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1	NOTE: This is an unmaintained driver.  It is not guaranteed to work due to
2	changes made in the tty layer in 2.6.  If you wish to take over maintenance of
3	this driver, contact Michael Warfield <mhw[AT]wittsend.com>[DOT]
4	
5	Changelog:
6	----------
7	11-01-2001:	Original Document
8	
9	10-29-2004:	Minor misspelling & format fix, update status of driver.
10			James Nelson <james4765[AT]gmail[DOT]com>
11	
12	Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver
13	-----------------------------------------------------
14	
15	Release Notes For Linux Kernel 2.2 and higher.
16	These notes are for the drivers which have already been integrated into the
17	kernel and have been tested on Linux kernels 2.0, 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4.
18	
19	Version: 1.2.14
20	Date: 11/01/2001
21	Historical Author: Andrew Manison <amanison[AT]america[DOT]net>
22	Primary Author: Doug McNash
23	Support: support[AT]computone[DOT]com
24	Fixes and Updates: Mike Warfield <mhw[AT]wittsend[DOT]com>
25	
26	This file assumes that you are using the Computone drivers which are
27	integrated into the kernel sources.  For updating the drivers or installing
28	drivers into kernels which do not already have Computone drivers, please
29	refer to the instructions in the README.computone file in the driver patch.
30	
31	
32	1. INTRODUCTION
33	
34	This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus controllers
35	with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers.  It does not support
36	products previous to the Intelliport II.
37	
38	This driver was developed on the v2.0.x Linux tree and has been tested up
39	to v2.4.14; it will probably not work with earlier v1.X kernels,.
40	
41	
42	2. QUICK INSTALLATION
43	
44	Hardware - If you have an ISA card, find a free interrupt and io port. 
45			   List those in use with `cat /proc/interrupts` and 
46			   `cat /proc/ioports`.  Set the card dip switches to a free 
47			   address.  You may need to configure your BIOS to reserve an
48			   irq for an ISA card.  PCI and EISA parameters are set
49			   automagically.  Insert card into computer with the power off 
50			   before or after drivers installation.
51	
52		Note the hardware address from the Computone ISA cards installed into
53			the system.  These are required for editing ip2.c or editing
54			/etc/modprobe.conf, or for specification on the modprobe
55			command line.
56	
57		Note that the /etc/modules.conf should be used for older (pre-2.6)
58			kernels.
59	
60	Software -
61	
62	Module installation:
63	
64	a) Determine free irq/address to use if any (configure BIOS if need be)
65	b) Run "make config" or "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig"
66	   Select (m) module for CONFIG_COMPUTONE under character
67	   devices.  CONFIG_PCI and CONFIG_MODULES also may need to be set.
68	c) Set address on ISA cards then:
69	   edit /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ip2.c if needed 
70		or
71	   edit /etc/modprobe.conf if needed (module).
72		or both to match this setting.
73	d) Run "make modules"
74	e) Run "make modules_install"
75	f) Run "/sbin/depmod -a"
76	g) install driver using `modprobe ip2 <options>` (options listed below)
77	h) run ip2mkdev (either the script below or the binary version)
78	
79	
80	Kernel installation:
81	
82	a) Determine free irq/address to use if any (configure BIOS if need be)
83	b) Run "make config" or "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig"
84	   Select (y) kernel for CONFIG_COMPUTONE under character
85	   devices.  CONFIG_PCI may need to be set if you have PCI bus.
86	c) Set address on ISA cards then:
87		   edit /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ip2.c  
88	           (Optional - may be specified on kernel command line now)
89	d) Run "make zImage" or whatever target you prefer.
90	e) mv /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage to /boot.
91	f) Add new config for this kernel into /etc/lilo.conf, run "lilo"
92		or copy to a floppy disk and boot from that floppy disk.
93	g) Reboot using this kernel
94	h) run ip2mkdev (either the script below or the binary version)
95	
96	Kernel command line options:
97	
98	When compiling the driver into the kernel, io and irq may be
99	compiled into the driver by editing ip2.c and setting the values for
100	io and irq in the appropriate array.  An alternative is to specify
101	a command line parameter to the kernel at boot up.
102	
103	        ip2=io0,irq0,io1,irq1,io2,irq2,io3,irq3
104	
105	Note that this order is very different from the specifications for the
106	modload parameters which have separate IRQ and IO specifiers.
