Re: AM-FA

["M.Stein" <matthias@gom.com>]

Hello Jacques!

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Jacques GANGLOFF wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a ICPCI board with an AMFA acquisition module
> and I would like to make it work under RT linux.
> 
> There is no support for this module in the itifg driver,
> so I'm at the point where I must decide if I try to
> develop this driver myself or if I switch to another OS.
> 
> So, before doing anything, I must know some points :
> 
> - Is there somebody who have already begin this work ?

No!

> - Is it a difficult task ? Is there a particularity of the FA module
> that makes this work harder than for the other modules ?

No, I don't think so.

> - If I begin this work, what should I know to win time ?

The easiest way is to take driver version 0.5.1 and have a look at the
AM-CLR/RGB/STD patches. There you can see, which functions you have to
implement. For a first working version, which supports no reconfiguration
(no support for differnent camera types) the effort should be not so high.

> - I have the sources from imaging for the dos driver. Can this help me ?

I think, the important thing is to have te module documentation. Do you
have it. What kind of camera you want to support at first?

> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Jacques
>

It would be a great deal for the icpci device driver to support yet
another of the available modules!!! 

				Regards

				matthias
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