One Stop Systems, Inc. Host Cable Adapter User Manual
Rev. A
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ddendum A - ExpressNet Linux Driver
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em
rformance te
m
These are all supplied as source files written in C and packaged in a compressed tar file
expressnettar.bz2
, provided on a CD with
s
.
ments
-bit
MD or Intel
CPU.
How
ssN
with earlier versions and/or 32-bit versions of Linux. Kernel module
dependencies are docum
the
html/readme.html
file contained on the CD.
Extraction
The files in the
expressnettar.bz2
file all untar into the
opt/ossi/expressnet
directory tree. For most Linux system, to untar it into
the standard location, /, you must log in as
root
and execute:
cd /; tar xvfj directory_path/expressnettar.bz2
ssi/expressnet
directory you will find:
he directory containing the ExpressNet demonstration program.
ents not found in the html or manpages directory.
lelist
A list of all ExpressNet files installed in the system that is used to uninstall ExpressNet.
include
The directory containing the ExpressNet include files.
init.d
The directory containing the script which enables the system to control the loading of the driver.
lib
The directory containing the ExpressNet library files.
manpages
The directory containing ExpressNet documentation in manpage format.
pexload
The directory containing the ExpressNet EEPROM programming utility.
INSTALL
A shell script that compiles and installs the driver and library and compiles the demonstration program.
UNINSTALL
A perl script that removes all ExpressNet files on the system.
Driver Installation
Follow the explanations and instructions in the README documentation in the HTML directory
.
Licensing Agreement
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3,
or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for
more details. A copy of this license can be found in
documentation/gpl.txt
on the CD
.
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Description
The ExpressNet software package for Linux consists of three major components and their associated include and make files.
- The kernel driver
- A user library
- A d
onstration/pe
sting progra
your Ho t Cable Adapter
Require
The diver requires a64
version of Linux, with Linux kernel version 2.6.20 or greater running on a 64-bit A
ever, Expre
et may work in simple configurat
ented in
ions
In the resulting
/opt/o
applications
T
documentation
The directory containing docum
driver
The directory containing the ExpressNet Linux driver.
fi
html
The directory containing ExpressNet documentation in web format.
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The following information was correct at the time this manual was published. Please read the readme.html on the CD for the most up to date
requirements and installation procedures.
