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diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset b/Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset index 702c04649915..ef3343eaa002 100644 --- a/Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset +++ b/Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset @@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver 1.2. Software -------- - The driver works with ISDN4linux and so can be used with any software - which is able to use ISDN4linux for ISDN connections (voice or data). - Experimental Kernel CAPI support is available as a compilation option. + The driver works with the Kernel CAPI subsystem as well as the old + ISDN4Linux subsystem, so it can be used with any software which is able + to use CAPI 2.0 or ISDN4Linux for ISDN connections (voice or data). There are some user space tools available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x/ @@ -152,61 +152,42 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver - GIGVER_FWBASE: retrieve the firmware version of the base Upon return, version[] is filled with the requested version information. -2.3. ISDN4linux - ---------- - This is the "normal" mode of operation. After loading the module you can - set up the ISDN system just as you'd do with any ISDN card supported by - the ISDN4Linux subsystem. Most distributions provide some configuration - utility. If not, you can use some HOWTOs like - http://www.linuxhaven.de/dlhp/HOWTO/DE-ISDN-HOWTO-5.html - If this doesn't work, because you have some device like SX100 where - debug output (see section 3.2.) shows something like this when dialing - CMD Received: ERROR - Available Params: 0 - Connection State: 0, Response: -1 - gigaset_process_response: resp_code -1 in ConState 0 ! - Timeout occurred - you probably need to use unimodem mode. (see section 2.5.) - -2.4. CAPI +2.3. CAPI ---- If the driver is compiled with CAPI support (kernel configuration option - GIGASET_CAPI, experimental) it can also be used with CAPI 2.0 kernel and - user space applications. For user space access, the module capi.ko must - be loaded. The capiinit command (included in the capi4k-utils package) - does this for you. - - The CAPI variant of the driver supports legacy ISDN4Linux applications - via the capidrv compatibility driver. The kernel module capidrv.ko must - be loaded explicitly with the command + GIGASET_CAPI) the devices will show up as CAPI controllers as soon as the + corresponding driver module is loaded, and can then be used with CAPI 2.0 + kernel and user space applications. For user space access, the module + capi.ko must be loaded. + + Legacy ISDN4Linux applications are supported via the capidrv + compatibility driver. The kernel module capidrv.ko must be loaded + explicitly with the command modprobe capidrv if needed, and cannot be unloaded again without unloading the driver first. (These are limitations of capidrv.) - The note about unimodem mode in the preceding section applies here, too. - -2.5. Unimodem mode - ------------- - This is needed for some devices [e.g. SX100] as they have problems with - the "normal" commands. + Most distributions handle loading and unloading of the various CAPI + modules automatically via the command capiinit(1) from the capi4k-utils + package or a similar mechanism. Note that capiinit(1) cannot unload the + Gigaset drivers because it doesn't support more than one module per + driver. - If you have installed the command line tool gigacontr, you can enter - unimodem mode using - gigacontr --mode unimodem - You can switch back using - gigacontr --mode isdn +2.4. ISDN4Linux + ---------- + If the driver is compiled without CAPI support (native ISDN4Linux + variant), it registers the device with the legacy ISDN4Linux subsystem + after loading the module. It can then be used with ISDN4Linux + applications only. Most distributions provide some configuration utility + for setting up that subsystem. Otherwise you can use some HOWTOs like + http://www.linuxhaven.de/dlhp/HOWTO/DE-ISDN-HOWTO-5.html - You can also put the driver directly into Unimodem mode when it's loaded, - by passing the module parameter startmode=0 to the hardware specific - module, e.g. - modprobe usb_gigaset startmode=0 - or by adding a line like - options usb_gigaset startmode=0 - to an appropriate module configuration file, like /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset - or /etc/modprobe.conf.local. +2.5. Unimodem mode + ------------- In this mode the device works like a modem connected to a serial port (the /dev/ttyGU0, ... mentioned above) which understands the commands + ATZ init, reset => OK or ERROR ATD @@ -234,6 +215,31 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver to an appropriate module configuration file, like /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset or /etc/modprobe.conf.local. + Unimodem mode is needed for making some devices [e.g. SX100] work which + do not support the regular Gigaset command set. If debug output (see + section 3.2.) shows something like this when dialing: + CMD Received: ERROR + Available Params: 0 + Connection State: 0, Response: -1 + gigaset_process_response: resp_code -1 in ConState 0 ! + Timeout occurred + then switching to unimodem mode may help. + + If you have installed the command line tool gigacontr, you can enter + unimodem mode using + gigacontr --mode unimodem + You can switch back using + gigacontr --mode isdn + + You can also put the driver directly into Unimodem mode when it's loaded, + by passing the module parameter startmode=0 to the hardware specific + module, e.g. + modprobe usb_gigaset startmode=0 + or by adding a line like + options usb_gigaset startmode=0 + to an appropriate module configuration file, like /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset + or /etc/modprobe.conf.local. + 2.6. Call-ID (CID) mode ------------------ Call-IDs are numbers used to tag commands to, and responses from, the |