107	
108	The io port also selects PCI (1) and EISA (2) boards.
109	
110	        io=0    No board
111	        io=1    PCI board
112	        io=2    EISA board
113	        else    ISA board io address
114	
115	You only need to specify the boards which are present.
116	
117	        Examples:
118	
119	                2 PCI boards:
120	
121	                        ip2=1,0,1,0
122	
123	                1 ISA board at 0x310 irq 5:
124	
125	                        ip2=0x310,5
126	
127	This can be added to and "append" option in lilo.conf similar to this:
128	
129	        append="ip2=1,0,1,0"
130	
131	
132	3. INSTALLATION
133	
134	Previously, the driver sources were packaged with a set of patch files
135	to update the character drivers' makefile and configuration file, and other 
136	kernel source files. A build script (ip2build) was included which applies 
137	the patches if needed, and build any utilities needed.
138	What you receive may be a single patch file in conventional kernel
139	patch format build script. That form can also be applied by
140	running patch -p1 < ThePatchFile.  Otherwise run ip2build.
141	 
142	The driver can be installed as a module (recommended) or built into the 
143	kernel. This is selected as for other drivers through the `make config`
144	command from the root of the Linux source tree. If the driver is built 
145	into the kernel you will need to edit the file ip2.c to match the boards 
146	you are installing. See that file for instructions. If the driver is 
147	installed as a module the configuration can also be specified on the
148	modprobe command line as follows:
149	
150		modprobe ip2 irq=irq1,irq2,irq3,irq4 io=addr1,addr2,addr3,addr4
151	
152	where irqnum is one of the valid Intelliport II interrupts (3,4,5,7,10,11,
153	12,15) and addr1-4 are the base addresses for up to four controllers. If 
154	the irqs are not specified the driver uses the default in ip2.c (which 
155	selects polled mode). If no base addresses are specified the defaults in 
156	ip2.c are used. If you are autoloading the driver module with kerneld or
157	kmod the base addresses and interrupt number must also be set in ip2.c
158	and recompile or just insert and options line in /etc/modprobe.conf or both.
159	The options line is equivalent to the command line and takes precedence over
160	what is in ip2.c. 
161	
162	/etc/modprobe.conf sample:
163		options ip2 io=1,0x328 irq=1,10
164		alias char-major-71 ip2
165		alias char-major-72 ip2
166		alias char-major-73 ip2
167	
168	The equivalent in ip2.c:
169	
170	static int io[IP2_MAX_BOARDS]= { 1, 0x328, 0, 0 };
171	static int irq[IP2_MAX_BOARDS] = { 1, 10, -1, -1 }; 
172	
173	The equivalent for the kernel command line (in lilo.conf):
174	
175	        append="ip2=1,1,0x328,10"
176	
177	
178	Note:	Both io and irq should be updated to reflect YOUR system.  An "io"
179		address of 1 or 2 indicates a PCI or EISA card in the board table.
180		The PCI or EISA irq will be assigned automatically.
181	
182	Specifying an invalid or in-use irq will default the driver into
183	running in polled mode for that card.  If all irq entries are 0 then
184	all cards will operate in polled mode.
185	
186	If you select the driver as part of the kernel run :
187	
188		make zlilo (or whatever you do to create a bootable kernel)
189	
190	If you selected a module run :
191	
192		make modules && make modules_install
193	
194	The utility ip2mkdev (see 5 and 7 below) creates all the device nodes
195	required by the driver.  For a device to be created it must be configured
196	in the driver and the board must be installed. Only devices corresponding
197	to real IntelliPort II ports are created. With multiple boards and expansion
198	boxes this will leave gaps in the sequence of device names. ip2mkdev uses
199	Linux tty naming conventions: ttyF0 - ttyF255 for normal devices, and
200	cuf0 - cuf255 for callout devices.
201	
202	
203	4. USING THE DRIVERS
204	
205	As noted above, the driver implements the ports in accordance with Linux
206	conventions, and the devices should be interchangeable with the standard
207	serial devices. (This is a key point for problem reporting: please make
208	sure that what you are trying do works on the ttySx/cuax ports first; then 
209	tell us what went wrong with the ip2 ports!)
210	
211	Higher speeds can be obtained using the setserial utility which remaps 
212	38,400 bps (extb) to 57,600 bps, 115,200 bps, or a custom speed. 
213	Intelliport II installations using the PowerPort expansion module can
214	use the custom speed setting to select the highest speeds: 153,600 bps,
215	230,400 bps, 307,200 bps, 460,800bps and 921,600 bps. The base for
216	custom baud rate configuration is fixed at 921,600 for cards/expansion
217	modules with ST654's and 115200 for those with Cirrus CD1400's.  This
218	corresponds to the maximum bit rates those chips are capable.  
