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## Overview

The E3 Engine contains a daughter board (the Diamond Platform controller) running Linux that enables the AVB protocol stack, and connects to the physical audio interfaces of the E3 engine. The fourth Ethernet port is controlled by Windows.

It also contains a second daughter board (the Feroceon-KW controller) running Linux that enables the Ethernet switching functionality of the AVB ports. It also provides an EUCON proxy for connecting to the S3 console.

This is a rough block diagram based on my current understanding from my digging.

[[File:Avid_E3_Engine_Block.png]]

## Diamond Platform (Linux)

This controller connects to all of the ADC (Analog to Digital Converters), and runs the AVB daemon (`avbd`), which provides AVB connectivity. The `avdecc` and `diag` commands for configuring the ADCs.

Both the E3 Engine and the Stage16 contain this Linux device.

### Overview
**Hardware**
; Processor : ARMv7 Processor rev 2 (v7l)
; BogoMIPS : 719.25
; Hardware : Diamond
; RAM : 256M

**Operating system**

The OS is Linux, and looks to be named "Bonanza Green Salamander". On the S3L-X 4.6.1.4 release this OS version is 1.2.0.152.

**Networking**

This controller provides two Ethernet interfaces, `eth0` and `eth0:avahi` (a virtual interface managed by `avahi-daemon`).

The `eth0:avahi` interface has a link-local address that is available even though the `eth0` interface, and is accessible using the address `diamondXXXX.local`, where `XXXX` is replaced by the hex characters of the last two octets of the system MAC address.

### OS

**uname -a**
```
# uname -a
Linux DiamondF7E0 2.6.37 #1 Wed Jan 10 06:10:38 PST 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
```

**/etc/version** – Linux version
```
# cat /etc/version
Bonanza Green Salamander 1.2.0.152
```

**/proc/cpuinfo**
```
# cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor : ARMv7 Processor rev 2 (v7l)
BogoMIPS : 719.25
Features : swp half fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x3
CPU part : 0xc08
CPU revision : 2

Hardware : Diamond
Revision : 0000
Serial : 0000000000000000
```

**/proc/meminfo**
```
# cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 256016 kB
MemFree: 216372 kB
Buffers: 1016 kB
Cached: 27192 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 29984 kB
Inactive: 1036 kB
Active(anon): 3996 kB
Inactive(anon): 0 kB
Active(file): 25988 kB
Inactive(file): 1036 kB
Unevictable: 0 kB
Mlocked: 0 kB
SwapTotal: 0 kB
SwapFree: 0 kB
Dirty: 0 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 2828 kB
Mapped: 4288 kB
Shmem: 1184 kB
Slab: 6224 kB
SReclaimable: 3204 kB
SUnreclaim: 3020 kB
KernelStack: 480 kB
PageTables: 344 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
WritebackTmp: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 128008 kB
Committed_AS: 75812 kB
VmallocTotal: 647168 kB
VmallocUsed: 17620 kB
VmallocChunk: 622588 kB
```

**/proc/version**
```
# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.37 (mir@audiofw-us-server0) (gcc version 4.8.1 (Sourcery CodeBench Lite 2013.11-33) ) #1 Wed Jan 10 06:10:38 PST 2018
```

**df -h**
```
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 12.0M 6.4M 5.6M 54% /
tmpfs 61.4M 252.0K 61.2M 0% /tmp
tmpfs 61.4M 0 61.4M 0% /dev
tmpfs 61.4M 0 61.4M 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 61.4M 252.0K 61.2M 0% /etc
```

**hostname**
```
# hostname
DiamondF7E0
```

**ifconfig -a**
```
# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 84:7E:40:E5:F7:E0
inet addr:10.0.1.6 Bcast:10.0.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::867e:40ff:fee5:f7e0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:127849856 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:127746073 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1840653429 (1.7 GiB) TX bytes:1901257965 (1.7 GiB)

eth0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 84:7E:40:E5:F7:E0
inet addr:169.254.12.234 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:972 (972.0 B) TX bytes:972 (972.0 B)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
```

