[comp.sys.hp] 98625 won't work under 6.2?

leland@cs.columbia.edu (Lee Woodbury) (09/28/89)

Anyone,

We're trying to use a 98625A (or B) High-Speed HP-IB Interface on
our HP9000/320 workstation running HP-UX 6.2, but it doesn't work.
Specifically, the open call on the raw device fails:  "No such device
or address".

The raw device is as follows:

crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root      21 0x0f1f00 Mar 28  1989 /dev/hpib_raw.0f

The interface did work under HP-UX 6.0.1.  We have tried altering the
interrupt levels and switching the interface to "slow" mode, but to no
avail.

HP's Configuration Reference Manual's section on the 98625A (Page A-392)
says, "... not recommended for use as a Device I/O Library (DIL)
HP-IB interface," but it doesn't say why or any more than that.

Can anyone help?

Leland Woodbury
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mco@hpftc.UUCP (Mark C. Otto) (09/28/89)

In article <351@cs.columbia.edu> leland@cs.columbia.edu (Lee Woodbury) writes:
>We're trying to use a 98625A (or B) High-Speed HP-IB Interface on
>our HP9000/320 workstation running HP-UX 6.2, but it doesn't work.

I too am interested in this, since I run a 320 under 6.2 and am considering
purchasing a 98625A card.  Does anyone out there have this card working
as the primary boot device interface on a 320 under 6.2???


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tomg@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Thomas J. Gilg) (09/28/89)

> We're trying to use a 98625A (or B) High-Speed HP-IB Interface on
> our HP9000/320 workstation running HP-UX 6.2, but it doesn't work.
> Specifically, the open call on the raw device fails:  "No such device
> or address".
> 
> The raw device is as follows:
> 
> crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root      21 0x0f1f00 Mar 28  1989 /dev/hpib_raw.0f
                                       ^^^^
I think for High Speed, your first two hex digits should be 0x0e____, 
not 0x0f____.  For low speed, it should be 0x07____.  Other than that,
just check /etc/conf/gen for the proper drivers.  Hope this helps,

Thomas Gilg
tomg@cv.hp.com

pas@hpfcso.HP.COM (Paul A Stoecker) (09/28/89)

I presume you've reconfigured your kernel to include the hpib (DIL) driver
after updating?

Paul Stoecker

rer@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Rob Robason) (10/12/89)

> I too am interested in this, since I run a 320 under 6.2 and am
> considering purchasing a 98625A card.  Does anyone out there have this
> card working as the primary boot device interface on a 320 under 6.2???

There should be no problem using the '625B as a boot device.  I think
the 98625B is what you what to buy though, not the 'A'.  I think the
discussion here relates to the use of the card for instrument control
using the DIL (Device I/O Library) facilities.

Rob Robason