Creating devices for the attached ports, Creating devices, For the attached ports – Perle Systems RIO 5500036-17 User Manual
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RIO Remote I/O System User Guide
Installing RIO under Linux
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Chapter 2 Installing hardware and software
Creating devices for the attached ports
After you have installed the new kernel, modules & hardware, and have rebooted the
machine. The following procedure can be followed to create devices for the attached ports.
1. At the command prompt, load the RIO driver module by typing
modprobe rio
and
pressing the
Enter
key.
2. Verify the module has successfully loaded using the
lsmod
command. The output should
contain references to the rio module.
3. Ensure all your RIO devices are attached and powered on.
4. At the command prompt, upload the host card firmware to the driver and boot the
attached devices (ignore any warning or error messages) by typing:
rioboot -f
and pressing the
Enter
key.
5. At the command prompt, create a configuration file (/etc/rio/rio.cf) based on what is
attached to your system by typing:
rioboot -w > /etc/rio/rio.cf.new
and pressing the
Enter
key
The contents of the rio.cf file is now displayed as shown in the next example;
6. Using a suitable text editor, modify the new configuration file (/etc/rio/rio.cf.new) to give
your RTA's names and assign ports to them as shown in the next example;
7. Rename the new configuration file you have created to
/etc/rio/rio.cf
8. At the command prompt, upload the changes to the driver by typing
rioboot -u
and
pressing the
Enter
key.
9. At the command prompt, create device nodes for the attached RTA's by typing
riomkdev
and pressing the
Enter
key.
HOST:d100000f::boot:
RTA:9400073d: UNKNOWN RTA 1-1:-1:boot:
RTA:94000731: UNKNOWN RTA 1-2:-1:boot:
RTA:94000732: UNKNOWN RTA 1-3:-1:boot:
RTA:94000733: UNKNOWN RTA 1-4:-1:boot:
HOST:d100000f::boot:
RTA:9400073d: RTA16 0-15:0:boot:
RTA:94000731: RTA16 16-31:16:boot:
RTA:94000732: RTA16 32-47:32:boot:
RTA:94000733: RTA16 48-63:48:boot: