BGS2-W miniPCIe Hardware Interface Description
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5
Operation
5.1
Supported Operating Systems
The BGS2-W miniPCIe supports the following operating systems:
•
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating systems
- Microsoft Windows
8
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows XP
To operate the BGS2-W miniPCIe with applications using Microsoft Windows operating
systems a special USB-to-Serial Comm Port driver from Prolific Technology Inc. is required
and needs to be installed as described in
.
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Linux operating systems
- Linux Kernel 2.4.31 (and above)
With the above mentioned Linux versions the USB-to-Serial Comm Port driver from Prolific
Technology Inc. is already contained in the Kernel.
