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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100 b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2046948b020d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100 @@ -0,0 +1,246 @@ + +=========================== +Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection Driver for Linux +README.ipw2100 + +March 14, 2005 + +=========================== +Index +--------------------------- +0. Introduction +1. Release 1.1.0 Current Features +2. Command Line Parameters +3. Sysfs Helper Files +4. Radio Kill Switch +5. Dynamic Firmware +6. Power Management +7. Support +8. License + + +=========================== +0. Introduction +------------ ----- ----- ---- --- -- - + +This document provides a brief overview of the features supported by the +IPW2100 driver project. The main project website, where the latest +development version of the driver can be found, is: + + http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net + +There you can find the not only the latest releases, but also information about +potential fixes and patches, as well as links to the development mailing list +for the driver project. + + +=========================== +1. Release 1.1.0 Current Supported Features +--------------------------- +- Managed (BSS) and Ad-Hoc (IBSS) +- WEP (shared key and open) +- Wireless Tools support +- 802.1x (tested with XSupplicant 1.0.1) + +Enabled (but not supported) features: +- Monitor/RFMon mode +- WPA/WPA2 + +The distinction between officially supported and enabled is a reflection +on the amount of validation and interoperability testing that has been +performed on a given feature. + + +=========================== +2. Command Line Parameters +--------------------------- + +If the driver is built as a module, the following optional parameters are used +by entering them on the command line with the modprobe command using this +syntax: + + modprobe ipw2100 [<option>=<VAL1><,VAL2>...] + +For example, to disable the radio on driver loading, enter: + + modprobe ipw2100 disable=1 + +The ipw2100 driver supports the following module parameters: + +Name Value Example: +debug 0x0-0xffffffff debug=1024 +mode 0,1,2 mode=1 /* AdHoc */ +channel int channel=3 /* Only valid in AdHoc or Monitor */ +associate boolean associate=0 /* Do NOT auto associate */ +disable boolean disable=1 /* Do not power the HW */ + + +=========================== +3. Sysfs Helper Files +--------------------------- + +There are several ways to control the behavior of the driver. Many of the +general capabilities are exposed through the Wireless Tools (iwconfig). There +are a few capabilities that are exposed through entries in the Linux Sysfs. + + +----- Driver Level ------ +For the driver level files, look in /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2100/ + + debug_level + + This controls the same global as the 'debug' module parameter. For + information on the various debugging levels available, run the 'dvals' + script found in the driver source directory. + + NOTE: 'debug_level' is only enabled if CONFIG_IPW2100_DEBUG is turn + on. + +----- Device Level ------ +For the device level files look in + + /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2100/{PCI-ID}/ + +For example: + /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2100/0000:02:01.0 + +For the device level files, see /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2100: + + rf_kill + read - + 0 = RF kill not enabled (radio on) + 1 = SW based RF kill active (radio off) + 2 = HW based RF kill active (radio off) + 3 = Both HW and SW RF kill active (radio off) + write - + 0 = If SW based RF kill active, turn the radio back on + 1 = If radio is on, activate SW based RF kill + + NOTE: If you enable the SW based RF kill and then toggle the HW + based RF kill from ON -> OFF -> ON, the radio will NOT come back on + + +=========================== +4. Radio Kill Switch +--------------------------- +Most laptops provide the ability for the user to physically disable the radio. +Some vendors have implemented this as a physical switch that requires no +software to turn the radio off and on. On other laptops, however, the switch +is controlled through a button being pressed and a software driver then making +calls to turn the radio off and on. This is referred to as a "software based +RF kill switch" + +See the Sysfs helper file 'rf_kill' for determining the state of the RF switch +on your system. + + +=========================== +5. Dynamic Firmware +--------------------------- +As the firmware is licensed under a restricted use license, it can not be +included within the kernel sources. To enable the IPW2100 you will need a +firmware image to load into the wireless NIC's processors. + +You can obtain these images from <http://ipw2100.sf.net/firmware.php>. + +See INSTALL for instructions on installing the firmware. + + +=========================== +6. Power Management +--------------------------- +The IPW2100 supports the configuration of the Power Save Protocol +through a private wireless extension interface. The IPW2100 supports +the following different modes: + + off No power management. Radio is always on. + on Automatic power management + 1-5 Different levels of power management. The higher the + number the greater the power savings, but with an impact to + packet latencies. + +Power management works by powering down the radio after a certain +interval of time has passed where no packets are passed through the +radio. Once powered down, the radio remains in that state for a given +period of time. For higher power savings, the interval between last +packet processed to sleep is shorter and the sleep period is longer. + +When the radio is asleep, the access point sending data to the station +must buffer packets at the AP until the station wakes up and requests +any buffered packets. If you have an AP that does not correctly support +the PSP protocol you may experience packet loss or very poor performance +while power management is enabled. If this is the case, you will need +to try and find a firmware update for your AP, or disable power +management (via `iwconfig eth1 power