219	For example if the baud base is 921600 and the baud divisor is 18 then
220	the custom rate is 921600/18 = 51200 bps.  See the setserial man page for
221	complete details. Of course if stty accepts the higher rates now you can
222	use that as well as the standard ioctls().
223	
224	
225	5. ip2mkdev and assorted utilities...
226	
227	Several utilities, including the source for a binary ip2mkdev utility are
228	available under .../drivers/char/ip2.  These can be build by changing to
229	that directory and typing "make" after the kernel has be built.  If you do
230	not wish to compile the binary utilities, the shell script below can be
231	cut out and run as "ip2mkdev" to create the necessary device files.  To
232	use the ip2mkdev script, you must have procfs enabled and the proc file
233	system mounted on /proc.
234	
235	
236	6. NOTES
237	
238	This is a release version of the driver, but it is impossible to test it
239	in all configurations of Linux. If there is any anomalous behaviour that 
240	does not match the standard serial port's behaviour please let us know.
241	
242	
243	7. ip2mkdev shell script
244	
245	Previously, this script was simply attached here.  It is now attached as a
246	shar archive to make it easier to extract the script from the documentation.
247	To create the ip2mkdev shell script change to a convenient directory (/tmp
248	works just fine) and run the following command:
249	
250		unshar Documentation/computone.txt
251			(This file)
252	
253	You should now have a file ip2mkdev in your current working directory with
254	permissions set to execute.  Running that script with then create the
255	necessary devices for the Computone boards, interfaces, and ports which
256	are present on you system at the time it is run.
257	
258	
259	#!/bin/sh
260	# This is a shell archive (produced by GNU sharutils 4.2.1).
261	# To extract the files from this archive, save it to some FILE, remove
262	# everything before the `!/bin/sh' line above, then type `sh FILE'.
263	#
264	# Made on 2001-10-29 10:32 EST by <mhw[AT]alcove.wittsend.com>[DOT]
265	# Source directory was `/home2/src/tmp'.
266	#
267	# Existing files will *not* be overwritten unless `-c' is specified.
268	#
269	# This shar contains:
270	# length mode       name
271	# ------ ---------- ------------------------------------------
272	#   4251 -rwxr-xr-x ip2mkdev
273	#
274	save_IFS="${IFS}"
275	IFS="${IFS}:"
276	gettext_dir=FAILED
277	locale_dir=FAILED
278	first_param="$1"
279	for dir in $PATH
280	do
281	  if test "$gettext_dir" = FAILED && test -f $dir/gettext \
282	     && ($dir/gettext --version >/dev/null 2>&1)
283	  then
284	    set `$dir/gettext --version 2>&1`
285	    if test "$3" = GNU
286	    then
287	      gettext_dir=$dir
288	    fi
289	  fi
290	  if test "$locale_dir" = FAILED && test -f $dir/shar \
291	     && ($dir/shar --print-text-domain-dir >/dev/null 2>&1)
292	  then
293	    locale_dir=`$dir/shar --print-text-domain-dir`
294	  fi
295	done
296	IFS="$save_IFS"
297	if test "$locale_dir" = FAILED || test "$gettext_dir" = FAILED
298	then
299	  echo=echo
300	else
301	  TEXTDOMAINDIR=$locale_dir
302	  export TEXTDOMAINDIR
303	  TEXTDOMAIN=sharutils
304	  export TEXTDOMAIN
305	  echo="$gettext_dir/gettext -s"
306	fi
307	if touch -am -t 200112312359.59 $$.touch >/dev/null 2>&1 && test ! -f 200112312359.59 -a -f $$.touch; then
308	  shar_touch='touch -am -t $1$2$3$4$5$6.$7 "$8"'
309	elif touch -am 123123592001.59 $$.touch >/dev/null 2>&1 && test ! -f 123123592001.59 -a ! -f 123123592001.5 -a -f $$.touch; then
310	  shar_touch='touch -am $3$4$5$6$1$2.$7 "$8"'
311	elif touch -am 1231235901 $$.touch >/dev/null 2>&1 && test ! -f 1231235901 -a -f $$.touch; then
312	  shar_touch='touch -am $3$4$5$6$2 "$8"'
313	else
314	  shar_touch=:
315	  echo
316	  $echo 'WARNING: not restoring timestamps.  Consider getting and'
317	  $echo "installing GNU \`touch', distributed in GNU File Utilities..."
