DATEL PCI-416 Linux driver HELP

[Maxi_qa]

hi guys,

Im currently having some DATEL PCI-416 cards, but in need of Linux driver for those cards.

Could any one gimme a link to download the driver or some information about it ?

Thanks a lot, really appreciate it

[Rubberman]

From what I can tell, this outdated board does not come with Linux software, and when I went to the datel.com web site, I was redirected to Murata Power Solutions. Searching on their site only came up with a few units available and basically no data or support for them. I did find a reference to a Linux driver someone wrote about 10 years ago (2.4 or earlier kernel) and some of the problems they had with bus lockups when streaming a lot of data. So, my guess is that for Linux you are going to be learning how to write a driver, though I suspect that most board features can be accessed from user space programs using I/O ports and memory mapping to the board, without resorting to a kernel module. It's just that a kernel module gives you an easier API to access the board using normal open/read/write operations from user space.

FWIW, I did find some copies of the board's data sheet on their distributor web sites. Here is a link if you need it: PCI-416 datasheet

[Maxi_qa]

Thanks a lot R-man, i was reading abt the random lockup of PCI bus by the card as well. However, the information about the driver verision that s.o wrote 10 years ago was sth that i was not aware of.

Can you gimme a link to that reference plz, thanks again

[Rubberman]

This is all I could find: Data Acquisition (A/D)

Note the date - July 2001. If you have a bunch of these boards and they can do what you need, then it might be worth the time to write the software to access them. As I said, you can probably get away with user space programming and not have to get into kernel driver programming. However, if you want to use the boards in an interrupt-driven mode, then you will have to bite that bullet...