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  • Feedback/Tester for AVM-B1-PCMCIA/PCI Driver etc.

    From B419@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 3 11:17:31 2020
    Hi Fellows!

    I would be very glad if someone could do some tests with the AVM-B1-PCMCIA/PCI Driver.
    Questions and feedback are welcome.

    The sources are here:

    https://gitlab.com/tinkercnc/INMOS-Link-Driver

    And if possible the iServer for 64bit too.

    https://gitlab.com/tinkercnc/transputer-iserver-64bit


    Thanks in advance.

    BR Matsche

    PS: And if it's a "via non grata" please tell me.

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  • From B419@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 8 12:42:14 2020
    OK, this was a shot in the dark!

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  • From Steven M Jones@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 11 00:19:44 2020
    On 03/08/2020 12:42, B419 wrote:

    OK, this was a shot in the dark!


    Sorry, if I had a PCI or PCMCIA version within reach...

    Thanks for the notice about the driver!
    --S.

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  • From B419@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 11 03:42:27 2020
    Am Mittwoch, 11. März 2020 08:19:47 UTC+1 schrieb Steven M Jones:
    On 03/08/2020 12:42, B419 wrote:

    OK, this was a shot in the dark!


    Sorry, if I had a PCI or PCMCIA version within reach...

    Thanks for the notice about the driver!
    --S.

    Maybe you could try this one:

    https://www.ebay.de/itm/AVM-AKTIV-ACTIVE-ISDN-CONTROLLER-B1-PCMCIA-KABEL-ACTIVE-CARD-FAXEN-CALLCENTRE/310224280232?hash=item483acedaa8:g:LuEAAOSwDN1URXxf

    br matsche

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  • From carlier.damien@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 18 07:13:24 2020
    hello, somme questions,

    Do you use avm pcmcia direct on old laptop with this bus ? with a usb/pcmcia converter ? a IDE conversion ? :p

    Damien

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  • From B419@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 18 09:44:00 2020
    Am Mittwoch, 18. März 2020 15:13:25 UTC+1 schrieb carlie...@gmail.com:
    hello, somme questions,

    Do you use avm pcmcia direct on old laptop with this bus ? with a usb/pcmcia converter ? a IDE conversion ? :p

    Damien

    1.: X
    2.: O
    3.: O

    :P

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  • From carlier.damien@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 18 13:33:53 2020
    I'm willing to try to find one to test, but we'll have to be more precise XD USB / pcmcia converter, ok but what type? I imagine that a simple multicart reader for compactflash does not do the job?

    at the ide level, just a wire-to-wire conversion? how does it go at the software level

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  • From B419@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 18 13:48:32 2020
    Am Mittwoch, 18. März 2020 21:33:54 UTC+1 schrieb carlie...@gmail.com:
    I'm willing to try to find one to test, but we'll have to be more precise XD
    Ok, the cross (X) means "Checked!"
    Like a multiple choice test.
    Precise enough?

    USB / pcmcia converter, ok but what type? I imagine that a simple multicart reader for compactflash does not do the job?

    at the ide level, just a wire-to-wire conversion? how does it go at the software level

    It's a PC-Card interface.
    Use a PCI(e) to PC-Card adapter.
    I do not understand the "software level" question.

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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to thematsche@gmail.com on Sat Mar 21 17:09:07 2020
    B419 <thematsche@gmail.com> wrote:
    It's a PC-Card interface.
    Use a PCI(e) to PC-Card adapter.

    Is it CardBus? Or original ISA-like PCMCIA?
    I'm not sure if PCIe adapters will support the latter.

    Theo

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  • From B419@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 21 12:38:45 2020
    Am Samstag, 21. März 2020 18:09:10 UTC+1 schrieb Theo:
    It's a PC-Card interface.
    Use a PCI(e) to PC-Card adapter.

