> - <chapter id="libataThanks"> - <title>Thanks</title> + <chapter id="libataIntroduction"> + <title>Introduction</title> <para> - The bulk of the ATA knowledge comes thanks to long conversations with - Andre Hedrick (www.linux-ide.org). + libATA is a library used inside the Linux kernel to support ATA host + controllers and devices. libATA provides an ATA driver API, class + transports for ATA and ATAPI devices, and SCSI<->ATA translation + for ATA devices according to the T10 SAT specification. </para> <para> - Thanks to Alan Cox for pointing out similarities - between SATA and SCSI, and in general for motivation to hack on - libata. - </para> - <para> - libata's device detection - method, ata_pio_devchk, and in general all the early probing was - based on extensive study of Hale Landis's probe/reset code in his - ATADRVR driver (www.ata-atapi.com). + This Guide documents the libATA driver API, library functions, library + internals, and a couple sample ATA low-level drivers. </para> </chapter> <chapter id="libataDriverApi"> <title>libata Driver API</title> + <para> + struct ata_port_operations is defined for every low-level libata + hardware driver, and it controls how the low-level driver + interfaces with the ATA and SCSI layers. + </para> + <para> + FIS-based drivers will hook into the system with ->qc_prep() and + ->qc_issue() high-level hooks. Hardware which behaves in a manner + similar to PCI IDE hardware may utilize several generic helpers, + defining at a bare minimum the bus I/O addresses of the ATA shadow + register blocks. + </para> <sect1> <title>struct ata_port_operations</title> + <sect2><title>Disable ATA port</title> <programlisting> void (*port_disable) (struct ata_port *); </programlisting> @@ -78,6 +86,9 @@ void (*port_disable) (struct ata_port *); unplug). </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>Post-IDENTIFY device configuration</title> <programlisting> void (*dev_config) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *); </programlisting> @@ -88,6 +99,9 @@ void (*dev_config) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *); issue of SET FEATURES - XFER MODE, and prior to operation. </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>Set PIO/DMA mode</title> <programlisting> void (*set_piomode) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *); void (*set_dmamode) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *); @@ -108,6 +122,9 @@ void (*post_set_mode) (struct ata_port *ap); ->set_dma_mode() is only called if DMA is possible. </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>Taskfile read/write</title> <programlisting> void (*tf_load) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf); void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf); @@ -120,6 +137,9 @@ void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf); taskfile register values. </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>ATA command execute</title> <programlisting> void (*exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf); </programlisting> @@ -129,17 +149,37 @@ void (*exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf); ->tf_load(), to be initiated in hardware. </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>Per-cmd ATAPI DMA capabilities filter</title> + <programlisting> +int (*check_atapi_dma) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc); + </programlisting> + + <para> +Allow low-level driver to filter ATA PACKET commands, returning a status +indicating whether or not it is OK to use DMA for the supplied PACKET +command. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>Read specific ATA shadow registers</title> <programlisting> u8 (*check_status)(struct ata_port *ap); -void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device); +u8 (*check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap); +u8 (*check_err)(struct ata_port *ap); </programlisting> <para> - Reads the Status ATA shadow register from hardware. On some - hardware, this has the side effect of clearing the interrupt - condition. + Reads the Status/AltStatus/Error ATA shadow register from + hardware. On some hardware, reading the Status register has + the side effect of clearing the interrupt condition. </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>Select ATA device on bus</title> <programlisting> void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device); </programlisting> @@ -147,9 +187,13 @@ void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device); <para> Issues the low-level hardware command(s) that causes one of N hardware devices to be considered 'selected' (active and - available for use) on the ATA bus. + available for use) on the ATA bus. This generally has no +meaning on FIS-based devices. </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>Reset ATA bus</title> <programlisting> void (*phy_reset) (struct ata_port *ap); </programlisting> @@ -162,17 +206,31 @@ void (*phy_reset) (struct ata_port *ap); functions ata_bus_reset() or sata_phy_reset() for this hook. </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>Control PCI IDE BMDMA engine</title> <programlisting> void (*bmdma_setup) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc); void (*bmdma_start) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc); +void (*bmdma_stop) (struct ata_port *ap); +u8 (*bmdma_status) (struct ata_port *ap); </programlisting> <para> - When setting up an IDE BMDMA transaction, these hooks arm - (->bmdma_setup) and fire (->bmdma_start) the hardware's DMA - engine. +When setting up an IDE BMDMA transaction, these hooks arm +(->bmdma_setup), fire (->bmdma_start), and halt (->bmdma_stop) +the hardware's DMA engine. ->bmdma_status is used to read the standard +PCI IDE DMA Status register. </para> + <para> +These hooks are typically either no-ops, or simply not implemented, in +FIS-based drivers. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>High-level taskfile hooks</title> <programlisting> void (*qc_prep) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc); int (*qc_issue) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc); @@ -190,20 +248,26 @@ int (*qc_issue) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc); ->qc_issue is used to make a command active, once the hardware and S/G tables have been prepared. IDE BMDMA drivers use the helper function ata_qc_issue_prot() for taskfile protocol-based - dispatch. More advanced drivers roll their own ->qc_issue - implementation, using this as the "issue new ATA command to - hardware" hook. + dispatch. More advanced drivers implement their own ->qc_issue. </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>Timeout (error) handling</title> <programlisting> void (*eng_timeout) (struct ata_port *ap); </programlisting> <para> - This is a high level error handling function, called from the - error handling thread, when a command times out. +This is a high level error handling function, called from the +error handling thread, when a command times out. Most newer +hardware will implement its own error handling code here. IDE BMDMA +drivers may use the helper function ata_eng_timeout(). </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>Hardware interrupt handling</title> <programlisting> irqreturn_t (*irq_handler)(int, void *, struct pt_regs *); void (*irq_clear) (struct ata_port *); @@ -216,6 +280,9 @@ void (*irq_clear) (struct ata_port *); is quiet. </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>SATA phy read/write</title> <programlisting> u32 (*scr_read) (struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int sc_reg); void (*scr_write) (struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int sc_reg, @@ -227,6 +294,9 @@ void (*scr_write) (struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int sc_reg, if ->phy_reset hook called the sata_phy_reset() helper function. </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2><title>Init and shutdown</title> <programlisting> int (*port_start) (struct ata_port *ap); void (*port_stop) (struct ata_port *ap); @@ -240,15 +310,17 @@ void (*host_stop) (struct ata_host_set *host_set); tasks. </para> <para> - ->host_stop() is called when the rmmod or hot unplug process - begins. The hook must stop all hardware interrupts, DMA - engines, etc. - </para> - <para> ->port_stop() is called after ->host_stop(). It's sole function is to release DMA/memory resources, now that they are no longer actively being used. </para> + <para> + ->host_stop() is called after all ->port_stop() calls +have completed. The hook must finalize hardware shutdown, release DMA +and other resources, etc. + </para> + + </sect2> </sect1> </chapter> @@ -279,4 +351,24 @@ void (*host_stop) (struct ata_host_set *host_set); !Idrivers/scsi/sata_sil.c </chapter> + <chapter id="libataThanks"> + <title>Thanks</title> + <para> + The bulk of the ATA knowledge comes thanks to long conversations with + Andre Hedrick (www.linux-ide.org), and long hours pondering the ATA + and SCSI specifications. + </para> + <para> + Thanks to Alan Cox for pointing out similarities + between SATA and SCSI, and in general for motivation to hack on + libata. + </para> + <para> + libata's device detection + method, ata_pio_devchk, and in general all the early probing was + based on extensive study of Hale Landis's probe/reset code in his + ATADRVR driver (www.ata-atapi.com). + </para> + </chapter> + </book> diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e2d1e760b4b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt @@ -0,0 +1,128 @@ + + CPU frequency and voltage scaling statictics in the Linux(TM) kernel + + + L i n u x c p u f r e q - s t a t s d r i v e r + + - information for users - + + + Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> + +Contents +1. Introduction +2. Statistics Provided (with example) +3. Configuring cpufreq-stats + + +1. Introduction + +cpufreq-stats is a driver that provices CPU frequency statistics for each CPU. +This statistics is provided in /sysfs as a bunch of read_only interfaces. This +interface (when configured) will appear in a seperate directory under cpufreq +in /sysfs (<sysfs root>/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/stats/) for each CPU. +Various statistics will form read_only files under this directory. + +This driver is designed to be independent of any particular cpufreq_driver +that may be running on your CPU. So, it will work with any cpufreq_driver. + + +2. Statistics Provided (with example) + +cpufreq stats provides following statistics (explained in detail below). +- time_in_state +- total_trans +- trans_table + +All the statistics will be from the time the stats driver has been inserted +to the time when a read of a particular statistic is done. Obviously, stats +driver will not have any information about the the frequcny transitions before +the stats driver insertion. