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List:       comedi
Subject:    Re: Different comedi versions?
From:       Calin Culianu <calin () ajvar ! org>
Date:       2001-08-23 6:38:47
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Yes, actually I am in the process of taking software that was written for
one and one board only, and making it generic enough to work with any
board. The functions for asking comedi about board capabilities are
definitely lifesavers!

-Calin

On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, David Schleef wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 12:12:45PM -0400, Calin Culianu wrote:
> >
> > What is the best way to go about finding the various features/functions
> > and differences between the various comedi and comedilib versions?
>
> Looking at the source code. =)
>
> > The
> > reason being: I want to write some software that is generic enough to work
> > with many possible configurations and versions of comedi.
>
> Shouldn't be a problem.  Different versions of Comedi/Comedilib are
> irrelevent -- I still run a program that was compiled with
> comedi-0.7.4 and comedilib-0.7.2.  Things get more interesting
> when you try to deal with many different kinds of devices -- but
> as long as you don't assume anything, i.e., number of channels,
> bits per channel, command capabilities, etc., and ask comedilib
> about capabilities, you should be ok.  And if you notice that
> there isn't a function for something you need to know, it's probably
> my mistake.
>
>
>
> dave...
>
>




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