Retronetworking

h1. Sangoma Wanpipe DAHDI

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some random notes on bulding DAHDI drivers for Sangoma AFT104 cards on a modern Debian 11 / buster

h2. Sources

* wanpipe 7.0.34 (e.g. via https://git.osmocom.org/wanpipe)

* dahdi-linux (e.g. https://github.com/osmocom/dahdi-linux)

h2. Building

# build + install dahdi-linux

#* usual make + sudo make install

h3. building sangoma wanpipe drivers

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$ cp ~/dahdi-linux/drivers/dahdi/Module.symvers ~/wanpipe/patches/kdrivers/src/net

$ make -j4 dahdi DAHDI_DIR=/home/laforge/dahdi-linux KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS=/home/laforge/dahdi-linux/drivers/dahdi/Module.symvers

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the importance is to pass the correct Module.symvers from the DAHDI build as KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS, as otherwise the wanpipe drivers will fail to load with errors like this:

This somehow fails, the Module.symvers gets overwritten and the module fails with various related errors:

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[ 4874.442680] wanpipe: no symbol version for dahdi_hdlc_putbuf

[ 4874.442702] wanpipe: Unknown symbol dahdi_hdlc_putbuf (err -22)

[ 4874.442754] wanpipe: no symbol version for _dahdi_ec_span

[ 4874.442760] wanpipe: Unknown symbol _dahdi_ec_span (err -22)

..

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h2. Loading of kernel drivers

If you want to manually load the modules

* @modprobe dahdi@ (assumption is that dahdi is already installed to @/lib/modules/@)

* from within@wanpipe/patches/kdrivers/src/net@

** @insmod sdladrv.ko@

** @insmod wanrouter.ko@

** @insmod wanpipe.ko@

** @insmod wanec.ko@

you should then see something like this below (my system has two AFT-104-SH cards installed):

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[ 5890.715722] WANPIPE(tm) Multi-Protocol WAN Driver Module 7.0.34.0 (c) 1994-2016 Sangoma Technologies Inc

[ 5890.715732] wanpipe: Probing for WANPIPE hardware.

[ 5890.716232] wanpipe: AFT-A104-SH PCI T1/E1 card found (HDLC rev.26), cpu(s) 1, line(s) 4, bus #2, slot #0, irq #25

[ 5890.716524] wanpipe: AFT-A104-SH PCI T1/E1 card found (HDLC rev.26), cpu(s) 1, line(s) 4, bus #2, slot #1, irq #27

[ 5890.716665] wanpipe: Allocating maximum 8 devices: wanpipe1 - wanpipe8.

[ 5890.719054] WANPIPE: TDM Codecs Initialized

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equally there should now be a lot of /proc/net/wanrouter/ files

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$ cat /proc/net/wanrouter/hwprobe

-------------------------------

| Wanpipe Hardware Probe Info |

-------------------------------

1 . AFT-A104-SH : SLOT=0 : BUS=2 : IRQ=25 : CPU=A : PORT=1 : HWEC=128 : V=26

2 . AFT-A104-SH : SLOT=0 : BUS=2 : IRQ=25 : CPU=A : PORT=2 : HWEC=128 : V=26

3 . AFT-A104-SH : SLOT=0 : BUS=2 : IRQ=25 : CPU=A : PORT=3 : HWEC=128 : V=26

4 . AFT-A104-SH : SLOT=0 : BUS=2 : IRQ=25 : CPU=A : PORT=4 : HWEC=128 : V=26

5 . AFT-A104-SH : SLOT=1 : BUS=2 : IRQ=27 : CPU=A : PORT=1 : HWEC=128 : V=26

6 . AFT-A104-SH : SLOT=1 : BUS=2 : IRQ=27 : CPU=A : PORT=2 : HWEC=128 : V=26

7 . AFT-A104-SH : SLOT=1 : BUS=2 : IRQ=27 : CPU=A : PORT=3 : HWEC=128 : V=26

8 . AFT-A104-SH : SLOT=1 : BUS=2 : IRQ=27 : CPU=A : PORT=4 : HWEC=128 : V=26

Sangoma Card Count: A104=2 

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h2. Configuration of wanpipe kernel drivers

