<surname>Cox</surname>
<affiliation>
<address>
- <email>alan@redhat.com</email>
+ <email>alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
device to be used as both a tty interface and as a synchronous
controller is a project for Linux post the 2.4 release
</para>
- <para>
- The support code handles most common card configurations and
- supports running both Cisco HDLC and Synchronous PPP. With extra
- glue the frame relay and X.25 protocols can also be used with this
- driver.
- </para>
</chapter>
- <chapter>
+ <chapter id="Driver_Modes">
<title>Driver Modes</title>
<para>
The Z85230 driver layer can drive Z8530, Z85C30 and Z85230 devices
</para>
</chapter>
- <chapter>
+ <chapter id="Using_the_Z85230_driver">
<title>Using the Z85230 driver</title>
<para>
The Z85230 driver provides the back end interface to your board. To
</para>
</chapter>
- <chapter>
+ <chapter id="Attaching_Network_Interfaces">
<title>Attaching Network Interfaces</title>
<para>
If you wish to use the network interface facilities of the driver,
then you need to attach a network device to each channel that is
- present and in use. In addition to use the SyncPPP and Cisco HDLC
+ present and in use. In addition to use the generic HDLC
you need to follow some additional plumbing rules. They may seem
complex but a look at the example hostess_sv11 driver should
reassure you.
</para>
<para>
The network device used for each channel should be pointed to by
- the netdevice field of each channel. The dev-> priv field of the
+ the netdevice field of each channel. The hdlc-> priv field of the
network device points to your private data - you will need to be
- able to find your ppp device from this. In addition to use the
- sync ppp layer the private data must start with a void * pointer
- to the syncppp structures.
+ able to find your private data from this.
</para>
<para>
The way most drivers approach this particular problem is to
create a structure holding the Z8530 device definition and
- put that and the syncppp pointer into the private field of
- the network device. The network device fields of the channels
- then point back to the network devices. The ppp_device can also
- be put in the private structure conveniently.
+ put that into the private field of the network device. The
+ network device fields of the channels then point back to the
+ network devices.
</para>
<para>
- If you wish to use the synchronous ppp then you need to attach
- the syncppp layer to the network device. You should do this before
- you register the network device. The
- <function>sppp_attach</function> requires that the first void *
- pointer in your private data is pointing to an empty struct
- ppp_device. The function fills in the initial data for the
- ppp/hdlc layer.
+ If you wish to use the generic HDLC then you need to register
+ the HDLC device.
</para>
<para>
Before you register your network device you will also need to
</para>
</chapter>
- <chapter>
+ <chapter id="Configuring_And_Activating_The_Port">
<title>Configuring And Activating The Port</title>
<para>
The Z85230 driver provides helper functions and tables to load the
</para>
</chapter>
- <chapter>
+ <chapter id="Network_Layer_Functions">
<title>Network Layer Functions</title>
<para>
The Z8530 layer provides functions to queue packets for
buffer in sk_buff format and queues it for transmission. The
caller must provide the entire packet with the exception of the
bitstuffing and CRC. This is normally done by the caller via
- the syncppp interface layer. It returns 0 if the buffer has been
- queued and non zero values for queue full. If the function accepts
- the buffer it becomes property of the Z8530 layer and the caller
- should not free it.
+ the generic HDLC interface layer. It returns 0 if the buffer has been
+ queued and non zero values for queue full. If the function accepts
+ the buffer it becomes property of the Z8530 layer and the caller
+ should not free it.
</para>
<para>
The function <function>z8530_get_stats</function> returns a pointer
</para>
</chapter>
- <chapter>
+ <chapter id="Porting_The_Z8530_Driver">
<title>Porting The Z8530 Driver</title>
<para>
The Z8530 driver is written to be portable. In DMA mode it makes