**lsmod**
```
# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
carbonui_flash_qe 1329 0
carbonui_program 2245 0
carbonreario 3097 0
carbonreario_bosb 9655 0
carbonreario_boer 4531 0
carbonreario_generic 1355 1 carbonreario
carbonio 10445 0
carbonio_aes4x4 19459 0
carbonio_adc8 24052 0
carbonio_adc4 16412 0
carbonio_dac8 7034 0
carbonio_dac4_single 5986 0
carbonio_dac4 9842 0
carbonio_bo_sb_mb 4099 0
carbonio_bo_surf_reartwo 7045 0
carbonio_bo_surf_reario 7722 0
carbonio_generic 1523 1 carbonio
carbonio_mute 1867 7 carbonreario_bosb,carbonreario_boer,carbonio_aes4x4,carbonio_dac8,carbonio_dac4_single,carbonio_bo_sb_mb,carbonio_bo_surf_reario
carbonio_nconfig 3939 1 carbonio_aes4x4
cs4272 11652 0
logicalio 9510 9 carbonreario_bosb,carbonreario_boer,carbonio_adc8,carbonio_adc4,carbonio_dac8,carbonio_dac4_single,carbonio_dac4,carbonio_bo_surf_reario,cs4272
lm63 7758 0
avb_emac 76091 0
```

**lspci**
```
# lspci
lspci: /sys/bus/pci/devices: No such file or directory
```

**lsusb**
```
# lsusb -v
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002

From http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids:
1d6b Linux Foundation
0001 1.1 root hub
0002 2.0 root hub
0003 3.0 root hub
0100 PTP Gadget
0101 Audio Gadget
0102 EEM Gadget
0103 NCM (Ethernet) Gadget
0104 Multifunction Composite Gadget
0105 FunctionFS Gadget
0200 Qemu Audio Device
```

**netstat -an**
```
# netstat -an
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:45641 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:23 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 169.254.12.234:23 169.254.219.148:55078 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 169.254.12.234:45641 169.254.181.43:49220 ESTABLISHED
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:47166 0.0.0.0:*
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:5353 0.0.0.0:*
```

**ps**
```
# ps
PID USER VSZ STAT COMMAND
1 root 2924 S init
2 root 0 SW [kthreadd]
3 root 0 SW [ksoftirqd/0]
4 root 0 SW [kworker/0:0]
6 root 0 SW< [khelper]
7 root 0 SW [irq/72-serial i]
8 root 0 SW [irq/73-serial i]
9 root 0 SW [irq/74-serial i]
10 root 0 SW [irq/44-serial i]
11 root 0 SW [irq/45-serial i]
12 root 0 SW [sync_supers]
13 root 0 SW [bdi-default]
14 root 0 SW< [kblockd]
15 root 0 SW< [omap2_mcspi]
16 root 0 SW [khubd]
17 root 0 SW [kseriod]
18 root 0 SW< [kmmcd]
19 root 0 SW< [musb-hdrc.0]
20 root 0 SW< [musb-hdrc.1]
21 root 0 SW< [rpciod]
22 root 0 SW [gatekeeper/0]
23 root 0 SW [kworker/0:1]
24 root 0 SW [kswapd0]
25 root 0 SW [fsnotify_mark]
26 root 0 SW< [aio]
27 root 0 SW< [nfsiod]
28 root 0 SW< [crypto]
35 root 0 SW< [spi_gpio.5]
36 root 0 SW< [usbhid_resumer]
37 root 0 SW [kworker/u:1]
38 root 0 SW [mmcqd/0]
39 root 0 SW [kjournald]
45 root 0 SW [kjournald]
68 root 2924 S /sbin/syslogd -m 0
70 root 2924 S /sbin/klogd
92 dbus 2580 S dbus-daemon --system
98 root 0 SW [logicalio]
189 root 0 SW [kworker/u:2]
228 root 1936 S /usr/bin/linkwatcher
233 root 2160 S /usr/bin/mstpd
255 default 2048 S avahi-autoipd: [eth0] bound 169.254.12.234
256 root 1960 S avahi-autoipd: [eth0] callout dispatcher
266 root 3920 S < /usr/bin/switchd2
276 root 3012 S /usr/sbin/inetd /etc/inetd.conf
281 default 3152 S avahi-daemon: registering [DiamondF7E0.local]
286 root 4912 S < /usr/bin/avbd -p -x -l /opt/etc/avdecc_layout.xml
295 root 2928 S /sbin/getty -L ttyO0 115200 vt100
296 root 77068 S bonanzafw --boer -L 31 -R 1 -B 2048 -K 2 -F /tmp/BonanzaER.log
316 root 2924 S udhcpc -R -b -t6 -T1 -p /var/run/udhcpc.eth0.pid -i eth0
357 root 3020 S telnetd -i
358 root 3016 S -sh
1255 root 3016 R ps
```

