From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 22:01:38 +0000 (+0200) Subject: docs: networking: convert framerelay.txt to ReST X-Git-Tag: v5.15~3723^2~401^2~15 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5b0d74b54c7f1cb9c65955df78dffe112e1959c1;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-starfive.git docs: networking: convert framerelay.txt to ReST - add SPDX header; - add a document title; - adjust identation, whitespaces and blank lines; - add to networking/index.rst. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/Documentation/networking/framerelay.txt b/Documentation/networking/framerelay.rst similarity index 93% rename from Documentation/networking/framerelay.txt rename to Documentation/networking/framerelay.rst index 1a0b720..6d90439 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/framerelay.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/framerelay.rst @@ -1,4 +1,10 @@ -Frame Relay (FR) support for linux is built into a two tiered system of device +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================ +Frame Relay (FR) +================ + +Frame Relay (FR) support for linux is built into a two tiered system of device drivers. The upper layer implements RFC1490 FR specification, and uses the Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI) as its hardware address. Usually these are assigned by your network supplier, they give you the number/numbers of @@ -7,18 +13,18 @@ the Virtual Connections (VC) assigned to you. Each DLCI is a point-to-point link between your machine and a remote one. As such, a separate device is needed to accommodate the routing. Within the net-tools archives is 'dlcicfg'. This program will communicate with the -base "DLCI" device, and create new net devices named 'dlci00', 'dlci01'... +base "DLCI" device, and create new net devices named 'dlci00', 'dlci01'... The configuration script will ask you how many DLCIs you need, as well as how many DLCIs you want to assign to each Frame Relay Access Device (FRAD). The DLCI uses a number of function calls to communicate with the FRAD, all -of which are stored in the FRAD's private data area. assoc/deassoc, +of which are stored in the FRAD's private data area. assoc/deassoc, activate/deactivate and dlci_config. The DLCI supplies a receive function to the FRAD to accept incoming packets. With this initial offering, only 1 FRAD driver is available. With many thanks -to Sangoma Technologies, David Mandelstam & Gene Kozin, the S502A, S502E & -S508 are supported. This driver is currently set up for only FR, but as +to Sangoma Technologies, David Mandelstam & Gene Kozin, the S502A, S502E & +S508 are supported. This driver is currently set up for only FR, but as Sangoma makes more firmware modules available, it can be updated to provide them as well. @@ -32,8 +38,7 @@ an initial configuration. Additional FRAD device drivers can be added as hardware is available. At this time, the dlcicfg and fradcfg programs have not been incorporated into -the net-tools distribution. They can be found at ftp.invlogic.com, in +the net-tools distribution. They can be found at ftp.invlogic.com, in /pub/linux. Note that with OS/2 FTPD, you end up in /pub by default, so just -use 'cd linux'. v0.10 is for use on pre-2.0.3 and earlier, v0.15 is for +use 'cd linux'. v0.10 is for use on pre-2.0.3 and earlier, v0.15 is for pre-2.0.4 and later. - diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst index b2fb8b9..4e225f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Contents: fib_trie filter fore200e + framerelay .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wan/Kconfig index dbc0e3f7..3e21726 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wan/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wan/Kconfig @@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ config DLCI To use frame relay, you need supporting hardware (called FRAD) and certain programs from the net-tools package as explained in - . + . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called dlci. @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ config SDLA These are multi-protocol cards, but only Frame Relay is supported by the driver at this time. Please read - . + . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called sdla.