[Dxspider-support] DRSI configuration

[Kelly Jones]

Hello everyone,

I'm not sure if the DRSI card configuration would be any different with 
Spider vs CLX (I know, bad word), but since it is a kernel level config (or 
a module load), I would think there shouldn't be much difference.

I currently have a dual port DRSI card (PCPA II - I think) running with 
kernel 2.2.19.  I have not been a fan of the 2.4 kernels so far, so I opted 
to compile under the 2.2.x version.  When I compiled the kernel, these are 
the options I chose under Ham Radio Support:

AX25 L2 Support
AX25 DAMA Slave support (probably not needed)
Serial port KISS (not not be needed depending on your config)
Z8530 SCC Driver (no other options under this option were chosen)

Those were the only pieced I compiled.  I personally prefer to recompile 
the kernel with the pieces I need instead of trying to load them as 
modules.  The box usually runs more stable that way.

I have Spider installed on another box as I am working on a CLX -> Spider 
migration, but simply have not had the time to really dig in to Spider 
yet.  However, as far as making the DRSI card run under Linux, I didn't 
have that many problems.  The trickiest part was setting the IRQ/IO of the 
DRSI card and making sure the scc.config file matched what the actual 
hardware was set to.  I found if you have any hardware IRQ/IO conflicts, 
the DRSI card will not initialize.

If anyone needs a copy of my config/startup files, I'll be happy to send it 
along.  BTW, I only have one side of the dual card running.  I simply 
didn't need the other half at this time.

73
Kelly - KE9KD
http://www.dx-central.com


At 09:30 PM 4/13/2002 +0100, you wrote:

>Hi , this probally wont help much.
>I tried without any success to get a drsi card to work under linux, I
>was trying to get the high speed port running not the 1200 bd port.
>I was able to get TNOS to work with that board, this was about 2 years
>ago, so the config info has gone.
>In theory it should work as half a scc card, but alass theory and
>practice are very different.
>
>73 richard
>On Sat, 2002-04-13 at 19:16, John Buttery wrote:
> > Thanks for replying, Bob.  The $PATH and position of the file were correct
> > but I have just downloaded v 3.0.3 and recompiled/installed the files
> > and at least I don't get 'file not found now'.  I've got to transfer the
> > DRSI cards from GB7WDX to the linux box soon and try configuration again
> > but not sure when, yet.
> > Thanks again
> > John, G7OPJ, SysOp GB7WDX
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dxspider-support-admin at dxcluster.org
> > [mailto:dxspider-support-admin at dxcluster.org]On Behalf Of Bob Nielsen
> > Sent: 13 April 2002 18:40
> > To: dxspider-support at dxcluster.org
> > Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] DRSI configuration
> >
> >
> > I've been wondering about this also.  All the information I have seen
> > seems to indicates that the SCC driver in the current kernels does not
> > support DRSI cards.  I suspect that during some driver update there
> > were some incompatible changes applied and the author did not have a
> > DRSI card with which to evaluate them.  It's probably fixable if
> > someone were to dig into the code.
> >
> > You could get it to work with a system using a 2.0.x kernel, but I'm
> > not sure that would be a good way to go, as other things might break.
> >
> > However, the message you got sounds more like a $PATH problem.
> > Could it possibly be/usr/sbin/sccinit?
> >
> > For AX.25 problems, the best resource is the linux-hams list.  You can
> > subscribe by sending a message with the line "subscribe linux-hams" to
> > majordomo at vger.kernel.org.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Bob, N7XY
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 09:30:14AM +0100, John Buttery wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I sent this message a time ago and have had zero response, so I'm
> > resending
> > > in the hope that someone has a solution to my problem.
> > >
> > > Has anyone out there configured DRSI boards to work with DXSpider?
> > >
> > > I am trying to set up a spider node at GB7WDX.  Using RH 7.2, I have all
> > the
> > > normal operability.  I can connect by rs232 to a serial port.  cluster,
> > > console, client and node seem to operate ok.  I have compiled in 
> Z8530 and
> > > have installed sccinit, etc., from z8530drv-utils.  I have also 
> configured
> > > /etc/z8530drv.conf.  However, when I run sccinit, I get 
> '/sbin/sccinit: No
> > > such file or directory'.
> > >
> > > Any ideas would be welcome.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > John, G7OPJ
> >
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