[Raspbian-devel] comedi in kernel

[Bernd Porr]

Hi Peter,

it's the standard kernel from:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
2014-01-07-wheezy-raspbian.zip

root at raspberrypi:/home/pi/qwt-example-master# uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 3.10.25+ #622 PREEMPT Fri Jan 3 18:41:00 GMT 2014
armv6l GNU/Linux
root at raspberrypi:/home/pi/qwt-example-master#

kernel config:
CONFIG_COMEDI=m

/Bernd

On 04/02/14 18:19, peter green wrote:
> Bernd Porr wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> COMEDI is a measurement API and it would be actually good to see drivers
>> written for a couple of RPI daughter cards. I've also made one and would
>> write a driver for it:
>> http://web.eng.gla.ac.uk/rpi/
>>
>> It would be great if you could enable "drivers/staging/comedi" in the
>> kernel image.
>>   
> First question, which kernel are you using? are you using a kernel from 
> the raspberry pi foundation or are you using one from the raspbian 
> project? we have no control over what the raspberry pi foundation put in 
> their kernels.
>> I'm also the maintainer of the USBDUX data acquisition devices and have
>> been using them with the raspberry PI. So far I've been providing the
>> community with a re-compiled kernel with staging/comedi enabled which is
>> obviously not ideal:
>> http://www.linux-usb-daq.co.uk/software2/rpi/
>> and also pretty outdated now.
>>
>> Could you enable "drivers/staging/comedi" in the next kernel image:
>>   Device Drivers  --->
>>   [*] Staging drivers  --->
>>   <M>   Data acquisition support (comedi)
>>
>> That would be grand.
>>   
> Can you tell me the name of the option that one would need in a kernel 
> configuration file (e.g. CONFIG_<something>) to enable this?
> 

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