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +<mysystem>:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/stats # ls -l +total 0 +drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 May 14 16:06 . +drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 May 14 15:58 .. +-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 May 14 16:06 time_in_state +-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 May 14 16:06 total_trans +-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 May 14 16:06 trans_table +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +- time_in_state +This gives the amount of time spent in each of the frequencies supported by +this CPU. The cat output will have "<frequency> <time>" pair in each line, which +will mean this CPU spent <time> usertime units of time at <frequency>. Output +will have one line for each of the supported freuencies. usertime units here +is 10mS (similar to other time exported in /proc). + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +<mysystem>:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/stats # cat time_in_state +3600000 2089 +3400000 136 +3200000 34 +3000000 67 +2800000 172488 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + +- total_trans +This gives the total number of frequency transitions on this CPU. The cat +output will have a single count which is the total number of frequency +transitions. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +<mysystem>:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/stats # cat total_trans +20 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +- trans_table +This will give a fine grained information about all the CPU frequency +transitions. The cat output here is a two dimensional matrix, where an entry +<i,j> (row i, column j) represents the count of number of transitions from +Freq_i to Freq_j. Freq_i is in descending order with increasing rows and +Freq_j is in descending order with increasing columns. The output here also +contains the actual freq values for each row and column for better readability. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +<mysystem>:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/stats # cat trans_table + From : To + : 3600000 3400000 3200000 3000000 2800000 + 3600000: 0 5 0 0 0 + 3400000: 4 0 2 0 0 + 3200000: 0 1 0 2 0 + 3000000: 0 0 1 0 3 + 2800000: 0 0 0 2 0 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + +3. Configuring cpufreq-stats + +To configure cpufreq-stats in your kernel +Config Main Menu + Power management options (ACPI, APM) ---> + CPU Frequency scaling ---> + [*] CPU Frequency scaling + <*> CPU frequency translation statistics + [*] CPU frequency translation statistics details + + +"CPU Frequency scaling" (CONFIG_CPU_FREQ) should be enabled to configure +cpufreq-stats. + +"CPU frequency translation statistics" (CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT) provides the +basic statistics which includes time_in_state and total_trans. + +"CPU frequency translation statistics details" (CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS) +provides fine grained cpufreq stats by trans_table. The reason for having a +seperate config option for trans_table is: +- trans_table goes against the traditional /sysfs rule of one value per + interface. It provides a whole bunch of value in a 2 dimensional matrix + form. + +Once these two options are enabled and your CPU supports cpufrequency, you +will be able to see the CPU frequency statistics in /sysfs. + + + + diff --git a/Documentation/cpusets.txt b/Documentation/cpusets.txt index 1ad26d2c20a..2f8f24eaefd 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpusets.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpusets.txt @@ -252,8 +252,7 @@ in a tasks processor placement. There is an exception to the above. If hotplug funtionality is used to remove all the CPUs that are currently assigned to a cpuset, then the kernel will automatically update the cpus_allowed of all -tasks attached to CPUs in that cpuset with the online CPUs of the -nearest parent cpuset that still has some CPUs online. When memory +tasks attached to CPUs in that cpuset to allow all CPUs. When memory hotplug functionality for removing Memory Nodes is available, a similar exception is expected to apply there as well. In general, the kernel prefers to violate cpuset placement, over starving a task diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop b/Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a50c70f9ca7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop @@ -0,0 +1,205 @@ +This README escorted the skystar2-driver rewriting procedure. It describes the +state of the new flexcop-driver set and some internals are written down here +too. + +This document hopefully describes things about the flexcop and its +device-offsprings. Goal