Tag Archives: LINUX

SIS315x USB to VME Interface LINUX access right issue

Posted on July 3, 2024 by mki

In particular with newer Linux distributions it can happen that a SIS315x cannot be accessed via USB.The “OpenTest” program will terminate with the following error message in that case: Hello world!device 0path: 002/005vendor: 1657product: 3153Error in ‘Sis3150usb_OpenDriver_And_Download_FX2_Setup’: -1 The error … Continue reading →

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SIS1100 Linux Driver 2.16 under AlmaLinux 9.4

Posted on June 12, 2024 by mki

Issue:Possible use of change from mainline kernel 6.4.0 in transition from AlmaLinux 9.2 to 9.4 (5.14.0-284 -> 5.14.9-427) Error:> Error: too many arguments for function »class_create«> 573 | sis1100_global.class = class_create(THIS_MODULE,> “sis1100”);Workaround:sis1100_autoconf_linux.c ca. line 570:sis1100_global.class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, “sis1100”);change to:sis1100_global.class = … Continue reading →

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Fix for compilation error for SIS1100 Linux driver under kernel 4.2.x

Posted on December 2, 2015 by mki

Used Driver: sis1100-2.13-9 Error Description: Building errors: =============================== CC [M] /home/daq/Workspace/daq/exaos/eldaq/vme/sis3100/driver/src/sis1100_ddma_map_linux.o /home/daq/Workspace/daq/exaos/eldaq/vme/sis3100/driver/src/sis1100_ddma_map_linux.c: In function ‘sis1100_ddma_unmap_block’: /home/daq/Workspace/daq/exaos/eldaq/vme/sis3100/driver/src/sis1100_ddma_map_linux.c:54:9: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vfree’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] vfree(block->desc_pages); ^ /home/daq/Workspace/daq/exaos/eldaq/vme/sis3100/driver/src/sis1100_ddma_map_linux.c: In function ‘sis1100_ddma_map_block’: /home/daq/Workspace/daq/exaos/eldaq/vme/sis3100/driver/src/sis1100_ddma_map_linux.c:130:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vmalloc’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] block->desc_pages=vmalloc(block->dsegs* sizeof(struct sis1100_dmapage)); … Continue reading →

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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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SIS8300 muTCA for Physics Digitizer LINUX driver update available

Posted on January 15, 2011 by mki

V0.04 fixing a DMA related issue was released

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