318	  echo
319	fi
320	rm -f 200112312359.59 123123592001.59 123123592001.5 1231235901 $$.touch
321	#
322	if mkdir _sh17581; then
323	  $echo 'x -' 'creating lock directory'
324	else
325	  $echo 'failed to create lock directory'
326	  exit 1
327	fi
328	# ============= ip2mkdev ==============
329	if test -f 'ip2mkdev' && test "$first_param" != -c; then
330	  $echo 'x -' SKIPPING 'ip2mkdev' '(file already exists)'
331	else
332	  $echo 'x -' extracting 'ip2mkdev' '(text)'
333	  sed 's/^X//' << 'SHAR_EOF' > 'ip2mkdev' &&
334	#!/bin/sh -
335	#
336	#	ip2mkdev
337	#
338	#	Make or remove devices as needed for Computone Intelliport drivers
339	#
340	#	First rule!  If the dev file exists and you need it, don't mess
341	#	with it.  That prevents us from screwing up open ttys, ownership
342	#	and permissions on a running system!
343	#
344	#	This script will NOT remove devices that no longer exist if their
345	#	board or interface box has been removed.  If you want to get rid
346	#	of them, you can manually do an "rm -f /dev/ttyF* /dev/cuaf*"
347	#	before running this script.  Running this script will then recreate
348	#	all the valid devices.
349	#
350	#	Michael H. Warfield
351	#	/\/\|=mhw=|\/\/
352	#	mhw[AT]wittsend[DOT]com
353	#
354	#	Updated 10/29/2000 for version 1.2.13 naming convention
355	#		under devfs.	/\/\|=mhw=|\/\/
356	#
357	#	Updated 03/09/2000 for devfs support in ip2 drivers. /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/
358	#
359	X
360	if test -d /dev/ip2 ; then
361	#	This is devfs mode...  We don't do anything except create symlinks
362	#	from the real devices to the old names!
363	X	cd /dev
364	X	echo "Creating symbolic links to devfs devices"
365	X	for i in `ls ip2` ; do
366	X		if test ! -L ip2$i ; then
367	X			# Remove it incase it wasn't a symlink (old device)
368	X			rm -f ip2$i
369	X			ln -s ip2/$i ip2$i
370	X		fi
371	X	done
372	X	for i in `( cd tts ; ls F* )` ; do
373	X		if test ! -L tty$i ; then
374	X			# Remove it incase it wasn't a symlink (old device)
375	X			rm -f tty$i
376	X			ln -s tts/$i tty$i
377	X		fi
378	X	done
379	X	for i in `( cd cua ; ls F* )` ; do
380	X		DEVNUMBER=`expr $i : 'F\(.*\)'`
381	X		if test ! -L cuf$DEVNUMBER ; then
382	X			# Remove it incase it wasn't a symlink (old device)
383	X			rm -f cuf$DEVNUMBER
384	X			ln -s cua/$i cuf$DEVNUMBER
385	X		fi
386	X	done
387	X	exit 0
388	fi
389	X
390	if test ! -f /proc/tty/drivers
391	then
392	X	echo "\
393	Unable to check driver status.
394	Make sure proc file system is mounted."
395	X
396	X	exit 255
397	fi
398	X
399	if test ! -f /proc/tty/driver/ip2
400	then
401	X	echo "\
402	Unable to locate ip2 proc file.
403	Attempting to load driver"
404	X
405	X	if /sbin/insmod ip2
406	X	then
407	X		if test ! -f /proc/tty/driver/ip2
408	X		then
409	X			echo "\
410	Unable to locate ip2 proc file after loading driver.
411	Driver initialization failure or driver version error.
412	"
413	X		exit 255
414	X		fi
415	X	else
416	X		echo "Unable to load ip2 driver."
417	X		exit 255
418	X	fi
419	fi
420	X
421	# Ok...  So we got the driver loaded and we can locate the procfs files.
422	# Next we need our major numbers.
