Re: VXI support in Comedi?

On Wednesday 12 January 2005 04:21 pm, Kevin Valentine wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A potential client contatcted me today asking about development
> support for his VXI hardware.  He directly inquired about use of the
> Comedi drivers.  This is his hardware:
>
> 1) PCI/VXI-MXI-2(8026) - PCI to VXI bridge
> 2) VXI-AO-48XDC - 48 channel analog output board
> 3) VXI-MIO-64XE-10 - multifunction DAQ board
>
> I'm fairly certain the MXI-2 interface should be transparent but what
> about the other items?

The MXI-2 interface is not transparent.  You need a proprietary driver from 
NI for it, which is only available for 2.4 kernels.  I asked NI for 
register-level docs on it (since I happen to need to use it at work) but 
haven't heard anything back.

-- 
Frank