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sartory
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 Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:39 am Post subject: Compatible Linux Versions? |
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I am trying to install the parallel port linux drivers for an ADC100. I've tried several versions of linux, but get a series of errors running MAKE. Probably there is no significant problem, but I don't know enough to interpret the error messages.
The PicoTech literature mentions RedHat6.0. That's quite old. Are there any other versions of linux for which the drivers are known to compile & install without errors?
If I buy an old copy of RedHat6.0 on ebay, can I then be assured of being able to MAKE & install the drivers error-free?
Thanks,
Walt |
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matthew
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Joined: 25 Sep 2002
Posts: 133
Location: Cambridgeshire, UK
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Hi Walt,
Although, I can get the application to compile on linux kernel 2.4 (I think its Redhat 6). I can't get the ADC-100 to take any readings.
Since we're not in a position to support the Linux drivers in a timely fashion (see the notice on the linux download page), I would advise against persuing the Linux path at this time.
The windows 32-bit drivers are fully supported.
Best Regards, |
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jrhunt
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 12:00 pm Post subject: Red Hat compatibility |
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I was able to compile the ADC42 driver under RH7.2, so probably no need to go back as far as RH6.
Cannot compile under RH8.0, which is a shame because I had written a nice little Perl app to log data to file at regular intervals.
Using Windows is not an option for me - this is a Microsoft free zone. |
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jrhunt
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 1:10 pm Post subject: Compilation fails - possible cause |
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It looks to me (but I am not an expert in this) as if reason for compile fail is missing /usr/include/asm/delay.h and others.
Up to RH7.2 (and 7.3?) these were in the kernel-headers rpm. That rpm no longer exists. I don't know where these files are in RH8. They are NOT in any rpm in any of the 3 install CDs. If they exist at all they are in an rpm on one of the source CDs, that I don't have copies of. |
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jrhunt
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 10:20 am Post subject: Compilation fails - Correction |
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No, its not that simple.
By trial and error, changing the includes in picolnx.c to
#include <linux/time.h> // added
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/version.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <asm/segment.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
//#include <asm/uaccess.h> // removed
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/tqueue.h>
//#include <linux/delay.h> // removed
reduces number of compile errors reported. Sorry, I don't have the time to investigate further. I'm sure someone who is expert at compiling C could fix this quickly. |
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tomset
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 2:09 pm Post subject: Wrong makefile |
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The makefile was wrong, corrected:
INCLUDEDIR = /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include
targets: pico.o ddtest a10test a11test a100test
pico.o: picolnx.o drdaqscl.o
ld -r -o pico.o picolnx.o drdaqscl.o
picolnx.o: picolnx.c
gcc -O -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I$(INCLUDEDIR) -o picolnx.o -c picolnx.c
drdaqscl.o: drdaqscl.c
gcc -O -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I$(INCLUDEDIR) -o drdaqscl.o -c drdaqscl.c
ddtest: ddtest.c pico_lnx.h
gcc -D LINUX -o ddtest ddtest.c
a11test: a11test.c pico_lnx.h
gcc -o a11test a11test.c
a10test: a10test.c pico_lnx.h
gcc -o a10test a10test.c
a100test: a100test.c pico_lnx.h
gcc -o a100test a100test.c |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:03 pm Post subject: Linux makefile needs a fix |
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This post applies to the picopar.tar Linux module distribution.
To get it to make, the line
gcc -O -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -o picolnx.o -c picolnx.c
needs to be changed to point to the correct kernel include files, which in my case are at /usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include:
gcc -O -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -o picolnx.o -c picolnx.c
A more complete fix was posted by tomset, but that was months ago, and the makefile still hasn't been patched.
When you load the module, you get:
[root@flasher picopar]# insmod ./pico.o
Warning: loading ./pico.o will taint the kernel: no license
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
Module pico loaded, with warnings
Reviewing the code, I wonder why Pico doesn't GPL or OSS this stuff.
I lack the hardware for the moment, but it builds and loads with RH9, Linux 2.4.22, so this looks pretty good. |
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