423	X
424	TTYMAJOR=`sed -e '/^ip2/!d' -e '/\/dev\/tt/!d' -e 's/.*tt[^ 	]*[ 	]*\([0-9]*\)[ 	]*.*/\1/' < /proc/tty/drivers`
425	CUAMAJOR=`sed -e '/^ip2/!d' -e '/\/dev\/cu/!d' -e 's/.*cu[^ 	]*[ 	]*\([0-9]*\)[ 	]*.*/\1/' < /proc/tty/drivers`
426	BRDMAJOR=`sed -e '/^Driver: /!d' -e 's/.*IMajor=\([0-9]*\)[ 	]*.*/\1/' < /proc/tty/driver/ip2`
427	X
428	echo "\
429	TTYMAJOR = $TTYMAJOR
430	CUAMAJOR = $CUAMAJOR
431	BRDMAJOR = $BRDMAJOR
432	"
433	X
434	# Ok...  Now we should know our major numbers, if appropriate...
435	# Now we need our boards and start the device loops.
436	X
437	grep '^Board [0-9]:' /proc/tty/driver/ip2 | while read token number type alltherest
438	do
439	X	# The test for blank "type" will catch the stats lead-in lines
440	X	# if they exist in the file
441	X	if test "$type" = "vacant" -o "$type" = "Vacant" -o "$type" = ""
442	X	then
443	X		continue
444	X	fi
445	X
446	X	BOARDNO=`expr "$number" : '\([0-9]\):'`
447	X	PORTS=`expr "$alltherest" : '.*ports=\([0-9]*\)' | tr ',' ' '`
448	X	MINORS=`expr "$alltherest" : '.*minors=\([0-9,]*\)' | tr ',' ' '`
449	X
450	X	if test "$BOARDNO" = "" -o "$PORTS" = ""
451	X	then
452	#	This may be a bug.  We should at least get this much information
453	X		echo "Unable to process board line"
454	X		continue
455	X	fi
456	X
457	X	if test "$MINORS" = ""
458	X	then
459	#	Silently skip this one.  This board seems to have no boxes
460	X		continue
461	X	fi
462	X
463	X	echo "board $BOARDNO: $type ports = $PORTS; port numbers = $MINORS"
464	X
465	X	if test "$BRDMAJOR" != ""
466	X	then
467	X		BRDMINOR=`expr $BOARDNO \* 4`
468	X		STSMINOR=`expr $BRDMINOR + 1`
469	X		if test ! -c /dev/ip2ipl$BOARDNO ; then
470	X			mknod /dev/ip2ipl$BOARDNO c $BRDMAJOR $BRDMINOR
471	X		fi
472	X		if test ! -c /dev/ip2stat$BOARDNO ; then
473	X			mknod /dev/ip2stat$BOARDNO c $BRDMAJOR $STSMINOR
474	X		fi
475	X	fi
476	X
477	X	if test "$TTYMAJOR" != ""
478	X	then
479	X		PORTNO=$BOARDBASE
480	X
481	X		for PORTNO in $MINORS
482	X		do
483	X			if test ! -c /dev/ttyF$PORTNO ; then
484	X				# We got the hardware but no device - make it
485	X				mknod /dev/ttyF$PORTNO c $TTYMAJOR $PORTNO
486	X			fi	
487	X		done
488	X	fi
489	X
490	X	if test "$CUAMAJOR" != ""
491	X	then
492	X		PORTNO=$BOARDBASE
493	X
494	X		for PORTNO in $MINORS
495	X		do
496	X			if test ! -c /dev/cuf$PORTNO ; then
497	X				# We got the hardware but no device - make it
498	X				mknod /dev/cuf$PORTNO c $CUAMAJOR $PORTNO
499	X			fi	
500	X		done
501	X	fi
502	done
503	X
504	Xexit 0
505	SHAR_EOF
506	  (set 20 01 10 29 10 32 01 'ip2mkdev'; eval "$shar_touch") &&
507	  chmod 0755 'ip2mkdev' ||
508	  $echo 'restore of' 'ip2mkdev' 'failed'
509	  if ( md5sum --help 2>&1 | grep 'sage: md5sum \[' ) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
510	  && ( md5sum --version 2>&1 | grep -v 'textutils 1.12' ) >/dev/null; then
511	    md5sum -c << SHAR_EOF >/dev/null 2>&1 \
512	    || $echo 'ip2mkdev:' 'MD5 check failed'
513	cb5717134509f38bad9fde6b1f79b4a4  ip2mkdev
514	SHAR_EOF
515	  else
516	    shar_count="`LC_ALL= LC_CTYPE= LANG= wc -c < 'ip2mkdev'`"
517	    test 4251 -eq "$shar_count" ||
518	    $echo 'ip2mkdev:' 'original size' '4251,' 'current size' "$shar_count!"
519	  fi
520	fi
521	rm -fr _sh17581
522	exit 0
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