Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: Christoph Niemann <niemann@goliath.swt.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Subject: Re: linux driver for the b008/b004
Organization: Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Rechenzentrum
Date: 16 Mar 1998 07:29:02 GMT
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In comp.sys.transputer Uwe Bonnes <bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de> wrote:
: Alex Stuebinger <stuebi@micky.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE> wrote:
: : Hi all,

: : I have two isa b008 at ports 0x150 and 0x200 and I am looking
: : for linux drivers which are newer than those on the hensa archive.
: : Can I get these working parallel in linux?

: : The system is fine on NT 4.0 with Ingo Mohnen's excellent nt-driver.
: : I employ both cards simultaneously, the drivers are interrupt driven
: : and do not poll. Therefore system performance is not reduced.


: : Has anyone a hint to a ftp-site or a website for download the linux
: : drivers?

: Hallo,

: look with archie etc for "transputer-08b.tar.gz".

Or ftp to ftp.swt.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/linux/transputer

: I have some patches to compile it under 2.0.3x and to compile it as a
: module. Ask me again, if you need these patches. I didn't test with
: interrupts.

If there is still some interest in the driver, I can make a new release
that supports 2.0.x and 2.1.x. Please email me.

I never had a real B008 board, so it might be some work to get it running
using interrupts.

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