COMEDILIB
- The Linux Control and Measurement Interface Library
+ The Linux Control and Measurement Device Interface Library
David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>
incomplete list can be found in the Comedi source.
This distribution contains only the user-space library. You will
-almost certainly also want to download the Comedi kernel modules.
+almost certainly also want to download the Comedi kernel modules
+found in the "comedi" tarball. Also, the calibration programs
+comedi_calibrate and comedi_soft_calibrate can be found in the
+"comedi_calibrate" tarball. A few boards also need firmware
+found in the "comedi-nonfree-firmware" tarball.
* Installation:
* Mailing List:
-Comedi has a mailing list. Send "subscribe comedi" to
-comedi-request@stm.lbl.gov to subscribe. Traffic is light, and mainly
-questions/answers about comedi installation, bugs, and programming.
-General questions about data acquisition are also welcome.
-Alternatively, you can subscribe and unsubscribe at
-http://stm.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/comedi.
-You can always unsubscribe by sendinging "unsubscribe" (spell
-it correctly!) to comedi-request@stm.lbl.gov.
+Questions about Comedi and Comedilib should be sent to the Comedi
+mailing list, <comedi_list@googlegroups.com>. It is necessary to
+join the group before posting (see below). It is also possible to
+post to the list using the web interface (see below). Mailing the
+maintainer directly is always acceptable, but since the mailing list
+is archived and questions are often answered more quickly by others,
+the mailing list is preferred.
+
+To subscribe to and unsubscribe from the mailing list, or to read or
+post messages via the web interface, go to
+<http://groups.google.com/group/comedi_list>. Alternatively, you
+can send a blank email to <comedi_list+subscribe@googlegroups.com>
+to subscribe, or to <comedi_list+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com> to
+unsubscribe (making sure the "From:" email address matches the
+address you originally subscribed with!).
+
+Traffic on the list is light, and mainly questions/answers about
+comedi installation, bugs, and programming. General questions
+about data acquisition are also welcome.
* More Information:
-Comedi also has a web page, at http://stm.lbl.gov/comedi. New versions
-of comedi can be found on the ftp site ftp://stm.lbl.gov/pub/comedi.
+Comedi also has a web page at <http://www.comedi.org/> from where
+updated versions may be downloaded.
Often bugfixes and new features that are not in the current release
-can be found in the CVS repository. Instructions for anonymous CVS
-access to the Comedi and Comedilib repositories are found at
-http://oss.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html.
+can be found in the Git repository. Instructions for access to the
+Comedi and Comedilib repositories can be found at
+<http://www.comedi.org/download.html>. Git snapshots for Comedilib
+can be created automatically at
+<http://comedi.org/git?p=comedi/comedilib.git;a=tree>. The Git
+repository can be cloned locally using:
+
+ git clone git://comedi.org/git/comedilib.git
Comedilib may be freely distibuted and modified in accordance with
the GNU Lesser General Public License. Portions of the Comedilib