    Is it CardBus? Or original ISA-like PCMCIA?
    Of course, it's a ISA-like PCMCIA as you can see in the dmesg:

    [ 467.187343] registering driver avm-link-cs
    [ 467.187360] pcmcia 0.0: trying to match to avm-link-cs
    [ 467.187363] pcmcia 0.0: matched to avm-link-cs
    [ 467.187377] avm-link-cs 0.0: trying to bind to avm-link-cs
    [ 467.187420] avm-link-cs 0.0: base 400, regs 1
    [ 467.187421] avm-link-cs (avmcs-probe): probing PCMCIA devices...
    [ 467.187423] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): try to allocate PCMCIA devices...
    [ 467.187425] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): try to find IO port...
    [ 467.187491] avm-link-cs 0.0: pcmcia_request_io: [io 0x0150-0x0020] , [io 0x0000]
    [ 467.187496] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: alloc_io_space request for [io 0x0150-0x0020], 16 lines
    [ 467.187507] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: alloc_io_space request result 0: [io 0x0150-0x016f]
    [ 467.187510] avm-link-cs 0.0: pcmcia_request_io succeeded: [io 0x0150-0x016f] , [io 0x0000]
    [ 467.187511] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): try to find IRQ...
    [ 467.187512] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): try to configure the PCMCIA socket...
    [ 467.187599] avm-link-cs 0.0: enable_device: V 0, flags 811, base 400, regs 1, idx 1
    [ 467.227649] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): Submodule: TLink
    [ 467.227652] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): Try creating TLink Device...
    [ 467.430530] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) resetting transputer. (0x160) [ 467.430533] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) reset() data [0x00]
    [ 467.531524] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) reset() data [0x00]
    [ 467.632524] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) reset() data [0x01]
    [ 467.733527] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) reset() data [0x00]
    [ 468.036529] link-driver (link-construct-device): link0 at 0x0150 (polling) is a B004
    [ 468.036533] avm_b1 (b1-setinterrupt entry): port=0x0150, irq=3, cardtype=2 [ 468.036535] avm_b1 (b1-setinterrupt): port=0x0150, irq=3, cardtype=avm_b1pci
    [ 468.036562] avm-link-cs 0.0: avm-link-cs bound: Vpp 0.0, idx 1, IRQ 3
    [ 468.036567] avm-link-cs 0.0: resources: ioport [io 0x0150-0x016f] [io 0x0000] iomem [mem 0x00000000] [mem 0x00000000] [mem 0x00000000]


    I'm not sure if PCIe adapters will support the latter.

    But IMHO it would work rather then a USB-2-PCMCIA adapter.

    i.e. http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/CB242A.html

    Theo

    Matsche

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  • From Kenny@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 23 09:13:08 2020
    On Saturday, 21 March 2020 19:38:46 UTC, B419 wrote:
    Am Samstag, 21. März 2020 18:09:10 UTC+1 schrieb Theo:
    It's a PC-Card interface.
    Use a PCI(e) to PC-Card adapter.

    Is it CardBus? Or original ISA-like PCMCIA?
    Of course, it's a ISA-like PCMCIA as you can see in the dmesg:

    [ 467.187343] registering driver avm-link-cs
    [ 467.187360] pcmcia 0.0: trying to match to avm-link-cs
    [ 467.187363] pcmcia 0.0: matched to avm-link-cs
    [ 467.187377] avm-link-cs 0.0: trying to bind to avm-link-cs
    [ 467.187420] avm-link-cs 0.0: base 400, regs 1
    [ 467.187421] avm-link-cs (avmcs-probe): probing PCMCIA devices...
    [ 467.187423] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): try to allocate PCMCIA devices... [ 467.187425] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): try to find IO port...
    [ 467.187491] avm-link-cs 0.0: pcmcia_request_io: [io 0x0150-0x0020] , [io 0x0000]
    [ 467.187496] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: alloc_io_space request for [io 0x0150-0x0020], 16 lines
    [ 467.187507] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: alloc_io_space request result 0: [io 0x0150-0x016f]
    [ 467.187510] avm-link-cs 0.0: pcmcia_request_io succeeded: [io 0x0150-0x016f] , [io 0x0000]
    [ 467.187511] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): try to find IRQ...
    [ 467.187512] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): try to configure the PCMCIA socket...
    [ 467.187599] avm-link-cs 0.0: enable_device: V 0, flags 811, base 400, regs 1, idx 1
    [ 467.227649] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): Submodule: TLink
    [ 467.227652] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): Try creating TLink Device...
    [ 467.430530] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) resetting transputer. (0x160)
    [ 467.430533] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) reset() data [0x00]
    [ 467.531524] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) reset() data [0x00]
    [ 467.632524] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) reset() data [0x01]
    [ 467.733527] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) reset() data [0x00]
    [ 468.036529] link-driver (link-construct-device): link0 at 0x0150 (polling) is a B004
    [ 468.036533] avm_b1 (b1-setinterrupt entry): port=0x0150, irq=3, cardtype=2
    [ 468.036535] avm_b1 (b1-setinterrupt): port=0x0150, irq=3, cardtype=avm_b1pci
    [ 468.036562] avm-link-cs 0.0: avm-link-cs bound: Vpp 0.0, idx 1, IRQ 3
    [ 468.036567] avm-link-cs 0.0: resources: ioport [io 0x0150-0x016f] [io 0x0000] iomem [mem 0x00000000] [mem 0x00000000] [mem 0x00000000]


    I'm not sure if PCIe adapters will support the latter.

