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 linux-gpib-kernel 2025-05-21 Dave Penkler Dave Penkler [44e3d0] Put parentheses around arithmetic in MSA
 linux-gpib-user 2025-05-26 Dave Penkler Dave Penkler [4c8207] Fix type in doc/Makefile.am and add cleanup for...
 .gitignore 2025-05-07 Dave Penkler Dave Penkler [c23dc2] Split gitignore for user and kernel parts
 README.md 2025-04-10 Dave Penkler Dave Penkler [05615d] Update README with kernel build info
 README.rel 2025-05-06 Dave Penkler Dave Penkler [a5d9b4] Update full package REAMDE for 4.3.7

Read Me

Welcome to the linux-gpib sourceforge git repository.

This replaces the SVN repository which is no longer being updated.
The last commit to SVN is
[r2106] = git commit b4cbd1387e7e... Add gpio pin offset parameter for RPi5 (Marcello Carla')

To clone the git repo:

git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/linux-gpib/git linux-gpib-git

To pull the latest commits:

git pull

To list the commits made since a release tag (e.g. v4_3_6):

git log HEAD ^v4_3_6

To build the user part:

cd linux-gpib-git/linux-gpib-user
./bootstrap
./configure --sysconfdir=/etc
make
sudo make install

For more details and options see linux-gpib-git/linux-gpib-user/INSTALL

To build the kernel part from the sourceforge git repo

cd linux-gpib-git/linux-gpib-kernel
make
sudo make install

For more details and options see linux-gpib-git/linux-gpib-kernel/INSTALL

To build the kernel part from the official kernel sources 6.13 or later:

Check whether your distro has compiled the modules:

$ ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/staging/gpib
agilent_82350b  agilent_82357a  common  nec7210  ni_usb  tms9914  tnt4882

If not obtain the current kernel sources for your distro.
Obtain the .config for the current kernel of your distro.
Copy the .config into the top level directory of the kernel sources

cd <top_level_dir_kernel_source>
make menuconfig

Navigate to drivers->staging->gpib
Select m
In the follwing menu select the drivers you need
Exit and save

make -j4 M=drivers/staging/gpib
sudo make modules_install

Reboot

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