The sangoma wanpipe tarballs ship a bizarre combination of C++ code that generates shell scripts which call perl code which generates config files (then parsed by C code). It's a nightmare, and I'm not sure why anyone would want to bother with this.   All I want is some kind of clear documentation which ioctl()s (or a C command line tool executing those) are required to bring the device up.

After some reading of the kernel sources, it tunrs out that the ROUTER_IFNEW ioctl is really all that's needed to get a sangoma wanpipe card exposed to dahdi.

There's the @util/wanconfig@ program that can drive this ioctl.  You can specify a plethora of command line arguments or put all of those in a config file.  Those configs are usually located in @/etc/wanpipe/wanpipeX.conf@ where X is for each of your wanpipe cards.

h3. /etc/wanpipe/wanpipeX.conf file

I'm using the following example for @/etc/wanpipe/wanpipe1.conf@:

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[devices]

wanpipe1 = WAN_AFT_TE1, Comment

[interfaces]

w1g1 = wanpipe1, , TDM_VOICE, Comment

[wanpipe1]

CARD_TYPE       = AFT

S514CPU         = A

CommPort        = PRI

AUTO_PCISLOT    = NO

PCISLOT         = 0

PCIBUS          = 2

FE_MEDIA        = E1

FE_LCODE        = HDB3

FE_FRAME        = CRC4

FE_LINE         = 1

TE_CLOCK        = NORMAL

TE_REF_CLOCK    = 0

ACTIVE_CH       = ALL

TE_HIGHIMPEDANCE        = NO

LBO             = NONE

FE_TXTRISTATE   = NO

MTU             = 1500

UDPPORT         = 9000

TTL             = 255

IGNORE_FRONT_END = NO

TDMV_SPAN       = 1

TDMV_DCHAN      = 15

[w1g1]

ACTIVE_CH       = ALL

TDMV_ECHO_OFF   = NO

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Note: You will need to fill the PCISLOT, PCIBUS etc. parameters according to your output pf /proc/net/wanrouter/hwprobe.

h3. Applying the configuration to the kernel

@wanconfig -f /etc/wanpipe/wanpipe1.conf@ will put together the ioctl() to the kernel and should ideally succeed.  If it does, you will get something like this in your dmesg:

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[42799.010236] Processing WAN device wanpipe1...

[42799.010249] wanpipe1: Locating: A101/1D/2/2D/4/4D/8/8D/16/16D card, CPU A, PciBus=2, PciSlot=0

[42799.010266] wanpipe1: Found: A101/1D/2/2D/4/4D/8/8D/16/16D card, CPU A, PciBus=2, PciSlot=0, Port=0

[42799.010379] wanpipe1: AFT PCI memory at 0xFE500000

[42799.010386] wanpipe1: IRQ 25 allocated to the AFT PCI card

[42799.010465] wanpipe1: Starting AFT 2/4/8 Hardware Init.

[42799.010506] wanpipe1: Enabling front end link monitor

[42799.010516] wanpipe1: Global Chip Configuration: used=1 used_type=1

[42799.013910] wanpipe1: AFT Data Mux Bit Map: 0x01234567

[42799.013946] wanpipe1: Defaulting E1 LBO        = 120 OH

[42799.013951] wanpipe1: Defaulting E1 Signalling = CCS

[42799.013957] wanpipe1: Configuring PMC COMET-QUAD E1 FE

[42799.013965] wanpipe1:    Port 1,HDB3,CRC4,120OH

[42799.013972] wanpipe1:    Clk Normal:0, Ch FFFFFFFF

[42799.013977] wanpipe1:    Sig Mode CCS

[42799.182498] wanpipe1: Front end successful

[42799.182506] wanpipe1: Configuring FE Line=1 Clock Source: Line=1 Normal

[42799.182741] wanpipe1: Front End Interface Ready 0x40000000

[42799.182756] wanpipe1: Register EC interface wanec1 (usage 1, max ec chans 128)!

