Hello,
(Sorry for posting on LKML, but there doesn't seem to be any specific
list for TTY stuff, according to MAINTAINERS).
I have followed with interest the development of the n_gsm line
discipline to multiplex a serial GSM modem. I have a Telit GE865 QUAD
GPRS modem [1], for which the datasheet [2] says that it supports 3GPP
TS 27.010 for multiplexing.
Therefore, I wanted to use the n_gsm line discipline in order to be
able to make data connections and do SMS emission/reception
concurrently.
My GSM modem is on /dev/ttyS2 and works fine :
===================================================================
# picocom -e b -b 115200 /dev/ttyS2
picocom v1.6
port is : /dev/ttyS2
flowcontrol : none
baudrate is : 115200
parity is : none
databits are : 8
[...]
Terminal ready
AT
OK
===================================================================
I am able to send SMS with AT commands and make GPRS data connections
using pppd, so the modem seems to be working fine.
As the n_gsm line discipline doesn't seem to have a documentation, I
started with the following C program to set the n_gsm line discipline
on my modem :
===================================================================
#define N_GSM0710 21 /* GSM 0710 Mux */
int main(void)
{
int fd, ret;
struct termios t;
int ldisc = N_GSM0710;
fd = open("/dev/ttyS2", O_RDWR);
assert(fd >= 0);
tcgetattr(fd, &t);
cfsetispeed(&t, B115200);
cfsetospeed(&t, B115200);
t.c_iflag &= ~(IXON | IXOFF);
t.c_lflag &= ~CRTSCTS;
ret = tcsetattr(fd, TCSANOW, &t);
assert(ret == 0);
ret = ioctl(fd, TIOCSETD, & ldisc);
if (ret) {
printf("Error occured: %s\n", strerror(errno));
return -1;
}
while(1)
sleep(10);
return 0;
}
===================================================================
I start this program, with the n_gsm module loaded. Then I create a
device node for gsmtty1 :
mknod /dev/gsmtty1 c 252 1
where 252 is the major of n_gsm :
# cat /proc/devices | grep gsmtty
252 gsmtty
(from the code, I understood that gsmtty0 is the control channel, that
the multiplexer uses to communicate with the modem, so that gsmtty1 is
the first available channel).
Then I start picocom on /dev/gsmtty1, and I expect to be able to send
normal AT commands to the modem. Unfortunately, picocom doesn't
recognize it as a valid tty :
===================================================================
# picocom -e b -b 115200 /dev/gsmtty1
picocom v1.6
port is : /dev/gsmtty1
flowcontrol : none
baudrate is : 115200
parity is : none
databits are : 8
[...]
FATAL: term closed
term_exitfunc: reset failed for dev UNKNOWN: Input/output error
===================================================================
strace shows which ioctl() is failing:
===================================================================
open("/dev/gsmtty1", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 3
ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 -opost -isig -icanon -echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 -opost -isig -icanon -echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_CONTINUE or TCSETSF, {B115200 -opost -isig -icanon -echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_CONTINUE or TCSETSF, {B38400 -opost -isig -icanon -echo ...}) = 0
[...]
ioctl(3, TCFLSH, 0x2) = -1 EIO (Input/output error)
ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, 0xbec9773c) = -1 EIO (Input/output error)
write(2, "term_exitfunc: reset failed for "..., 64term_exitfunc: reset failed for dev UNKNOWN: Input/output error
) = 64
===================================================================
So, maybe I misconfigured n_gsm, or I didn't understand how to use it.
Would it be possible to have a few details on how it is supposed to be
used ? I haven't been able to find any userspace code that currently
makes use of n_gsm. Is it available somewhere ?
If I can get it to work, I am willing to contribute a
Documentation/n_gsm.txt document.
Finally, I'm using current git, i.e I have all the latest n_gsm changes
that are upstream. I'm at b65a0e0c84cf489bfa00d6aa6c48abc5a237100f.
Thanks a lot,
Thomas Petazzoni
[1] http://www.telit.com/en/products/gsm-gprs.php?p_ac=show&p=47
[2] http://www.telit.com/module/infopool/download.php?id=1484
--
Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com
> So, maybe I misconfigured n_gsm, or I didn't understand how to use it.
> Would it be possible to have a few details on how it is supposed to be
> used ? I haven't been able to find any userspace code that currently
> makes use of n_gsm. Is it available somewhere ?
Check dmesg but if your modem doesn't start up in multiplex mode you
will need to issue an AT+CMUX command first. So the usual sequence is
write AT+CMUXblah [see GSM spec/modem command info]
TIOCSETD
GSMIOC_GETCONF
[modify anything needed]
GSMIOC_SETCONF
The defaults uses are the T1/T2/N2 from the spec, we are not the
initiator, and using encoding 1 (ie HDLC/LAP like), 64byte MRU/MTU.
So at the very least you'll want to set initiator to 1 so that we start
issuing SABM messages at the modem to enter mux mode.
> If I can get it to work, I am willing to contribute a
> Documentation/n_gsm.txt document.
That would be good.
Alan