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author | Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc> | 2009-10-06 14:18:00 +0200 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-10-07 07:20:51 +0200 |
commit | f1af9f58546e2d98ef078fa30b2ef80a9042131e (patch) | |
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Documentation: expand isdn/INTERFACE.CAPI document
- Note that send_message() may be called in interrupt context.
- Describe the storage of CAPI messages and payload data in SKBs.
- Add more details to the description of the _cmsg structure.
- Describe kernelcapi debugging output.
Impact: documentation
Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/isdn')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/isdn/INTERFACE.CAPI | 83 |
1 files changed, 67 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/INTERFACE.CAPI b/Documentation/isdn/INTERFACE.CAPI index 686e107923ec..5fe8de5cc727 100644 --- a/Documentation/isdn/INTERFACE.CAPI +++ b/Documentation/isdn/INTERFACE.CAPI @@ -60,10 +60,9 @@ open() operation on regular files or character devices. After a successful return from register_appl(), CAPI messages from the application may be passed to the driver for the device via calls to the -send_message() callback function. The CAPI message to send is stored in the -data portion of an skb. Conversely, the driver may call Kernel CAPI's -capi_ctr_handle_message() function to pass a received CAPI message to Kernel -CAPI for forwarding to an application, specifying its ApplID. +send_message() callback function. Conversely, the driver may call Kernel +CAPI's capi_ctr_handle_message() function to pass a received CAPI message to +Kernel CAPI for forwarding to an application, specifying its ApplID. Deregistration requests (CAPI operation CAPI_RELEASE) from applications are forwarded as calls to the release_appl() callback function, passing the same @@ -142,6 +141,7 @@ u16 (*send_message)(struct capi_ctr *ctrlr, struct sk_buff *skb) to accepting or queueing the message. Errors occurring during the actual processing of the message should be signaled with an appropriate reply message. + May be called in process or interrupt context. Calls to this function are not serialized by Kernel CAPI, ie. it must be prepared to be re-entered. @@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ read_proc_t *ctr_read_proc system entry, /proc/capi/controllers/<n>; will be called with a pointer to the device's capi_ctr structure as the last (data) argument -Note: Callback functions are never called in interrupt context. +Note: Callback functions except send_message() are never called in interrupt +context. - to be filled in before calling capi_ctr_ready(): @@ -171,14 +172,40 @@ u8 serial[CAPI_SERIAL_LEN] value to return for CAPI_GET_SERIAL -4.3 The _cmsg Structure +4.3 SKBs + +CAPI messages are passed between Kernel CAPI and the driver via send_message() +and capi_ctr_handle_message(), stored in the data portion of a socket buffer +(skb). Each skb contains a single CAPI message coded according to the CAPI 2.0 +standard. + +For the data transfer messages, DATA_B3_REQ and DATA_B3_IND, the actual +payload data immediately follows the CAPI message itself within the same skb. +The Data and Data64 parameters are not used for processing. The Data64 +parameter may be omitted by setting the length field of the CAPI message to 22 +instead of 30. + + +4.4 The _cmsg Structure (declared in <linux/isdn/capiutil.h>) The _cmsg structure stores the contents of a CAPI 2.0 message in an easily -accessible form. It contains members for all possible CAPI 2.0 parameters, of -which only those appearing in the message type currently being processed are -actually used. Unused members should be set to zero. +accessible form. It contains members for all possible CAPI 2.0 parameters, +including subparameters of the Additional Info and B Protocol structured +parameters, with the following exceptions: + +* second Calling party number (CONNECT_IND) + +* Data64 (DATA_B3_REQ and DATA_B3_IND) + +* Sending complete (subparameter of Additional Info, CONNECT_REQ and INFO_REQ) + +* Global Configuration (subparameter of B Protocol, CONNECT_REQ, CONNECT_RESP + and SELECT_B_PROTOCOL_REQ) + +Only those parameters appearing in the message type currently being processed +are actually used. Unused members should be set to zero. Members are named after the CAPI 2.0 standard names of the parameters they represent. See <linux/isdn/capiutil.h> for the exact spelling. Member data @@ -190,18 +217,19 @@ u16 for CAPI parameters of type 'word' u32 for CAPI parameters of type 'dword' -_cstruct for CAPI parameters of type 'struct' not containing any - variably-sized (struct) subparameters (eg. 'Called Party Number') +_cstruct for CAPI parameters of type 'struct' The member is a pointer to a buffer containing the parameter in CAPI encoding (length + content). It may also be NULL, which will be taken to represent an empty (zero length) parameter. + Subparameters are stored in encoded form within the content part. -_cmstruct for CAPI parameters of type 'struct' containing 'struct' - subparameters ('Additional Info' and 'B Protocol') +_cmstruct alternative representation for CAPI parameters of type 'struct' + (used only for the 'Additional Info' and 'B Protocol' parameters) The representation is a single byte containing one of the values: - CAPI_DEFAULT: the parameter is empty - CAPI_COMPOSE: the values of the subparameters are stored - individually in the corresponding _cmsg structure members + CAPI_DEFAULT: The parameter is empty/absent. + CAPI_COMPOSE: The parameter is present. + Subparameter values are stored individually in the corresponding + _cmsg structure members. Functions capi_cmsg2message() and capi_message2cmsg() are provided to convert messages between their transport encoding described in the CAPI 2.0 standard @@ -297,3 +325,26 @@ char *capi_cmd2str(u8 Command, u8 Subcommand) be NULL if the command/subcommand is not one of those defined in the CAPI 2.0 standard. + +7. Debugging + +The module kernelcapi has a module parameter showcapimsgs controlling some +debugging output produced by the module. It can only be set when the module is +loaded, via a parameter "showcapimsgs=<n>" to the modprobe command, either on +the command line or in the configuration file. + +If the lowest bit of showcapimsgs is set, kernelcapi logs controller and +application up and down events. + +In addition, every registered CAPI controller has an associated traceflag +parameter controlling how CAPI messages sent from and to tha controller are +logged. The traceflag parameter is initialized with the value of the +showcapimsgs parameter when the controller is registered, but can later be +changed via the MANUFACTURER_REQ command KCAPI_CMD_TRACE. + +If the value of traceflag is non-zero, CAPI messages are logged. +DATA_B3 messages are only logged if the value of traceflag is > 2. + +If the lowest bit of traceflag is set, only the command/subcommand and message +length are logged. Otherwise, kernelcapi logs a readable representation of +the entire message. |