was to write an easy-to-write and easy-to-read set of +drivers based on the skystar2.c and other information. + +Remark: flexcop-pci.c was a copy of skystar2.c, but every line has been +touched and rewritten. + +History & News +============== + 2005-04-01 - correct USB ISOC transfers (thanks to Vadim Catana) + + + + +General coding processing +========================= + +We should proceed as follows (as long as no one complains): + +0) Think before start writing code! + +1) rewriting the skystar2.c with the help of the flexcop register descriptions +and splitting up the files to a pci-bus-part and a flexcop-part. +The new driver will be called b2c2-flexcop-pci.ko/b2c2-flexcop-usb.ko for the +device-specific part and b2c2-flexcop.ko for the common flexcop-functions. + +2) Search for errors in the leftover of flexcop-pci.c (compare with pluto2.c +and other pci drivers) + +3) make some beautification (see 'Improvements when rewriting (refactoring) is +done') + +4) Testing the new driver and maybe substitute the skystar2.c with it, to reach +a wider tester audience. + +5) creating an usb-bus-part using the already written flexcop code for the pci +card. + +Idea: create a kernel-object for the flexcop and export all important +functions. This option saves kernel-memory, but maybe a lot of functions have +to be exported to kernel namespace. + + +Current situation +================= + +0) Done :) +1) Done (some minor issues left) +2) Done +3) Not ready yet, more information is necessary +4) next to be done (see the table below) +5) USB driver is working (yes, there are some minor issues) + +What seems to be ready? +----------------------- + +1) Rewriting +1a) i2c is cut off from the flexcop-pci.c and seems to work +1b) moved tuner and demod stuff from flexcop-pci.c to flexcop-tuner-fe.c +1c) moved lnb and diseqc stuff from flexcop-pci.c to flexcop-tuner-fe.c +1e) eeprom (reading MAC address) +1d) sram (no dynamic sll size detection (commented out) (using default as JJ told me)) +1f) misc. register accesses for reading parameters (e.g. resetting, revision) +1g) pid/mac filter (flexcop-hw-filter.c) +1i) dvb-stuff initialization in flexcop.c (done) +1h) dma stuff (now just using the size-irq, instead of all-together, to be done) +1j) remove flexcop initialization from flexcop-pci.c completely (done) +1l) use a well working dma IRQ method (done, see 'Known bugs and problems and TODO') +1k) cleanup flexcop-files (remove unused EXPORT_SYMBOLs, make static from +non-static where possible, moved code to proper places) + +2) Search for errors in the leftover of flexcop-pci.c (partially done) +5a) add MAC address reading +5c) feeding of ISOC data to the software demux (format of the isochronous data +and speed optimization, no real error) (thanks to Vadim Catana) + +What to do in the near future? +-------------------------------------- +(no special order here) + +5) USB driver +5b) optimize isoc-transfer (submitting/killing isoc URBs when transfer is starting) + +Testing changes +--------------- + +O = item is working +P = item is partially working +X = item is not working +N = item does not apply here +<empty field> = item need to be examined + + | PCI | USB +item | mt352 | nxt2002 | stv0299 | mt312 | mt352 | nxt2002 | stv0299 | mt312 +-------+-------+---------+---------+-------+-------+---------+---------+------- +1a) | O | | | | N | N | N | N +1b) | O | | | | | | O | +1c) | N | N | | | N | N | O | +1d) | O | O +1e) | O | O +1f) | P +1g) | O +1h) | P | +1i) | O | N +1j) | O | N +1l) | O | N +2) | O | N +5a) | N | O +5b)* | N | +5c) | N | O + +* - not done yet + +Known bugs and problems and TODO +-------------------------------- + +1g/h/l) when pid filtering is enabled on the pci card + +DMA usage currently: + The DMA is splitted in 2 equal-sized subbuffers. The Flexcop writes to first + address and triggers an IRQ when it's full and starts writing to the second + address. When the second address is full, the IRQ is triggered again, and + the flexcop writes to first address again, and so on. + The buffersize of each address is currently 640*188 bytes. + + Problem is, when using hw-pid-filtering and doing some low-bandwidth + operation (like scanning) the buffers won't be filled enough to trigger + the IRQ. That's why: + + When PID filtering is activated, the timer IRQ is used. Every 1.97 ms the IRQ + is triggered. Is the current write address of DMA1 different to the one + during the last IRQ, then the data is passed to the demuxer. + + There is an additional DMA-IRQ-method: packet count IRQ. This isn't + implemented correctly yet. + + The solution is to disable HW PID filtering, but I don't know how the DVB + API software demux behaves on slow systems with 45MBit/s TS. + +Solved bugs :) +-------------- +1g) pid-filtering (somehow pid index 4 and 5 (EMM_PID and ECM_PID) aren't +working) +SOLUTION: also index 0 was affected, because net_translation is done for +these indexes by default + +5b) isochronous transfer does only work in the first attempt (for the Sky2PC +USB, Air2PC is working) SOLUTION: the flexcop was going asleep and never really +woke up again (don't know if this need fixes, see +flexcop-fe-tuner.c:flexcop_sleep) + +NEWS: when the driver is loaded