In the previous code we used a static fake_nsvc structure in
case we needed to send a message to an unknown NSVC for which
we don't have a real 'struct nsvc'. However, since we now have
a rate_ctr_group hanging off the nsvc, the fake structure didn't
have that.
So now we keep a nsi->unknown_nsvc around to be used whenever
we need a nsvc but don't have a real one. The gprs_ns_vty.c
code explicitly does not list that NSVC in 'show ns'
Every NS-VC now has a set of counters for incoming and outgoing
number of packets and bytes.
We also split the VTY part of the gprs_ns.c implementation into gprs_ns_vty.c
to make sure the protocol can actually be used without the VTY code being
present.
A 'rate counter' is a counter that counts events but also keeps
track of the rate of events (per second, minute, hour and day).
'rate counters' are generally abstracted in 'rate counter groups',
which are instances of a 'rate counter group description'. This
way we can have e.g. a description describing what kind of counters
a BTS (or TRX) has - and we can then create one instance of that
group for every BTS or TRX that exists.
As only NS-UNITDATA messages are ever passed into the Gb Proxy,
we need to do the msgb_free() at a much higher point in the calling
stack, i.e. inside the NS protocol layer. This means it is now
the same logic as in OpenBSC itself.
The old idea was to take a msgb from gbprox_rcvmsg() and then
modify it and finally send it all the way down to nsip_sendmsg()
to the remote peer.
However, this introduces memory management difficulties, as we then
have to distinguish three cases:
* msgb was sent to a remote peer
* we sent some error message and need to free the msgb
* we need to make n-1 copies in case of a BSSVC-RESET from the SGSN
So instead we now simply always copy the message if we pass it on.
All messages received by gbprox_rcvmsg() are msgb_free()d in the very
same routine
All messages allocated by tx2peer() or tx2sgsn() are freed after
nsip_sendmsg()
For the multi TRX setup we will need to specify the right trx->nr
to be able to flash the BTS. For the BS11 case we are ignoring the
additional argument.
Send the IPA Restart to a given BTS/TRX, change the signal callbacks
to carry the trx instead of the BTS so we have an easy access to the
right TRX and change the ipaccess-config to use that TRX. This is
fixing the restart with a multi TRX setup.
Even if we have the msg->trx, use the gsm_bts_trx_by_nr and get
the TRX from the fom header. This is because the OpenBSC and the
BTS numbering might not match for the multi TRX case.
Currently we are connecting to the BTS and once the OML is established
we are bootstrapping the OML. This does not work for a multi TRX setup
as we will need to use a trx_nr != 0 for it.
Change the code to wait for a message (in this case NM OC_BASEBAND_TRANSC)
to detect the trx_nr used by the BTS and then use that TRX to bootstrap
the network.
I have tested setting the unit id on a single and multi trx system for
the first and second trx.
With persistent NS-VC configuration (configured through VTY),
we can respond properly to BSS with a somewhat strange NS
implementation Such as the BSplus. It enables us to respond
with a proper NS-RESET (including NSVCI/NSEI) when receiving
a NS-ALIVE or other PDU for a BLOCKED/DEAD NS-VC after our
end of the connection is rebooted.
If a PTP BVC is BVC-RESET by the BSS, the PDU contains the
Cell Identifier. We can snoop this into our gbprox_peer structure
for better visualization of each peer in they vty.
Harald Welte
Holger Hans Peter Freyther