Commit 9a9891fb authored by Mauro Carvalho Chehab's avatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab Committed by David S. Miller
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docs: networking: convert cxacru.txt to ReST



- add SPDX header;
- add a document title;
- mark code blocks and literals as such;
- mark lists as such;
- adjust identation, whitespaces and blank lines;
- add to networking/index.rst.

Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 99b0e82d
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

========================
ATM cxacru device driver
========================

Firmware is required for this device: http://accessrunner.sourceforge.net/

While it is capable of managing/maintaining the ADSL connection without the
@@ -19,14 +25,18 @@ several sysfs attribute files for retrieving device statistics:

* adsl_headend
* adsl_headend_environment
	Information about the remote headend.

	- Information about the remote headend.

* adsl_config
	Configuration writing interface.
	Write parameters in hexadecimal format <index>=<value>,

	- Configuration writing interface.
	- Write parameters in hexadecimal format <index>=<value>,
	  separated by whitespace, e.g.:

		"1=0 a=5"
	Up to 7 parameters at a time will be sent and the modem will restart

	- Up to 7 parameters at a time will be sent and the modem will restart
	  the ADSL connection when any value is set. These are logged for future
	  reference.

@@ -34,14 +44,16 @@ several sysfs attribute files for retrieving device statistics:
* downstream_bits_per_frame
* downstream_rate (kbps)
* downstream_snr_margin (dB)
	Downstream stats.

	- Downstream stats.

* upstream_attenuation (dB)
* upstream_bits_per_frame
* upstream_rate (kbps)
* upstream_snr_margin (dB)
* transmitter_power (dBm/Hz)
	Upstream stats.

	- Upstream stats.

* downstream_crc_errors
* downstream_fec_errors
@@ -49,48 +61,56 @@ several sysfs attribute files for retrieving device statistics:
* upstream_crc_errors
* upstream_fec_errors
* upstream_hec_errors
	Error counts.

	- Error counts.

* line_startable
	Indicates that ADSL support on the device

	- Indicates that ADSL support on the device
	  is/can be enabled, see adsl_start.

* line_status
	"initialising"
	"down"
	"attempting to activate"
	"training"
	"channel analysis"
	"exchange"
	"waiting"
	"up"

	 - "initialising"
	 - "down"
	 - "attempting to activate"
	 - "training"
	 - "channel analysis"
	 - "exchange"
	 - "waiting"
	 - "up"

	Changes between "down" and "attempting to activate"
	if there is no signal.

* link_status
	"not connected"
	"connected"
	"lost"

	 - "not connected"
	 - "connected"
	 - "lost"

* mac_address

* modulation
	"" (when not connected)
	"ANSI T1.413"
	"ITU-T G.992.1 (G.DMT)"
	"ITU-T G.992.2 (G.LITE)"

	 - "" (when not connected)
	 - "ANSI T1.413"
	 - "ITU-T G.992.1 (G.DMT)"
	 - "ITU-T G.992.2 (G.LITE)"

* startup_attempts
	Count of total attempts to initialise ADSL.

	- Count of total attempts to initialise ADSL.

To enable/disable ADSL, the following can be written to the adsl_state file:
	"start"
	"stop
	"restart" (stops, waits 1.5s, then starts)
	"poll" (used to resume status polling if it was disabled due to failure)

Changes in adsl/line state are reported via kernel log messages:
	 - "start"
	 - "stop
	 - "restart" (stops, waits 1.5s, then starts)
	 - "poll" (used to resume status polling if it was disabled due to failure)

Changes in adsl/line state are reported via kernel log messages::

	[4942145.150704] ATM dev 0: ADSL state: running
	[4942243.663766] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: down
	[4942249.665075] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: attempting to activate
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@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Contents:
   bonding
   cdc_mbim
   cops
   cxacru

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