Re: VXI support in Comedi?

On 01/12/2005 08:31:30 PM, Frank Mori Hess wrote:
> 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
>

If NI were to provide the register-level docs and a driver was built,  
would it be possible to use any of the existing Comedi modules with  
the other two boards without significant modification?

-kevin

Received on 2005-01-13Z17:48:39