off`) + +To configure the power level on the IPW2100 you use a combination of +iwconfig and iwpriv. iwconfig is used to turn power management on, off, +and set it to auto. + + iwconfig eth1 power off Disables radio power down + iwconfig eth1 power on Enables radio power management to + last set level (defaults to AUTO) + iwpriv eth1 set_power 0 Sets power level to AUTO and enables + power management if not previously + enabled. + iwpriv eth1 set_power 1-5 Set the power level as specified, + enabling power management if not + previously enabled. + +You can view the current power level setting via: + + iwpriv eth1 get_power + +It will return the current period or timeout that is configured as a string +in the form of xxxx/yyyy (z) where xxxx is the timeout interval (amount of +time after packet processing), yyyy is the period to sleep (amount of time to +wait before powering the radio and querying the access point for buffered +packets), and z is the 'power level'. If power management is turned off the +xxxx/yyyy will be replaced with 'off' -- the level reported will be the active +level if `iwconfig eth1 power on` is invoked. + + +=========================== +7. Support +--------------------------- + +For general development information and support, +go to: + + http://ipw2100.sf.net/ + +The ipw2100 1.1.0 driver and firmware can be downloaded from: + + http://support.intel.com + +For installation support on the ipw2100 1.1.0 driver on Linux kernels +2.6.8 or greater, email support is available from: + + http://supportmail.intel.com + +=========================== +8. License +--------------------------- + + Copyright(c) 2003 - 2005 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2) as + published by the Free Software Foundation. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT + ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or + FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for + more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with + this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 + Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + + The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in the + file called LICENSE. + + License Contact Information: + James P. Ketrenos <ipw2100-admin@linux.intel.com> + Intel Corporation, 5200 N.E. Elam Young Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97124-6497 + diff --git a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6916080c5f03 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 @@ -0,0 +1,300 @@ + +Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux in support of: + +Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection +Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection + +Note: The Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux and Intel(R) +PRO/Wireless 2200BG Driver for Linux is a unified driver that works on +both hardware adapters listed above. In this document the Intel(R) +PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux will be used to reference the +unified driver. + +Copyright (C) 2004-2005, Intel Corporation + +README.ipw2200 + +Version: 1.0.0 +Date : January 31, 2005 + + +Index +----------------------------------------------- +1. Introduction +1.1. Overview of features +1.2. Module parameters +1.3. Wireless Extension Private Methods +1.4. Sysfs Helper Files +2. About the Version Numbers +3. Support +4. License + + +1. Introduction +----------------------------------------------- +The following sections attempt to provide a brief introduction to using +the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux. + +This document is not meant to be a comprehensive manual on +understanding or using wireless technologies, but should be sufficient +to get you moving without wires on Linux. + +For information on building and installing the driver, see the INSTALL +file. + + +1.1. Overview of Features +----------------------------------------------- +The current release (1.0.0) supports the following features: + ++ BSS mode (Infrastructure, Managed) ++ IBSS mode (Ad-Hoc) ++ WEP (OPEN and SHARED KEY mode) ++ 802.1x EAP via wpa_supplicant and xsupplicant ++ Wireless Extension support ++ Full B and G rate support (2200 and 2915) ++ Full A rate support (2915 only) ++ Transmit power control ++ S state support (ACPI suspend/resume) ++ long/short preamble support + + + +1.2. Command Line Parameters +----------------------------------------------- + +Like many modules used in the Linux kernel, the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless +2915ABG Driver for Linux allows certain configuration options to be +provided as module parameters. The most common way to specify a module +parameter is via the command line. + +The general form is: + +% modprobe ipw2200 parameter=value + +Where the supported parameter are: + + associate + Set to 0 to disable the auto scan-and-associate functionality of the + driver. If disabled, the driver will not attempt to scan + for and associate to a network until it has been configured with + one or more properties for the target network, for example configuring + the network SSID. Default is 1 (auto-associate) + + Example: % modprobe ipw2200 associate=0 + + auto_create + Set to 0 to disable the auto creation of an Ad-Hoc network + matching the channel and network name parameters provided. + Default is 1. + + channel + channel number for association. The normal method for setting + the channel would be to use the standard wireless tools + (i.e. `iwconfig eth1 channel 10`), but it is useful sometimes + to set this while debugging. Channel 0 means 'ANY' + + debug + If using a debug build, this is used to control the amount of debug + info is logged. See the 'dval' and 'load' script for more info on + how to use this (the dval and load scripts are provided as part + of the ipw2200 development snapshot releases available from the + SourceForge project at http://ipw2200.sf.net) + + mode + Can be used to set the default mode of the adapter. + 0 = Managed, 1 = Ad-Hoc + + +1.3. Wireless Extension Private Methods +----------------------------------------------- + +As an interface designed to handle generic hardware, there are