Re: Driver PCM3718

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On 07/03/06 17:17, Aytac GOREN wrote:
> How about pcm3712? I couldn't find the supported driver...pls help...

No, it's not supported in the official Comedi drivers.  If you have a 
driver for it from Advantech and it is licensed under the GPL then there 
is no reason why it can't be incorporated into the official Comedi drivers.

Ian.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: comedi-admin_at_comedi.org [mailto:comedi-admin_at_comedi.org] On Behalf Of
> Ian Abbott
> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 5:35 PM
> To: comedi_at_comedi.org
> Cc: Cloves
> Subject: Re: Driver PCM3718
> 
> On 06/03/06 20:21, Cloves wrote:
>>     We have bought an ADVANTECH PC-104 card PCM - 3718H, our operational
> system is Linux Debian 3.1 - Kernel 2.4.27.
>>     We have followed the instructions listed in the user-manual.pdf from
> advantech. To compile the linux kernel and install comedi device driver.
>>     We are having problems running comedi driver.
>>     We issue the following comand lines:
>>    
>>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
>>                 command #1:    $ modprobe pcm3718
>>                        Results:    
>>                                     comedi: version 0.7.60 - David Schleef
>>                                     Warning: loading
> /lib/modules/2.4.27/misc/pcm3718.o will tanted the kernel: no license
>>                                     Module pcm3718 loaded, with warnings.
>>
>>                 command #2:    $comedi_config /dev/comedi0 pcm3718 0x300
>>                        Results:    
>>                                     ..., I canīt detect board. FAIL!
>>                                     Configure failed!: Input/output error
>>                                     Check kernel log...
>>                                     Possible reasons for failure:
>>                                             Driver not found
>>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------
>>                                     
>>
>> Would you give us an idea why it doesnīt work?
> 
> I suggest you try a later version of the Comedi drivers from the 
> www.comedi.org instead of whatever Advantech supply.  comedi-0.7.70 
> should work on your kernel.  The official Comedi drivers do not have a 
> pcm3718 kernel module, but the pcl818 module supports the PCM-3718H.
> 
> Try:
> 
>    modprobe pcl818
>    comedi_config /dev/comedi0 pcm3718 0x300
> 
> Also check the base address 0x300 matches the switches on the board.
> 


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