    But IMHO it would work rather then a USB-2-PCMCIA adapter.

    i.e. http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/CB242A.html

    Theo

    Matsche

    Greetings,

    Does the PCMCIA card need any hardware mods applied to it?
    Or should it function "striaght out of the box"?

    Kenny.

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  • From B419@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 24 04:03:02 2020
    Am Samstag, 23. Mai 2020 18:13:09 UTC+2 schrieb Kenny:
    On Saturday, 21 March 2020 19:38:46 UTC, B419 wrote:
    Am Samstag, 21. März 2020 18:09:10 UTC+1 schrieb Theo:
    It's a PC-Card interface.
    Use a PCI(e) to PC-Card adapter.

    Is it CardBus? Or original ISA-like PCMCIA?
    Of course, it's a ISA-like PCMCIA as you can see in the dmesg:

    [ 467.187343] registering driver avm-link-cs
    [ 467.187360] pcmcia 0.0: trying to match to avm-link-cs
    [ 467.187363] pcmcia 0.0: matched to avm-link-cs
    [ 467.187377] avm-link-cs 0.0: trying to bind to avm-link-cs
    [ 467.187420] avm-link-cs 0.0: base 400, regs 1
    [ 467.187421] avm-link-cs (avmcs-probe): probing PCMCIA devices...
    [ 467.187423] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): try to allocate PCMCIA devices...
    [ 467.187425] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): try to find IO port...
    [ 467.187491] avm-link-cs 0.0: pcmcia_request_io: [io 0x0150-0x0020] , [io 0x0000]
    [ 467.187496] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: alloc_io_space request for [io 0x0150-0x0020], 16 lines
    [ 467.187507] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: alloc_io_space request result 0: [io 0x0150-0x016f]
    [ 467.187510] avm-link-cs 0.0: pcmcia_request_io succeeded: [io 0x0150-0x016f] , [io 0x0000]
    [ 467.187511] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): try to find IRQ...
    [ 467.187512] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): try to configure the PCMCIA socket...
    [ 467.187599] avm-link-cs 0.0: enable_device: V 0, flags 811, base 400, regs 1, idx 1
    [ 467.227649] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): Submodule: TLink
    [ 467.227652] avm-link-cs (avmcs-config): Try creating TLink Device...
    [ 467.430530] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) resetting transputer. (0x160)
    [ 467.430533] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) reset() data [0x00]
    [ 467.531524] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) reset() data [0x00]
    [ 467.632524] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) reset() data [0x01]
    [ 467.733527] link-driver (link-reset): LINK(0) reset() data [0x00]
    [ 468.036529] link-driver (link-construct-device): link0 at 0x0150 (polling) is a B004
    [ 468.036533] avm_b1 (b1-setinterrupt entry): port=0x0150, irq=3, cardtype=2
    [ 468.036535] avm_b1 (b1-setinterrupt): port=0x0150, irq=3, cardtype=avm_b1pci
    [ 468.036562] avm-link-cs 0.0: avm-link-cs bound: Vpp 0.0, idx 1, IRQ 3
    [ 468.036567] avm-link-cs 0.0: resources: ioport [io 0x0150-0x016f] [io 0x0000] iomem [mem 0x00000000] [mem 0x00000000] [mem 0x00000000]


    I'm not sure if PCIe adapters will support the latter.

    But IMHO it would work rather then a USB-2-PCMCIA adapter.

    i.e. http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/CB242A.html

    Theo

    Matsche

    Greetings,

    Does the PCMCIA card need any hardware mods applied to it?
    Or should it function "striaght out of the box"?

    Kenny.

    Hi Kenny,

    no, there is no need for modding if you just use the T400 on the card..
    But if you want to connect extern transputers through the 2nd link you have to mod the card.
    Therefor routing the 2nd link pins to the extern connector is necessary. https://gitlab.com/tinkercnc/INMOS-Link-Driver/-/wikis/AVM-B1-PCMCIA-Mod

    Matsche

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