certain +capabilities not exposed through the normal Wireless Tool interface. As +such, a provision is provided for a driver to declare custom, or +private, methods. The Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux +defines several of these to configure various settings. + +The general form of using the private wireless methods is: + + % iwpriv $IFNAME method parameters + +Where $IFNAME is the interface name the device is registered with +(typically eth1, customized via one of the various network interface +name managers, such as ifrename) + +The supported private methods are: + + get_mode + Can be used to report out which IEEE mode the driver is + configured to support. Example: + + % iwpriv eth1 get_mode + eth1 get_mode:802.11bg (6) + + set_mode + Can be used to configure which IEEE mode the driver will + support. + + Usage: + % iwpriv eth1 set_mode {mode} + Where {mode} is a number in the range 1-7: + 1 802.11a (2915 only) + 2 802.11b + 3 802.11ab (2915 only) + 4 802.11g + 5 802.11ag (2915 only) + 6 802.11bg + 7 802.11abg (2915 only) + + get_preamble + Can be used to report configuration of preamble length. + + set_preamble + Can be used to set the configuration of preamble length: + + Usage: + % iwpriv eth1 set_preamble {mode} + Where {mode} is one of: + 1 Long preamble only + 0 Auto (long or short based on connection) + + +1.4. Sysfs Helper Files: +----------------------------------------------- + +The Linux kernel provides a pseudo file system that can be used to +access various components of the operating system. The Intel(R) +PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux exposes several configuration +parameters through this mechanism. + +An entry in the sysfs can support reading and/or writing. You can +typically query the contents of a sysfs entry through the use of cat, +and can set the contents via echo. For example: + +% cat /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/debug_level + +Will report the current debug level of the driver's logging subsystem +(only available if CONFIG_IPW_DEBUG was configured when the driver was +built). + +You can set the debug level via: + +% echo $VALUE > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/debug_level + +Where $VALUE would be a number in the case of this sysfs entry. The +input to sysfs files does not have to be a number. For example, the +firmware loader used by hotplug utilizes sysfs entries for transferring +the firmware image from user space into the driver. + +The Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux exposes sysfs entries +at two levels -- driver level, which apply to all instances of the +driver (in the event that there are more than one device installed) and +device level, which applies only to the single specific instance. + + +1.4.1 Driver Level Sysfs Helper Files +----------------------------------------------- + +For the driver level files, look in /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/ + + debug_level + + This controls the same global as the 'debug' module parameter + + +1.4.2 Device Level Sysfs Helper Files +----------------------------------------------- + +For the device level files, look in + + /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/{PCI-ID}/ + +For example: + /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/0000:02:01.0 + +For the device level files, see /sys/bus/pci/[drivers/ipw2200: + + rf_kill + read - + 0 = RF kill not enabled (radio on) + 1 = SW based RF kill active (radio off) + 2 = HW based RF kill active (radio off) + 3 = Both HW and SW RF kill active (radio off) + write - + 0 = If SW based RF kill active, turn the radio back on + 1 = If radio is on, activate SW based RF kill + + NOTE: If you enable the SW based RF kill and then toggle the HW + based RF kill from ON -> OFF -> ON, the radio will NOT come back on + + ucode + read-only access to the ucode version number + + +2. About the Version Numbers +----------------------------------------------- + +Due to the nature of open source development projects, there are +frequently changes being incorporated that have not gone through +a complete validation process. These changes are incorporated into +development snapshot releases. + +Releases are numbered with a three level scheme: + + major.minor.development + +Any version where the 'development' portion is 0 (for example +1.0.0, 1.1.0, etc.) indicates a stable version that will be made +available for kernel inclusion. + +Any version where the 'development' portion is not a 0 (for +example 1.0.1, 1.1.5, etc.) indicates a development version that is +being made available for testing and cutting edge users. The stability +and functionality of the development releases are not know. We make +efforts to try and keep all snapshots reasonably stable, but due to the +frequency of their release, and the desire to get those releases +available as quickly as possible, unknown anomalies should be expected. + +The major version number will be incremented when significant changes +are made to the driver. Currently, there are no major changes planned. + + +3. Support +----------------------------------------------- + +For installation support of the 1.0.0 version, you can contact +http://supportmail.intel.com, or you can use the open source project +support. + +For general information and support, go to: + + http://ipw2200.sf.net/ + + +4. License +----------------------------------------------- + + Copyright(c) 2003 - 2005 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as + published by the Free Software Foundation. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT + ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or + FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for + more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with + this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 + Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + + The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in the + file called LICENSE. + + Contact Information: + James P. Ketrenos <ipw2100-admin@linux.intel.com> + Intel Corporation, 5200 N.E. Elam Young Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97124-6497 + + |