I need help for specific ISA Card Driver

hnit_hnout · #1 18th March 2009, 10:20 AM

hi,
I am writing a driver to an ISA card non-PnP, i almosty finished the driver, the driver is loaded in the kernel, but my problem that I cannot find the ISA base address to control the card the driver was working on fedora 6 but now i passed to fedora 8 and i while i was googling i found that i should change the base address and i don't know how to find it, because in fedora 6 some one helped me to find it and lnow I am working on my own.
Thanks

notageek · #2 18th March 2009, 10:23 AM

Please do not mark threads as urgent, all threads are important.

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markkuk · #3 18th March 2009, 11:08 AM

The base address of a non-PnP ISA card is set by jumper blocks or dip switches on the card. See your hardware documentation.

hnit_hnout · #4 18th March 2009, 11:39 AM

I marked Urgent because i have put the thread in another page and no body answers me and i am working for a company that our machine witch is connected to this damn card is not working.
And the we don't have a documentation for this card because it is too old and it is card that controls translation platines so it is not standard card

Thanks

notageek · #5 18th March 2009, 11:43 AM

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hnit_hnout · #6 18th March 2009, 11:59 AM

I have another question maybe it can help ... i saw on some forums that the package "hwtools" for debian countains some helpfull tools like "scanport" witch can give all possible active addresses so is it possible to find it for fedora;

btw i installed apt-get and typed :
$apt-get install hwtools
and doesn't work does anybody have any solution

notageek · #7 18th March 2009, 12:06 PM

I don't believe "hwtools" is not available in Fedora considering its developed for Debian. In Fedora the package management is handled by "yum"

You may use the following commands to search and install tools in Fedora.

Code:

# yum search hwtools
# yum install <name>

beaker_ · #8 18th March 2009, 12:32 PM

I'm making a big guess because I saw thw words isa and controls. If it's an old honeyell ricm or mpcp then you might find your answers at tac or customer.honeywell.com. Most of those manuals are scanned by and searchable. It's been a while for me, truth is I have only one site left to upgrade so I could grab it on my next visit.

hnit_hnout · #9 18th March 2009, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notageek

I don't believe "hwtools" is not available in Fedora considering its developed for Debian. In Fedora the package management is handled by "yum"

You may use the following commands to search and install tools in Fedora.

Code:

# yum search hwtools
# yum install <name>

I tried it and doesn't work is there any source link to add it to my "source.list"

Code:

[root@psbmesures ~]# yum search hwtools
No Matches found
[root@psbmesures ~]#

hnit_hnout · #10 18th March 2009, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beaker_

I'm making a big guess because I saw thw words isa and controls. If it's an old honeyell ricm or mpcp then you might find your answers at tac or customer.honeywell.com. Most of those manuals are scanned by and searchable. It's been a while for me, truth is I have only one site left to upgrade so I could grab it on my next visit.

thanks any way but it is not this types of card it is an "UPG 3600 ISA card" manufactured with a candian company that does not exists now.

And by the way if there is any one how has written a driver and have some experience i can send him my code...
The fact that code works on FC6 but now it is not working.... on FC8

PabloTwo · #11 18th March 2009, 03:36 PM

You might find some useful information to discover resource allocations on isa/pci bus's from this link. I didn't dig very deep on this page, but it looks promising.

notageek · #12 18th March 2009, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hnit_hnout

I tried it and doesn't work is there any source link to add it to my "source.list"

Code:

[root@psbmesures ~]# yum search hwtools
No Matches found
[root@psbmesures ~]#

Thats what I said, its not available in Fedora, and in future to install applications/programs use "yum" instead of "apt-get".

hnit_hnout · #13 18th March 2009, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PabloTwo

You might find some useful information to discover resource allocations on isa/pci bus's from this link. I didn't dig very deep on this page, but it looks promising.

I read this page a lot of times they talk about "scanport" witch is for debian only so I seached i found that is package of hwtools for debian only, If you can give me a hint how install something similar having the same option.

Quote:

Originally Posted by markkuk

The base address of a non-PnP ISA card is set by jumper blocks or dip switches on the card. See your hardware documentation.

I have seen and i found 12 switches so i think they are binary switches and they equivalant in hexa to 0xCCC or 0x333 in there position and i tried both of them and nothing happens