and unloaded and loaded again (w/o doing +anything in the while the driver is loaded the first time), no transfers take +place anymore. + +Improvements when rewriting (refactoring) is done +================================================= + +- split sleeping of the flexcop (misc_204.ACPI3_sig = 1;) from lnb_control + (enable sleeping for other demods than dvb-s) +- add support for CableStar (stv0297 Microtune 203x/ALPS) (almost done, incompatibilities with the Nexus-CA) + +Debugging +--------- +- add verbose debugging to skystar2.c (dump the reg_dw_data) and compare it + with this flexcop, this is important, because i2c is now using the + flexcop_ibi_value union from flexcop-reg.h (do you have a better idea for + that, please tell us so). + +Everything which is identical in the following table, can be put into a common +flexcop-module. + + PCI USB +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Different: +Register access: accessing IO memory USB control message +I2C bus: I2C bus of the FC USB control message +Data transfer: DMA isochronous transfer +EEPROM transfer: through i2c bus not clear yet + +Identical: +Streaming: accessing registers +PID Filtering: accessing registers +Sram destinations: accessing registers +Tuner/Demod: I2C bus +DVB-stuff: can be written for common use + +Acknowledgements (just for the rewriting part) +================ + +Bjarne Steinsbo thought a lot in the first place of the pci part for this code +sharing idea. + +Andreas Oberritter for providing a recent PCI initialization template +(pluto2.c). + +Boleslaw Ciesielski for pointing out a problem with firmware loader. + +Vadim Catana for correcting the USB transfer. + +comments, critics and ideas to linux-dvb@linuxtv.org. diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt index e3cacf4f234..d64430bf4bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt +++ b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt @@ -17,74 +17,53 @@ Because of this, you need to enable "Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux" +Furthermore you need to enable +"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" + => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Nebula/Pinnacle PCTV/TwinHan PCI Cards" + 2) Loading Modules ================== In general you need to load the bttv driver, which will handle the gpio and -i2c communication for us. Next you need the common dvb-bt8xx device driver -and one frontend driver. - -The bttv driver will HANG YOUR SYSTEM IF YOU DO NOT SPECIFY THE CORRECT -CARD ID! - -(If you don't get your card running and you suspect that the card id you're -using is wrong, have a look at "bttv-cards.c" for a list of possible card -ids.) - -Pay attention to failures when you load the frontend drivers -(e.g. dmesg, /var/log/messages). +i2c communication for us, plus the common dvb-bt8xx device driver. +The frontends for Nebula (nxt6000), Pinnacle PCTV (cx24110) and +TwinHan (dst) are loaded automatically by the dvb-bt8xx device driver. 3a) Nebula / Pinnacle PCTV -------------------------- - $ modprobe bttv i2c_hw=1 card=0x68 - $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx - -For Nebula cards use the "nxt6000" frontend driver: - $ modprobe nxt6000 + $ modprobe bttv (normally bttv is being loaded automatically by kmod) + $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx (or just place dvb-bt8xx in /etc/modules for automatic loading) -For Pinnacle PCTV cards use the "cx24110" frontend driver: - $ modprobe cx24110 -3b) TwinHan ------------ +3b) TwinHan and Clones +-------------------------- $ modprobe bttv i2c_hw=1 card=0x71 $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx $ modprobe dst -The value 0x71 will override the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx, which -is necessary for TwinHan cards.# +The value 0x71 will override the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx, +which is necessary for TwinHan cards. -If you're having an older card (blue color circuit) and card=0x71 locks your -machine, try using 0x68, too. If that does not work, ask on the DVB mailing list. +If you're having an older card (blue color circuit) and card=0x71 locks +your machine, try using 0x68, too. If that does not work, ask on the +mailing list. -The DST module takes a couple of useful parameters, in case the -dst drivers fails to detect your type of card correctly. +The DST module takes a couple of useful parameters. -dst_type takes values 0 (satellite), 1 (terrestial TV), 2 (cable). +verbose takes values 0 to 5. These values control the verbosity level. -dst_type_flags takes bit combined values: -1 = new tuner type packets. You can use this if your card is detected - and you have debug and you continually see the tuner packets not - working (make sure not a basic problem like dish alignment etc.) +debug takes values 0 and 1. You can either disable or enable debugging. -2 = TS 204. If your card tunes OK, but the picture is terrible, seemingly - breaking up in one half continually, and crc fails a lot, then - this is worth a try (or trying to turn off) +dst_addons takes values 0 and 0x20. A value of 0 means it is a FTA card. +0x20 means it has a Conditional Access slot. -4 = has symdiv. Some cards, mostly without