PCMCIA-GPIB Card with Linux ?

[Urmel]

We would like to run LabVIEW + PCMCIA GPIB Card Ni-488.2 on a laptop under Linux. I know LabView provides a linux version, but we would need an appropriate driver for the PCMCIA-card. I found hints on a PCI-GPIB driver, but not for the PCMCIA version. Is there something available? We are currently running SuSE 7.0 on the laptop, but it would be no problem to switch to RH 7.1.

[Kim L]

Unfortunately, there is currently no linux driver for the PCMCIA-GPIB card. Please see the Knowledge Base document that discusses this issue. (see link below).
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/3efedde4322fef19862567740067f3cc/9f58b7e9cf9eedae8625683800576358?OpenDocument

If you wish to make a request, you could contact your local sales representative and make the suggestion.
Have a great day.
Kim L.
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

[Thanassis]

It is surprising to see that after all these years of expertise from NI, there is currently no way to have GPIB running on a Linux laptop.
NI provides no drivers for the two possible laptop solutions: USB or PCMCIA.
Given the widespread use of Linux in research labs, such a lack of support is rather disappointing. I can't imaging that writing such a driver would be more work than a computer science student project.
At least the basic communication/read/write functionalities with no polling and handshakes

Sincerely,
T. Misaridis, Ph.D