Commit 8c6e1720 authored by Mauro Carvalho Chehab's avatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab Committed by David S. Miller

docs: networking: convert ray_cs.txt to ReST

- add SPDX header;
- use copyright symbol;
- add a document title;
- mark code blocks and literals as such;
- mark tables as such;
- adjust identation, whitespaces and blank lines where needed;
- 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 66d495d0
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ppp_generic
proc_net_tcp
radiotap-headers
ray_cs
.. only:: subproject and html
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
.. include:: <isonum.txt>
=========================
Raylink wireless LAN card
=========================
September 21, 1999
Copyright (c) 1998 Corey Thomas (corey@world.std.com)
Copyright |copy| 1998 Corey Thomas (corey@world.std.com)
This file is the documentation for the Raylink Wireless LAN card driver for
Linux. The Raylink wireless LAN card is a PCMCIA card which provides IEEE
......@@ -13,7 +21,7 @@ wireless LAN cards.
As of kernel 2.3.18, the ray_cs driver is part of the Linux kernel
source. My web page for the development of ray_cs is at
http://web.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html
http://web.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html
and I can be emailed at corey@world.std.com
The kernel driver is based on ray_cs-1.62.tgz
......@@ -29,6 +37,7 @@ with nondefault parameters, they can be edited in
will find them all.
Information on card services is available at:
http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/
......@@ -39,72 +48,78 @@ the driver.
Currently, ray_cs is not part of David Hinds card services package,
so the following magic is required.
At the end of the /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file, add the line:
source ./ray_cs.opts
At the end of the /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file, add the line:
source ./ray_cs.opts
This will make card services read the ray_cs.opts file
when starting. Create the file /etc/pcmcia/ray_cs.opts containing the
following:
following::
#### start of /etc/pcmcia/ray_cs.opts ###################
# Configuration options for Raylink Wireless LAN PCMCIA card
device "ray_cs"
class "network" module "misc/ray_cs"
#### start of /etc/pcmcia/ray_cs.opts ###################
# Configuration options for Raylink Wireless LAN PCMCIA card
device "ray_cs"
class "network" module "misc/ray_cs"
card "RayLink PC Card WLAN Adapter"
manfid 0x01a6, 0x0000
bind "ray_cs"
card "RayLink PC Card WLAN Adapter"
manfid 0x01a6, 0x0000
bind "ray_cs"
module "misc/ray_cs" opts ""
#### end of /etc/pcmcia/ray_cs.opts #####################
module "misc/ray_cs" opts ""
#### end of /etc/pcmcia/ray_cs.opts #####################
To join an existing network with
different parameters, contact the network administrator for the
different parameters, contact the network administrator for the
configuration information, and edit /etc/pcmcia/ray_cs.opts.
Add the parameters below between the empty quotes.
Parameters for ray_cs driver which may be specified in ray_cs.opts:
bc integer 0 = normal mode (802.11 timing)
1 = slow down inter frame timing to allow
operation with older breezecom access
points.
beacon_period integer beacon period in Kilo-microseconds
legal values = must be integer multiple
of hop dwell
default = 256
country integer 1 = USA (default)
2 = Europe
3 = Japan
4 = Korea
5 = Spain
6 = France
7 = Israel
8 = Australia
=============== =============== =============================================
bc integer 0 = normal mode (802.11 timing),
1 = slow down inter frame timing to allow
operation with older breezecom access
points.
beacon_period integer beacon period in Kilo-microseconds,
legal values = must be integer multiple
of hop dwell
default = 256
country integer 1 = USA (default),
2 = Europe,
3 = Japan,
4 = Korea,
5 = Spain,
6 = France,
7 = Israel,
8 = Australia
essid string ESS ID - network name to join
string with maximum length of 32 chars
default value = "ADHOC_ESSID"
hop_dwell integer hop dwell time in Kilo-microseconds
hop_dwell integer hop dwell time in Kilo-microseconds
legal values = 16,32,64,128(default),256
irq_mask integer linux standard 16 bit value 1bit/IRQ
lsb is IRQ 0, bit 1 is IRQ 1 etc.
Used to restrict choice of IRQ's to use.
Recommended method for controlling
interrupts is in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts
Recommended method for controlling
interrupts is in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts
net_type integer 0 (default) = adhoc network,
net_type integer 0 (default) = adhoc network,
1 = infrastructure
phy_addr string string containing new MAC address in
hex, must start with x eg
x00008f123456
psm integer 0 = continuously active
psm integer 0 = continuously active,
1 = power save mode (not useful yet)
pc_debug integer (0-5) larger values for more verbose
......@@ -114,14 +129,14 @@ ray_debug integer Replaced with pc_debug
ray_mem_speed integer defaults to 500
sniffer integer 0 = not sniffer (default)
1 = sniffer which can be used to record all
network traffic using tcpdump or similar,
but no normal network use is allowed.
sniffer integer 0 = not sniffer (default),
1 = sniffer which can be used to record all
network traffic using tcpdump or similar,
but no normal network use is allowed.
translate integer 0 = no translation (encapsulate frames)
translate integer 0 = no translation (encapsulate frames),
1 = translation (RFC1042/802.1)
=============== =============== =============================================
More on sniffer mode:
......@@ -136,7 +151,7 @@ package which parses the 802.11 headers.
Known Problems and missing features
Does not work with non x86
Does not work with non x86
Does not work with SMP
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......@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ config PCMCIA_RAYCS
---help---
Say Y here if you intend to attach an Aviator/Raytheon PCMCIA
(PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.
Please read the file <file:Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt> for
Please read the file <file:Documentation/networking/ray_cs.rst> for
details.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
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