Category Archives: Interface

SIS3150 LINUX driver under Ubuntu 12.04

Posted on May 22, 2013 by mki

Thanks to Volker Hannen from the University of Münster for bringing to our attention: Under Ubuntu 12.04 the USB library resides in /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/ and is not found by the configure script. Setting the link below allows for compilation /usr/lib/libusb.a -> … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 support for Struck USB and PCI(e) VME interfaces

Posted on March 27, 2013 by mki

We do have Windows 8 support for our USB to VME  and PCI/PCI Express interfaces starting with the SIS3150 driver release v3.0 and the SIS1100e/310x driver release 6.4.2.4

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SIS1100e/310x LINUX driver 2.13-8 online

Posted on March 20, 2013 by mki

Patched for kernel up to 3.8.0 Tested to be working up to kernel 3.7.10 (openSUSE 12.3) SIS1100(e)/310x page with  2.13-8

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SIS1100e/310x LINUX driver opensuse 12.3rc1 at kernel 3.7.6

Posted on February 8, 2013 by mki

Thanks to Tibor Keri from the University of Glasgow for bringing the following to our attention: In kernel 3.7-rc1, the flag VM_RESERVED is removed The implication is, that sis11_mmap.c requires the following patch: /*   offset in bytes           + size of … Continue reading →

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Using autosensing SIS3104 with older LINUX drivers

Posted on August 9, 2012 by mki

Autosensing SIS3104′s (firmware 0×03020202) are recognized from driver 2.13-7 onwards. To continue working with older drivers with an up to date SIS3104 you will have to modify sis3100rem_init.c by adding the corresponding case to the switch (sc_remote_ident&0x00ffff00) as shown below. … Continue reading →

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New SIS3104 firmware with 1G/2G link speed auto sensing

Posted on February 27, 2012 by mki

Finally link speed auto sensing firmware is available for the SIS3104 card. The new V3 firmware has SST related and a VME master timing related improvement also and can be downloaded from  www.struck.de/sis3104firm.html.

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SIS1100 LINUX driver 2.13-5 for Ubuntu 11.10 Kernel 3.0.0-12

Posted on December 6, 2011 by mki

Thanks to Bastian Löher from GSI Darmstadt for following input: The  Version 2.13-5 driver for the sis1100 can be compiled for kernel 3.0.0-12 (Ubuntu 11.10) by altering line 31 of the  Makefile: -ifneq (,$(findstring 2.6.,$(KERNVER))) +ifneq (,$(findstring 3.0.,$(KERNVER))) A driver release … Continue reading →

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Updated sis1100-3.13-4 LINUX driver online

Posted on August 16, 2011 by mki

Tested to compile up to kernel 2.6.37 (i.e. opensuse 11.4). Download from http://www.struck.de/linux1100.htm

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New firmware for the SIS3150 USB to VME interface online

Posted on July 26, 2011 by mki

The new 0x200B fixes a read timeout issue following a BERR after the n-th (n>1) 512-Byte blocklett. The behaviour was not seen with increased BERR timeout values. The firmware can be downloaded from http://www.struck.de/sis3150usbfirm.htm

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Announcing the SIS3153 USB3.0 to VME Interface

Posted on June 4, 2011 by mki

The SIS3153 will be the Superspeed USB follow up to our SIS3150 USB2.0 to VME interface. Information can be found under www.struck.de/sis3153.html.

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