1 [Comedi][] is a Linux COntrol and MEasurement Device Interface. We
2 use Comedi in our lab to contol [[experiments|Research]] via a [NI
3 PCI-6052E][6052E]. The basic architecture for a Comedi application
6 kernel space | user space
10 kernel --------|-- libcomedi - application
14 To make matters more complicated, there are two version of the kernel
15 module, one [in CVS at comedi.org][external] and another [in the
16 kernel itself][kernel].
18 Luckily, many distributions now package versions of the in-kernel
19 staging driver (e.g. [Debian][] and [Ubuntu][]). I was feeling left
20 out on Gentoo, so I've just revived the [old Gentoo packages][gentoo]
21 and added them to my [[Gentoo overlay]].
23 [Comedi]: http://www.comedi.org/
24 [6052E]: http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/2601
25 [external]: http://www.comedi.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/comedi/
26 [kernel]: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=tree;f=drivers/staging/comedi
27 [Debian]: http://packages.debian.org/sid/python-comedilib
28 [Ubuntu]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/python-comedilib
29 [Gentoo]: http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/sci-libs/comedilib/?hideattic=0
32 [[!tag tags/programming]]
34 [[!tag tags/hardware]]