Virtual Serial Port Driver for Linux (VSPDL) is available in two different versions: gzipped TAR archive and RPM package. System requirements and installation procedure can be found here
Release: V1.47, published on 14 Jan 2013
- kernels 3.1-3.4 module build fix;
- better init.d dependencies.
Tested in:
CentOS 6.3, Mandriva 2011, OpenSuse 12.1, OpenSuse 12.2, Debian 6.0.6, Ubuntu 12.04;
Note: you don't need x86_64 for now, it's binary compatible.
System-specific notes
CentOS
# first: set up kernel headers for building modules
yum install kernel-devel
# second: install VSPDL RPM
yum install ./vspd-<version>.rpm
# Linux kernel development headers are installed into
# /usr/src/kernels/<somedir>
# preapre path for VSPDL
cd /usr/src/; ln -s ./kernels/<dirname> ./linux-`uname -r`
*Suse
# STEP 1.0: install default kernel and reboot
yast -i kernel-default
reboot
# STEP 1.1: set up kernel sources for external modules
yast -i kernel-source
yast -i kernel-syms
# STEP 1.2: prepare linux source tree
cd /usr/src/
cp -f ./linux-obj/`uname -i`/default/.config ./linux/
cp -f ./linux-obj/`uname -i`/default/Module.symvers ./linux/
ln -s ./linux ./linux-`uname -r`
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# for my OpenSuse 12.1:
$ uname -a
Linux linux-wh6q 3.1.10-1.16-default #1 SMP Wed Jun 27 05:21:40 UTC 2012 (d016078) i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
$ ls -l
total 20
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jan 11 05:27 linux -> linux-3.1.10-1.16
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Jan 11 07:40 linux-3.1.10-1.16
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jan 11 05:33 linux-3.1.10-1.16-default -> ./linux
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 11 05:31 linux-3.1.10-1.16-obj
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 11 05:31 linux-obj
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Jan 10 09:30 packages
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# STEP 1.3: finilize
cd /usr/src/linux/
make oldconfig && make modules_prepare
# STEP 2.0 install VSPDL RPM (or tar if you wish)
yast -i ./vspd-<version>.rpm
# STEP 3.0 install VSPDL
cd /usr/local/vspd-<version>-dist
./install.sh /usr/local/vspd
# STEP 4.0 (optional)
depmod
Ubuntu
# STEP 1.0
apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
apt-get install gcc
apt-get install make
# STEP 2.0
unpack and install vspd-<version>.tar.gz
# STEP 3.0 (for 64bit only)
# for 64bit system you may need to install lib32stdc++6:
apt-get install lib32stdc++
Debian
# STEP 1.0 (optional, usually it's already installed in Debian)
apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
apt-get install gcc
apt-get install make
# STEP 2.0
unpack and install vspd-<version>.tar.gz
# STEP 3.0 (for 64bit only)
# for 64bit system you may need to install lib32stdc++6:
apt-get install lib32stdc++
Mandriva >=2011
Mandriva 2011 placed it's development-ready kernel source into /usr/src/devel/linux-`uname -r`
# So you need to set up a symbolic link before running install.sh:
ln -s /usr/src/devel/`uname -r` /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`
If your system is using old libc try one of previous releases (1.44, 1.46).
Previous release: V1.44, V1.46, published on 26 Jul 2010
- Driver structure alloc/register fix for 2.6.3x kernels
- Added NetLoader application.
For more information, see Tibbo Documentation or in the
Tibbo Knowledge Base, specifically under Installing VSPDL as well as SLIP over IP using VSPDL.
ARM (armv5tejl, ts-7800), linux-2.6.21-ts
For installation instructions, see Installing VSPDL on an ARM System in Tibbo Knowledge Base.
Netloader
| Title |
Version |
Date |
File |
|
| NetLoader binary for Linux (will be included into VSPDL 1.44) howto |
1.44 |
20/05/2010 |
netloader
|
