PCI Detection/ programming / GPIB

PCI Detection/ programming / GPIB

[Bernard Kozioziemski]

Greets,
I've been running LinuxPPC for a few months now, but I want to become less
dependent on MacOS. I would really like to use LinuxPPC to run some data
collection software similar to what I have under MacOS. 

I have a National Instruments PCI GPIB (IEE-488) card installed in my
PowerMac 9500. There is some work on the x86 front to support GPIB, so I
thought I'd start there. Unfortunately, the card is not found by linux when
booting. /proc/pci lists 3 devices: Apple Bandit, VGA compat controller
(grpahics card) and Apple Grand Central. I'm not sure where to start in
detecting this board, and I was wondering if someone on this list could
give me a few pointers to (beginner :) info, or example code. Thanks,

Bernie Kozioziemski

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Re: PCI Detection/ programming / GPIB

[Michel Lanners]

On   7 Jan, this message from Bernard Kozioziemski echoed through cyberspace:
> I have a National Instruments PCI GPIB (IEE-488) card installed in my
> PowerMac 9500. There is some work on the x86 front to support GPIB, so I
> thought I'd start there. Unfortunately, the card is not found by linux when
> booting. /proc/pci lists 3 devices: Apple Bandit, VGA compat controller
> (grpahics card) and Apple Grand Central. I'm not sure where to start in
> detecting this board, and I was wondering if someone on this list could
> give me a few pointers to (beginner :) info, or example code. Thanks,

Problem is that you probably have your card in the slots controlled by
the second bandit host bridge; which is not automatically scanned.

Try moving your card into a different slot (close to the graphics
card). Of the six slots, three each are controlled by a separate bandit
host bridge.

I'm working on a patch that scans the second PCI bus as well. I'll let
you know when I have something available.

Michel

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