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+Welcome to Beta Release 2 of the combination ISDN driver for SpellCaster's
+ISA ISDN adapters. Please note this release 2 includes support for the
+DataCommute/BRI and TeleCommute/BRI adapters only and any other use is
+guaranteed to fail. If you have a DataCommute/PRI installed in the test
+computer, we recommend removing it as it will be detected but will not
+be usable. To see what we have done to Beta Release 2, see section 3.
+
+Speaking of guarantees, THIS IS BETA SOFTWARE and as such contains
+bugs and defects either known or unknown. Use this software at your own
+risk. There is NO SUPPORT for this software. Some help may be available
+through the web site or the mailing list but such support is totally at
+our own option and without warranty. If you choose to assume all and
+total risk by using this driver, we encourage you to join the beta
+mailing list.
+
+To join the Linux beta mailing list, send a message to:
+majordomo@spellcast.com with the words "subscribe linux-beta" as the only
+contents of the message. Do not include a signature. If you choose to
+remove yourself from this list at a later date, send another message to
+the same address with the words "unsubscribe linux-beta" as its only
+contents.
+
+TABLE OF CONTENTS
+-----------------
+ 1. Introduction
+ 1.1 What is ISDN4Linux?
+ 1.2 What is different between this driver and previous drivers?
+ 1.3 How do I setup my system with the correct software to use
+ this driver release?
+
+ 2. Basic Operations
+ 2.1 Unpacking and installing the driver
+ 2.2 Read the man pages!!!
+ 2.3 Installing the driver
+ 2.4 Removing the driver
+ 2.5 What to do if it doesn't load
+ 2.6 How to setup ISDN4Linux with the driver
+
+ 3. Beta Change Summaries and Miscellaneous Notes
+
+1. Introduction
+---------------
+
+The revision 2 Linux driver for SpellCaster ISA ISDN adapters is built
+upon ISDN4Linux available separately or as included in Linux 2.0 and later.
+The driver will support a maximum of 4 adapters in any one system of any
+type including DataCommute/BRI, DataCommute/PRI and TeleCommute/BRI for a
+maximum of 92 channels for host. The driver is supplied as a module in
+source form and needs to be complied before it can be used. It has been
+tested on Linux 2.0.20.
+
+1.1 What Is ISDN4Linux
+
+ISDN4Linux is a driver and set of tools used to access and use ISDN devices
+on a Linux platform in a common and standard way. It supports HDLC and PPP
+protocols and offers channel bundling and MLPPP support. To use ISDN4Linux
+you need to configure your kernel for ISDN support and get the ISDN4Linux
+tool kit from our web site.
+
+ISDN4Linux creates a channel pool from all of the available ISDN channels
+and therefore can function across adapters. When an ISDN4Linux compliant
+driver (such as ours) is loaded, all of the channels go into a pool and
+are used on a first-come first-served basis. In addition, individual
+channels can be specifically bound to particular interfaces.
+
+1.2 What is different between this driver and previous drivers?
+
+The revision 2 driver besides adopting the ISDN4Linux architecture has many
+subtle and not so subtle functional differences from previous releases. These
+include:
+ - More efficient shared memory management combined with a simpler
+ configuration. All adapters now use only 16Kbytes of shared RAM
+ versus between 16K and 64K. New methods for using the shared RAM
+ allow us to utilize all of the available RAM on the adapter through
+ only one 16K page.
+ - Better detection of available upper memory. The probing routines
+ have been improved to better detect available shared RAM pages and
+ used pages are now locked.
+ - Decreased loading time and a wider range of I/O ports probed.
+ We have significantly reduced the amount of time it takes to load
+ the driver and at the same time doubled the number of I/O ports
+ probed increasing the likelihood of finding an adapter.
+ - We now support all ISA adapter models with a single driver instead
+ of separate drivers for each model. The revision 2 driver supports
+ the DataCommute/BRI, DataCommute/PRI and TeleCommute/BRI in any
+ combination up to a maximum of four adapters per system.