### Web server
This controller is running a BusyBox web server on port 80 via inetd.

```
# grep http /etc/inetd.conf
http stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/httpd httpd -i -h/www
```

### AVB

**/proc/avb**
```
# cat /proc/avb
AVB general settings:
Sample rate: 48000 Hz
Sync source: Internal
Global PTO: 750000 ns

AVB RT subsystem:
AVB avg cyc: 8687 / 12 us
AVB max cyc: 12324 / 17 us
Total cyc: 89960 / 124 us
CPU time: 9 %
QDMA time: 1 us
Num late IRQ: 0
Min IRQ delta: 120 us
Max IRQ delta: 130 us
Rem QDMA slots: 363

AVB TX Timestamping:
Detected rate: 48003 Hz
TS delta avg: 166661 ns
TS max err: 25 ns

AVB RX Timestamping:
TS delta avg: 166670 ns
TS max err: 1979 ns

AVB TX Streams: 3 active streams with 72 channels total

Entry Type Stream ID nCh DMA PTO ns Forced DMA fail

(0) 0 847e40e5f7e20000 8 64 2000000 * 0
(1) 0 847e40e5f7e10000 32 64 2000000 * 0
(2) 0 847e40e5f7e10001 32 96 2000000 * 0

AVB RX Streams: 3 active streams with 72 mapped channels total

Entry Type Stream ID sync nCh Phase state src Relax Miss Late Exc Seq Slip Avg Min
deg us us

(0) 0 0001f20035e60000 8 -180 NSTART 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2666
(1) 0 38c98645b3ff0000 32 52 RUN 1 0 0 0 0 0 106 1940 1938
(2) 0 38c98645b3ff0001 32 52 RUN 1 0 0 0 0 0 106 1828 1813
```

### diag command

This command configures the ADC for the E3 signals.

```
# diag

Version 3.02 2014-Apr-17

Options:
-testall Run All Tests
-loop Loop Individual Test
-loopsuite Loop Test Suite
-avbloop AVB Loopback Tests
-i2c I2C Test
-ins InS Test
-quartz Quartz Tests
-spi SPI Test
-uart UART Test
-usb USB Test
-insboard InS Board Test
-boardrev Board Rev Utility
-aesloop AES Loopback Test
-usbutil USB Utilities
-ethtest Ethernet Test
-mixer Mixer Utility
-ext Ext Sync Test
-iomute IO Card Mute
-fifoloop Quartz FIFO InS Loop Test
-miscutils Miscellaneous Utilities
-codec Codec Utility

I/O Card Mute: unmute
Quartz Mute: unmute
```

### carbonio

Settings that can be controlled directly:
- Gain
- Pad
- Phantom
- Stage 16 LEDs

**/usr/bin/carbonio-dump.sh**

Dumps the values of the IO board devices in /sys/bus/spi/devices.

```
# carbonio-dump.sh
]]] slot spi1.0
]]] board ID: 0x6
]]] board rev: 0x0
]]] ch0_overload: 0
]]] ch0_pad_en: 0
]]] ch0_preamp_gain: 1
]]] ch1_overload: 0
]]] ch1_pad_en: 0
]]] ch1_preamp_gain: 1
]]] ch2_overload: 0
]]] ch2_pad_en: 0
]]] ch2_preamp_gain: 1
]]] ch3_overload: 0
]]] ch3_pad_en: 0
]]] ch3_preamp_gain: 1
...
```

**/sys/bus/i2c/devices**
; 1 : bus 1 / generic
; 4 : bus 4 / carbonui

The i2c* commands don't seem to work on the carbonui devices.