new tuner packets, require - a symbol division algorithm. Doesn't apply to terrestial TV. - -You can also specify a value to have the autodetected values turned off -(e.g. 0). The autodected values are determined bythe cards 'response +The autodected values are determined bythe cards 'response string' which you can see in your logs e.g. -dst_check_ci: recognize DST-MOT - -or +dst_get_device_id: Recognise [DSTMCI] -dst_check_ci: unable to recognize DSTXCI or STXCI -- -Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold +Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold, Manu Abraham diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt b/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..62e0701b542 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt @@ -0,0 +1,219 @@ +* For the user +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +NOTE: This document describes the usage of the high level CI API as +in accordance to the Linux DVB API. This is a not a documentation for the, +existing low level CI API. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To utilize the High Level CI capabilities, + +(1*) This point is valid only for the Twinhan/clones + For the Twinhan/Twinhan clones, the dst_ca module handles the CI + hardware handling.This module is loaded automatically if a CI + (Common Interface, that holds the CAM (Conditional Access Module) + is detected. + +(2) one requires a userspace application, ca_zap. This small userland + application is in charge of sending the descrambling related information + to the CAM. + +This application requires the following to function properly as of now. + + (a) Tune to a valid channel, with szap. + eg: $ szap -c channels.conf -r "TMC" -x + + (b) a channels.conf containing a valid PMT PID + + eg: TMC:11996:h:0:27500:278:512:650:321 + + here 278 is a valid PMT PID. the rest of the values are the + same ones that szap uses. + + (c) after running a szap, you have to run ca_zap, for the + descrambler to function, + + eg: $ ca_zap patched_channels.conf "TMC" + + The patched means a patch to apply to scan, such that scan can + generate a channels.conf_with pmt, which has this PMT PID info + (NOTE: szap cannot use this channels.conf with the PMT_PID) + + + (d) Hopeflly Enjoy your favourite subscribed channel as you do with + a FTA card. + +(3) Currently ca_zap, and dst_test, both are meant for demonstration + purposes only, they can become full fledged applications if necessary. + + +* Cards that fall in this category +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +At present the cards that fall in this category are the Twinhan and it's +clones, these cards are available as VVMER, Tomato, Hercules, Orange and +so on. + +* CI modules that are supported +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The CI module support is largely dependant upon the firmware on the cards +Some cards do support almost all of the available CI modules. There is +nothing much that can be done in order to make additional CI modules +working with these cards. + +Modules that have been tested by this driver at present are + +(1) Irdeto 1 and 2 from SCM +(2) Viaccess from SCM +(3) Dragoncam + +* The High level CI API +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* For the programmer +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +With the High Level CI approach any new card with almost any random +architecture can be implemented with this style, the definitions +insidethe switch statement can be easily adapted for any card, thereby +eliminating the need for any additional ioctls. + +The disadvantage is that the driver/hardware has to manage the rest. For +the application programmer it would be as simple as sending/receiving an +array to/from the CI ioctls as defined in the Linux DVB API. No changes +have been made in the API to accomodate this feature. + + +* Why the need for another CI interface ? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +This is one of the most commonly asked question. Well a nice question. +Strictly speaking this is not a new interface. + +The CI interface is defined in the DVB API in ca.h as + +typedef struct ca_slot_info { + int num; /* slot number */ + + int type; /* CA interface this slot supports */ +#define CA_CI 1 /* CI high level interface */ +#define CA_CI_LINK 2 /* CI link layer level interface */ +#define CA_CI_PHYS 4 /* CI physical layer level interface */ +#define CA_DESCR 8 /* built-in descrambler */ +#define CA_SC 128 /* simple smart card interface */ + + unsigned int flags; +#define CA_CI_MODULE_PRESENT 1 /* module (or card) inserted */ +#define CA_CI_MODULE_READY 2 +} ca_slot_info_t; + + + +This CI interface follows the CI high level interface, which is not +implemented by most applications. Hence this area is revisited. + +This CI interface is quite different in the case that it tries to +accomodate all other CI based devices, that fall into the other categories + +This means that this CI interface handles the EN50221 style tags in the +Application layer only and no session management is taken care of by the +application. The driver/hardware will take care of all that. + +This interface is purely an EN50221 interface exchanging APDU's. This +means t |