GPIB support

GPIB support

[Wan Hing Wah]

I'm doing a project which port a component testing program in DOS which
use GPIB to linux
Does the Linux kernel support GPIB?


I find a linux gpib driver in the  linux lab project
http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de/

but the newest version is release at 1999 and i wonder if it still under
development..
Moreover,it is for kernel 1.2.x or 2.0.x and i wonder it will still work
on linux 2.4.x or not

Re: GPIB support

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Wan Hing Wah wrote:

> I'm doing a project which port a component testing program in DOS which
> use GPIB to linux
> Does the Linux kernel support GPIB?
> 
> 
> I find a linux gpib driver in the  linux lab project
> http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de/
> 

GPIB is terribly device-specific. What board do you intend to use?
National Instruments has a so-called driver for their TNT4882 on
their web-site. I was never able to get it to even compile, much
less work.

I have a driver written for that chip. It's not GPLed, but it
could be if there is enough interest. In any event, I could send
you the source to try out. Just don't publish it yet. Let me
know because I could use additional input for testing. In other
words, if asked, I would just say that you are helping to test
a driver...

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (799.53 BogoMips).

"Memory is like gasoline. You use it up when you are running. Of
course you get it all back when you reboot..."; Actual explanation
obtained from the Micro$oft help desk.

Re: GPIB support

[hugang]

On Sat, 23 Jun 2001 12:34:37 +0800 (HKT)
Wan Hing Wah <50191914@uxmail.cityu.edu.hk> wrote:

> I'm doing a project which port a component testing program in DOS which
> use GPIB to linux
> Does the Linux kernel support GPIB?
> 
> 
> I find a linux gpib driver in the  linux lab project
> http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de/
> 
> but the newest version is release at 1999 and i wonder if it still under
> development..
> Moreover,it is for kernel 1.2.x or 2.0.x and i wonder it will still work
> on linux 2.4.x or not

What is GPIB.

Re: GPIB support

[Jochen Buehler]

Richard B. Johnson writes:
 > On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Wan Hing Wah wrote:
 > 
 > > I'm doing a project which port a component testing program in DOS which
 > > use GPIB to linux
 > > Does the Linux kernel support GPIB?
 > > 
 > > 
 > > I find a linux gpib driver in the  linux lab project
 > > http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de/

AFAIK this driver does not work with 2.2 nor 2.4 kernels.

 > > 
 > 
 > GPIB is terribly device-specific. What board do you intend to use?
 > National Instruments has a so-called driver for their TNT4882 on
 > their web-site. I was never able to get it to even compile, much
 > less work.
 > 

The NI gpib kernel module works flawlessly on 2.2 machines,
we are using this driver with a PCI GPIB card and the
machine in question has an uptime of 248 days at the moment.
Don't know if there is support for 2.4, though.

Regards,

Jochen

Re: GPIB support

[Erik Mouw]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 11:30:57AM +0800, hugang wrote:
> What is GPIB.

http://www.google.com/search?q=gpib


Erik

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