**/sys/bus/spi/devices**
; spi1.[0-8] : channel gain and pad
; spi2.[0-3] : unknown
; spi3.[0-2] : unknown
; spi4.0 : power, mute, and status LEDs, and phantom control

```
# ls -R spi1.0/
spi1.0/
spi1.0/uevent
spi1.0/modalias
spi1.0/subsystem
spi1.0/power
spi1.0/power/wakeup
spi1.0/power/runtime_status
spi1.0/power/control
spi1.0/power/runtime_suspended_time
spi1.0/power/runtime_active_time
spi1.0/power/autosuspend_delay_ms
spi1.0/driver
spi1.0/board_id
spi1.0/board_revision
spi1.0/ch0_preamp_gain
spi1.0/ch0_overload
spi1.0/ch0_pad_en
spi1.0/ch1_preamp_gain
spi1.0/ch1_overload
spi1.0/ch1_pad_en
spi1.0/ch2_preamp_gain
spi1.0/ch2_overload
spi1.0/ch2_pad_en
spi1.0/ch3_preamp_gain
spi1.0/ch3_overload
spi1.0/ch3_pad_en
```

```
# ls -R spi4.0/
spi4.0/
spi4.0/uevent
spi4.0/modalias
spi4.0/subsystem
spi4.0/power
spi4.0/power/wakeup
spi4.0/power/runtime_status
spi4.0/power/control
spi4.0/power/runtime_suspended_time
spi4.0/power/runtime_active_time
spi4.0/power/autosuspend_delay_ms
spi4.0/driver
spi4.0/board_id
spi4.0/board_revision
spi4.0/ins_a_board_present
spi4.0/ins_b_board_present
spi4.0/mute_n
spi4.0/mute_led_en
spi4.0/status_led_0_en
spi4.0/status_led_1_en
spi4.0/dac0_mute_n
spi4.0/dac1_mute_n
spi4.0/adc0_phantom_en
spi4.0/adc1_phantom_en
spi4.0/adc2_phantom_en
spi4.0/adc3_phantom_en
```

[[Category:Avid]]
[[Category:S3L]]

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 - Jessie Forgues (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesseforgues/) – Senior Engineer at Gibson. Previously a Principal Engineer of the Avid S3L system.
 - Rob Silfvast (https://www.linkedin.com/in/robsilfvast/) – Hardware and Systems Engineering at Apple; developer of many parts of the Avid S3L AVB internals
 [[Category:Avid]]
 [[Category:S3L]]

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 ## Overview
-The E3 Engine contains a daughter board, the Diamond Platform controller (see [[Avid Diamond Platform]]) running Linux that enables the AVB protocol stack, and connects to the physical audio interfaces of the E3 engine. The fourth Ethernet port is controlled by Windows.
+The [[Avid E3 Engine]] contains a daughter board, the Diamond Platform controller (see [[Avid Diamond Platform]]) running Linux that bridges the physical audio connections of the E3 engine with the [[AVB]] protocol stack.
-It also contains a second daughter board, the Feroceon-KW controller (see [[Avid Feroceon-KW]]) running Linux that enables the Ethernet switching functionality of the AVB ports. It also provides an EUCON proxy for connecting to the S3 console.
+It also contains a second daughter board, the Feroceon-KW controller (see [[Avid Feroceon-KW]]) running Linux that enables the Ethernet switching functionality of the AVB ports (ports A, B, and C). It also provides an [[EUCON]] proxy for connecting to the [[Avid S3 Console]].
 This is a rough block diagram based on my current understanding from my digging.

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 The E3 Engine contains a daughter board, the Diamond Platform controller (see [[Avid Diamond Platform]]) running Linux that enables the AVB protocol stack, and connects to the physical audio interfaces of the E3 engine. The fourth Ethernet port is controlled by Windows.
-It also contains a second daughter board (the Feroceon-KW controller) running Linux that enables the Ethernet switching functionality of the AVB ports. It also provides an EUCON proxy for connecting to the S3 console.
+It also contains a second daughter board, the Feroceon-KW controller (see [[Avid Feroceon-KW]]) running Linux that enables the Ethernet switching functionality of the AVB ports. It also provides an EUCON proxy for connecting to the S3 console.
 This is a rough block diagram based on my current understanding from my digging.

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 ### carbonio
+[[Avid carbonio]]
 [[Category:Avid]]
 [[Category:S3L]]