Re: Problem with getting GPIB card to work

dave penkler <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.hardware.gpib.general
Message-ID <CAL=kjP0gR8mmHmWWEVxHRwOwOo2-cmMW51cRAUJujUmCwXHzmg@mail.gmail.com>
OK I have pushed the changes
<https://sourceforge.net/p/linux-gpib/git/ci/2b764a39bae4778b3fa7bcf8a0b38b0f642fead0/>
to the sourceforge git repo,
Let me know if this works for you.
Thanks,
-Dave

On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 at 10:52, Søren Koch <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Dave.
>
> Thanks for the fast reply 🙂
>
> lspci -v gives :
> 03:00.0 Communication controller: National Instruments PCIe-GPIB+
> Subsystem: National Instruments PCIe-GPIB+
> Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 255, IOMMU group 11
> Memory at 90004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=4K]
> Memory at 90000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16K]
> Capabilities: [f0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
>
>
> lspci -n gives:
> root@impedan-trol-47:~# lspci -n
> 00:00.0 0600: 8086:7d1b (rev 01)
> 00:01.0 0604: 8086:7ecc (rev 10)
> 00:02.0 0300: 8086:7d67 (rev 06)
> 00:04.0 1180: 8086:ad03 (rev 01)
> 00:06.0 0604: 8086:ae4d (rev 10)
> 00:0a.0 1180: 8086:ad0d (rev 01)
> 00:0b.0 1200: 8086:ad1d (rev 01)
> 00:0d.0 0c03: 8086:7ec0 (rev 02)
> 00:14.0 0500: 8086:ae7f (rev 10)
> 00:1f.0 0601: 8086:ae0d (rev 10)
> 00:1f.5 0c80: 8086:ae23 (rev 10)
> 01:00.0 0108: 144d:a80d
> 02:00.0 0604: 104c:8231 (rev 03)
> 03:00.0 0780: 1093:7414
> 80:14.0 0c03: 8086:7f6e (rev 10)
> 80:14.5 0000: 8086:7f2f (rev 10)
> 80:16.0 0780: 8086:7f68 (rev 10)
> 80:16.3 0700: 8086:7f6b (rev 10)
> 80:17.0 0106: 8086:7f62 (rev 10)
> 80:1c.0 0604: 8086:7f38 (rev 10)
> 80:1f.0 0601: 8086:7f03 (rev 10)
> 80:1f.3 0403: 8086:7f50 (rev 10)
> 80:1f.4 0c05: 8086:7f23 (rev 10)
> 80:1f.5 0c80: 8086:7f24 (rev 10)
> 80:1f.6 0200: 8086:550c (rev 10)
> 81:00.0 0280: 8086:272b (rev 1a)
> root@impedan-trol-47:~#
>
> I think the line you ask for is this one:
> 03:00.0 0780: 1093:7414
>
>
>
> I moved the card to another computer to verify that the problem was
> particular to that specific computer and it appears to be this card / model
> that causes the issue.
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Søren Koch
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* dave penkler <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 4, 2026 5:48 PM
> *To:* Søren Koch <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* Linux-gpib-general <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [Linux-gpib-general] Problem with getting GPIB card to work
>
> Hi Søren,
> What does lspci -n come up with for vendor id 0x1093 ?. Perhaps the PCIe
> board has a different device id from those that are recognised by the
> driver.
> cheers,
> -Dave
>
> On Tue, 4 Aug 2026, 15:27 Søren Koch via Linux-gpib-general, <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> He all.
>
>
> I have just installed a new Ubuntu system:
>
> Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
> Description:    Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
> Release:    26.04
> Codename:    resolute
>
>
> I have installed the GPIB driver with no problems as usual.
>
>
> lspvi -v finds the  card:
>
>
> 03:00.0 Communication controller: National Instruments PCIe-GPIB+
>      Subsystem: National Instruments PCIe-GPIB+
>      Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 255, IOMMU group 10
>      Memory at e1004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=4K]
>      Memory at e1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16K]
>      Capabilities: [f0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
>
> modprobe tnt4882 does not give any errors and
>
> modinfo detects the tnt4882 driver:
>
> root@impedan-trol-45:~# modinfo tnt4882
> filename:  /lib/modules/7.0.0-22-generic/gpib/tnt4882/tnt4882.ko
> description:    GPIB driver for National Instruments boards using
> tnt4882 or compatible chips
> license:        GPL
> srcversion:     63E352E1BFB666D31E833AD
> alias:          pci:v00001093d00007258sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias:          pci:v00001093d00007259sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias:          pci:v00001093d0000710Esv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias:          pci:v00001093d000070CFsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias:          pci:v00001093d0000C831sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias:          pci:v00001093d0000C821sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias:          pci:v00001093d000071ADsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias:          pci:v00001093d0000C811sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> alias:          pci:v00001093d0000C801sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
> depends:        nec7210,gpib_common
> name:           tnt4882
> retpoline:      Y
> vermagic:       7.0.0-22-generic SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
> root@impedan-trol-45:~#
>
> but when I try to run gpib_config i get this:
>
> root@impedan-trol-45:~# gpib_config
> failed to bring board online
> failed to configure board
> main: No such device
> root@impedan-trol-45:~#
>
> and the driver does not load
>
>
>
> On an other (older) system running Ubuntu 24.04.03 it works and I get
> this when running lspci -v:
>
>
> 04:00.0 Communication controller: National Instruments PCIe-GPIB (rev 02)
>      Subsystem: National Instruments PCIe-GPIB
>      Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16, IOMMU group 13
>      Memory at 80804000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
>      Memory at 80800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>      Kernel driver in use: tnt4882
>      Kernel modules: tnt4882
>
> (Note that here the driver is loaded and in use)
>
>
> The only difference is that the board with problems is a PCIe-GPIB+
> whereas the one that works is a  PCIe-GPIB (rev 02)
>
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
> --
> Søren Koch
> Senior Development Engineer
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