+ - On board PPP protocol support has been removed in favour of the
+ sync-PPP support used in ISDN4Linux. This means more control of
+ the protocol parameters, faster negotiation time and a more
+ familiar interface.
+
+1.3 How do I setup my system with the correct software to use
+ this driver release?
+
+Before you can compile, install and use the SpellCaster ISA ISDN driver, you
+must ensure that the following software is installed, configured and running:
+
+ - Linux kernel 2.0.20 or later with the required init and ps
+ versions. Please see your distribution vendor for the correct
+ utility packages. The latest kernel is available from
+ ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/v2.0/
+
+ - The latest modules package (modules-2.0.0.tar.gz) from
+ ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/modules-2.0.0.tar.gz
+
+ - The ISDN4Linux tools available from
+ ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/isdn4linux/v2.0/isdn4k-utils-2.0.tar.gz
+ This package may fail to compile for you so you can alternatively
+ get a pre-compiled version from
+ ftp://ftp.spellcast.com/pub/drivers/isdn4linux/isdn4k-bin-2.0.tar.gz
+
+
+2. Basic Operations
+-------------------
+
+2.1 Unpacking and installing the driver
+
+ 1. As root, create a directory in a convenient place. We suggest
+ /usr/src/spellcaster.
+
+ 2. Unpack the archive with :
+ tar xzf sc-n.nn.tar.gz -C /usr/src/spellcaster
+
+ 3. Change directory to /usr/src/spellcaster
+
+ 4. Read the README and RELNOTES files.
+
+ 5. Run 'make' and if all goes well, run 'make install'.
+
+2.2 Read the man pages!!!
+
+Make sure you read the scctrl(8) and sc(4) manual pages before continuing
+any further. Type 'man 8 scctrl' and 'man 4 sc'.
+
+2.3 Installing the driver
+
+To install the driver, type '/sbin/insmod sc' as root. sc(4) details options
+you can specify but you shouldn't need to use any unless this doesn't work.
+
+Make sure the driver loaded and detected all of the adapters by typing
+'dmesg'.
+
+The driver can be configured so that it is loaded upon startup. To do this,
+edit the file "/etc/modules/'uname -f'/'uname -v'" and insert the driver name
+"sc" into this file.
+
+2.4 Removing the driver
+
+To remove the driver, delete any interfaces that may exist (see isdnctrl(8)
+for more on this) and then type '/sbin/rmmod sc'.
+
+2.5 What to do if it doesn't load
+
+If, when you try to install the driver, you get a message mentioning
+'register_isdn' then you do not have the ISDN4Linux system installed. Please
+make sure that ISDN support is configured in the kernel.
+
+If you get a message that says 'initialization of sc failed', then the
+driver failed to detect an adapter or failed to find resources needed such
+as a free IRQ line or shared memory segment. If you are sure there are free
+resources available, use the insmod options detailed in sc(4) to override
+the probing function.
+
+Upon testing, the following problem was noted, the driver would load without
+problems, but the board would not respond beyond that point. When a check was
+done with 'cat /proc/interrupts' the interrupt count for sc was 0. In the event
+of this problem, change the BIOS settings so that the interrupts in question are
+reserved for ISA use only.
+
+
+2.6 How to setup ISDN4Linux with the driver
+
+There are three main configurations which you can use with the driver:
+
+A) Basic HDLC connection
+B) PPP connection
+C) MLPPP connection
+
+It should be mentioned here that you may also use a tty connection if you
+desire. The Documentation directory of the isdn4linux subsystem offers good
+documentation on this feature.
+
+A) 10 steps to the establishment of a basic HDLC connection
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+- please open the isdn-hdlc file in the examples directory and follow along...
+
+ This file is a script used to configure a BRI ISDN TA to establish a
+ basic HDLC connection between its two channels. Two network
+ interfaces are created and two routes added between the channels.
