usb-board-driver

Source Files

• bulk_cypress.c
• cypress_read_ops.c
• brl_usb_fops.c

Headers

• bulk_cypress.h
• cypress_read_ops.h
• brl_usb_fops.h

Prerequisites

• recent kernel (2.6 or 3.x series should work fine)
• kernel headers installed

Compile

Ensure that you have your current kernel's headers installed:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Build the kernel module

make

Install

Copy usb driver folder to usr/src with the current version number, for example (5/2023):

cp -R ../usb-board-driver /usr/src/brl_usb-2.5.2

Use dkms to install and manage the module. This should load the module on startup.

sudo dkms install -m brl_usb -v 2.5.2

Uninstall

sudo make uninstall

API

• usb_board_count
• cypress_get_bytes_read
• cypress_get_bytes_written
• cypress_listActiveBoards
• cypress_read
• cypress_request_read