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    This document discusses the installation of Axxon MAP/950 PCI serial I/O cards under Linux. It notes that cards based on the OX16PCI954 chip are supported out of the box, but cards using the OX16PCI952 chip require corrections to the device ID, register mappings, and baud rate settings in the Linux serial driver to enable full support. It also provides instructions for downloading an updated serial driver and applying the necessary corrections to properly detect and support the MAP/950 cards under Linux.

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    This document discusses the installation of Axxon MAP/950 PCI serial I/O cards under Linux. It notes that cards based on the OX16PCI954 chip are supported out of the box, but cards using the OX16PCI952 chip require corrections to the device ID, register mappings, and baud rate settings in the Linux serial driver to enable full support. It also provides instructions for downloading an updated serial driver and applying the necessary corrections to properly detect and support the MAP/950 cards under Linux.

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    This document discusses the installation of Axxon MAP/950 PCI serial I/O cards under Linux. It notes that cards based on the OX16PCI954 chip are supported out of the box, but cards using the OX16PCI952 chip require corrections to the device ID, register mappings, and baud rate settings in the Linux serial driver to enable full support. It also provides instructions for downloading an updated serial driver and applying the necessary corrections to properly detect and support the MAP/950 cards under Linux.

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    Linux Installation Notes for Axxon MAP/950 PCI I/O Cards

    Revision 1.2

    This document discusses the installation of the Axxon MAP/950 PCI family of products under the Linux operating system.

    Axxon offers are a variety of PCI bus products based on the enhanced Oxford Semiconductor PCI bus components.

    Axxon MAP/950 PCI 2 Port Serial I/O Cards

    The MAP/950 products are available in 2 versions:

    1) PCI 2 Ports based on the OX16PCI954 device. In this model, the OX16PCI954 device is configured using the
    onboard EEPROM device to appear as a 2 Port Serial adapter using:

    Vendor ID: 0x1415


    Device ID: 0x950A

    The MAP/950 products based on the OX16PCI954 chip are supported with the default Linux 2.4 kernel. If required you
    may download the most recent Linux serial driver by selecting the URL found later in this document. Axxon has confirmed
    the installation and auto-detection of the noted products under Linux 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 distributions.

    2) PCI 2 Ports based on the OX16PCI952 device. In this model, the OX16PCI952 device is configured using the
    onboard EEPROM device to appear as a 2 Port Serial adapter using:

    Vendor ID: 0x1415


    Device ID: 0x9521

    During the development of the Linux serial driver a few minor errors were coded into the distributions.

    These errors will prevent the automatic installation and recognition of the Axxon MAP/950 Pro and similar products based
    on the OX16PCI952 device.

    The issues that need correction in the Linux device driver are:

    a) Correct the Device ID for the OX16PCI952 device.


    b) Correct the register mappings for the OX16PCI952 such that the 2nd serial port channel is supported under Linux.
    c) Correct the relationship between the actual UART clock found on the Axxon MAP/950 products and the expected
    clock value in the Linux device driver.

    You may download rev 5.05 serial driver at:

    http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/serial/serial-5.05.tar.gz?download

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    a) Correct the Device ID for the OX16PCI952 device.

    You must change the Linux serial driver from 0x950A to 0x9521 Device ID.

    In file serial_compat.h at line 394, an incorrect PCI device ID is defined.


    Change this line:

    #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_OXSEMI_16PCI952 0x950A

    to this:

    #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_OXSEMI_16PCI952 0x9521

    Also check your kernel file /usr/src/linux/include/linux/pci_ids.h for this


    same define. If it is present, it must also be changed to 0x9521.

    b) Correct the register mappings for the OX16PCI952 such that the 2nd serial port channel is supported under Linux.

    Assuming the rev 5.05 serial driver package on SourceForge, in file serial.c at line 4341, change the 16PCI952 table
    entry from this:

    { PCI_VENDOR_ID_OXSEMI, PCI_DEVICE_ID_OXSEMI_16PCI952,
    PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID,
    SPCI_FL_BASE0 , 2, 115200 },

    To this:

    { PCI_VENDOR_ID_OXSEMI, PCI_DEVICE_ID_OXSEMI_16PCI952,
    PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID,
    SPCI_FL_BASE0 | SPCI_FL_BASE_TABLE , 2, 115200 },

    The SPCI_FL_BASE_TABLE flag means that the second port is addressed by the
    next BAR instead of at a higher address in the first BAR.

    b) The 115200 base baud value is your oscillator rate divided by the default oversample rate, 16. An alternative
    method to establish the correct baud rate relationship is to use the “set base baud” command. Varying with the
    distribution of your Linux operating system, the default serial port driver may be expecting a higher clock value for
    the serial port. If this is the present then the Axxon I/O card will not be able to frame at the proper baud rate. That
    is, 115,200 baud may be skewed to a multiple of due to the expectations of the device driver.

    Eg. setserial /dev/ttyS6 baud_base 115200 ; change the ttySx to suit your installation
    If you wish to confirm the baud rate relationship, please run this test to see what the actual baud rate is:

    dd ibs=512 count=100 < /dev/zero | cat > /dev/ttyS4

    It should take about 53 seconds at 9600 bps.

    The default OX16PCI952 Linux driver code is expecting a clock value of 14.7456 Mhz while the Axxon designs typically
    are pre-set to a value of 1.8432 Mhz. You may either configure the device driver or the clock value to compensate.

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    Axxon MAP/950 PCI 4 and 8 Port Serial I/O Cards

    The MAP/950 products based on the OX16PCI954 / OX16C954 chips are supported with the default Linux 2.4 kernel. If
    required you may download the most recent Linux serial driver by selecting the URL found in this document. The
    MAP/950 PCI 4 and 8 Port Serial I/O Cards are based on the 1.8432 Mhz clock oscillator. Axxon has confirmed the
    installation and auto-detection of the noted products under Linux 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 distributions.

    Axxon RS422/RS485 PCI I/O Cards

    The MAP/950 products featuring RS422 electrical interface are transparently supported under the Linux operating system.
    Provided the necessary changes are made as documented above, the Linux OS will not care if the electrical interface is
    RS232 or RS422. In RS422 configurations, the TRANSMITTER and RECEIVER are always enabled.

    The MAP/950 products featuring RS485 electrical interface require that the proper register in the Oxford UART be
    enabled for hardware auto-gating of the RS485 transmitter. In the Axxon designs, the DTR line is used to auto-gate the
    RS485 transmitter during a byte transmission and disable otherwise. The DTR RS485 feature is supported under the
    Windows 9x, ME, XP, 2000 as DTR Active High Enable.

    For Linux the device driver may required to be configured to support the DTR RS485 toggling mode.

    Please consult the details of the ACR[4:3] register in the Oxford UARTS:

    http://www.softio.com/ox16pci952ds.pdf (page 47)

    ACR[4:3] = 11 for DTR to toggle ACTIVE HIGH

    http://www.softio.com/ox16pci954ds.pdf (page 47)

    ACR[4:3] = 11 for DTR to toggle ACTIVE HIGH

    Acknowledgements:

    Our thanks to Mr. Ed Vance and the numerous Linux gurus for their public contributions to the correction of the Oxford
    UART device driver code for the Linux operating system.

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