Documentation of the Linux-Driver and Library for the PCI-VMEbus-Interface of W-IE-NE-R

Dirk Muehlenberg
H.-J. Mathes
Institut fuer Kernphysik
Forschungszentrum Karslruhe

July 2, 1999

 
• Arwvme PCIBus to VMEbus Interface
  • Kernel Versions
  • Driver and Library Files
  • The interface
    • Hardware functionality
    • Features
  • The library
    • Opening and closing the device
    • Set the Address Modifier
    • read, write System Call
    • lseek System Call
    • Memory Mapping
    • Miscalleanous
    • System error detection (i.e. VMEbus error)
  • I/O and memory base addresses
  • Interrupts
    • Configuring the adaptor
    • Interrupt types
    • How to program and use interrupts
    • Interrupts and Linux (Interrupt latency)
  • Future plans
  • Acknowledgements
• About this document ...