[42799.182774] wanpipe1: Configuring Device   :wanpipe1  FrmVr=26

[42799.182777] wanpipe1:    Global MTU     = 1500

[42799.182780] wanpipe1:    Global MRU     = 1500

[42799.182784] wanpipe1:    Data Mux Map   = 0x01234567

[42799.182786] wanpipe1:    Rx CRC Bytes   = 0

[42799.182789] wanpipe1:    RBS Signalling = Off

[42799.182793] wanpipe1:    Global TDM Int = Enabled

[42799.182796] wanpipe1:    Global TDM Ring= HW Ring

[42799.182799] wanpipe1:    Global SPAN IRQ= RX/TX

[42799.182802] wanpipe1:    TDM HW TONE    = Disabled

[42799.182806] wanpipe1:    Fifo Trigger   = rx:50 tx:50 (events per sec)

[42799.182809] wanpipe1:    TDMV Span      = 1 : Enabled

[42799.182812] wanpipe1:    TDMV Dummy     = Disabled

[42799.182816] wanpipe1:    RTP TAP        = Disabled

[42799.182915] wanpipe1: Initializing TE1 Voice functions

[42799.183149] wanpipe1:    Global Poll IRQ= Disabled

[42799.183157] wanpipe1: Configuring Interface: w1g1

[42799.183173] wanpipe1: w1g1 Running in TDM Voice Zaptel Mode.

[42799.183180] wanpipe1:    Fifo Level Map:0x01041040

[42799.183188] wanpipe1:    MRU           :8 (Chunk/Period=80/10)

[42799.183192] wanpipe1:    MTU           :8 (Chunk/Period=80/10)

[42799.183196] wanpipe1:    HDLC Eng      :Off (Transparent) | N/A

[42799.183203] wanpipe1:    Data Mux Ctrl :On

[42799.183206] wanpipe1:    Active Ch Map :0x00000002

[42799.183210] wanpipe1:    First TSlot   :1

[42799.183257] wanpipe1:    DMA/Len/Idle/ChainR/ChainT/EC :65/1024/8/Off/Off/Off

[42799.183263] wanpipe1:    Memory: Chan=5680

[42799.183504] wanpipe1: Configuring Interface: w1g1 (log supress)

[42799.183519] wanpipe1:    Active Ch Map :0x00000004

[42799.183523] wanpipe1:    First TSlot   :2

[42799.183756] wanpipe1: Configuring Interface: w1g1 (log supress)

[42799.183772] wanpipe1:    Active Ch Map :0x00000008

[42799.183775] wanpipe1:    First TSlot   :3

...

[42799.192799] wanpipe1: Configuring Interface: w1g1 (log supress)

[42799.192858] wanpipe1: Configuring TDMV Master dev w1g1

[42799.192868] wanpipe1:    Active Ch Map :0x80000000

[42799.192872] wanpipe1:    First TSlot   :31

[42799.202242] wanpipe1: Wanpipe device is registered to Zaptel span # 1!

[42799.209532] wanpipe1: TDM Timing Enabled 1 ms

[42800.205759] wanpipe1: E1 disconnected!

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Equally, you will get a @/proc/dahdi/1@ device for that first E1 span.

h3. Connecting E1

Once your E1 link is up, you will get:

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[42995.786699] wanpipe1: E1 connected!

[42995.789324] wanpipe1: AFT communications enabled

[42995.791333] wanpipe1: AFT Global TDM Intr

[42995.791410] wanpipe1: TDM Timing Disabled!

[42996.811333] wanpipe1: Enable E1 Interrupts 

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