+
+ i) using the isdnctrl utility, add an interface with "addif" and
+ name it "isdn0"
+ ii) add the outgoing and inbound telephone numbers
+ iii) set the Layer 2 protocol to hdlc
+ iv) set the eaz of the interface to be the phone number of that
+ specific channel
+ v) to turn the callback features off, set the callback to "off" and
+ the callback delay (cbdelay) to 0.
+ vi) the hangup timeout can be set to a specified number of seconds
+ vii) the hangup upon incoming call can be set on or off
+ viii) use the ifconfig command to bring up the network interface with
+ a specific IP address and point to point address
+ ix) add a route to the IP address through the isdn0 interface
+ x) a ping should result in the establishment of the connection
+
+
+B) Establishment of a PPP connection
+------------------------------------
+
+- please open the isdn-ppp file in the examples directory and follow along...
+
+ This file is a script used to configure a BRI ISDN TA to establish a
+ PPP connection between the two channels. The file is almost
+ identical to the HDLC connection example except that the packet
+ encapsulation type has to be set.
+
+ use the same procedure as in the HDLC connection from steps i) to
+ iii) then, after the Layer 2 protocol is set, set the encapsulation
+ "encap" to syncppp. With this done, the rest of the steps, iv) to x)
+ can be followed from above.
+
+ Then, the ipppd (ippp daemon) must be setup:
+
+ xi) use the ipppd function found in /sbin/ipppd to set the following:
+ xii) take out (minus) VJ compression and bsd compression
+ xiii) set the mru size to 2000
+ xiv) link the two /dev interfaces to the daemon
+
+NOTE: A "*" in the inbound telephone number specifies that a call can be
+accepted on any number.
+
+C) Establishment of a MLPPP connection
+--------------------------------------
+
+- please open the isdn-mppp file in the examples directory and follow along...
+
+ This file is a script used to configure a BRI ISDN TA to accept a
+ Multi Link PPP connection.
+
+ i) using the isdnctrl utility, add an interface with "addif" and
+ name it "ippp0"
+ ii) add the inbound telephone number
+ iii) set the Layer 2 protocol to hdlc and the Layer 3 protocol to
+ trans (transparent)
+ iv) set the packet encapsulation to syncppp
+ v) set the eaz of the interface to be the phone number of that
+ specific channel
+ vi) to turn the callback features off, set the callback to "off" and
+ the callback delay (cbdelay) to 0.
+ vi) the hangup timeout can be set to a specified number of seconds
+ vii) the hangup upon incoming call can be set on or off
+ viii) add a slave interface and name it "ippp32" for example
+ ix) set the similar parameters for the ippp32 interface
+ x) use the ifconfig command to bring-up the ippp0 interface with a
+ specific IP address and point to point address
+ xi) add a route to the IP address through the ippp0 interface
+ xii) use the ipppd function found in /sbin/ipppd to set the following:
+ xiii) take out (minus) bsd compression
+ xiv) set the mru size to 2000
+ xv) add (+) the multi-link function "+mp"
+ xvi) link the two /dev interfaces to the daemon
+
+NOTE: To use the MLPPP connection to dial OUT to a MLPPP connection, change
+the inbound telephone numbers to the outgoing telephone numbers of the MLPPP
+host.
+
+
+3. Beta Change Summaries and Miscellaneous Notes
+------------------------------------------------
+When using the "scctrl" utility to upload firmware revisions on the board,
+please note that the byte count displayed at the end of the operation may be
+different from the total number of bytes in the "dcbfwn.nn.sr" file. Please
+disregard the displayed byte count.
+
+It was noted that in Beta Release 1, the module would fail to load and result
+in a segmentation fault when 'insmod'ed. This problem was created when one of
+the isdn4linux parameters, (isdn_ctrl, data field) was filled in. In some
+cases, this data field was NULL, and was left unchecked, so when it was
+referenced... segv. The bug has been fixed around line 63-68 of event.c.
+
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