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  1. *** ***
  2. *** Catalyst PCIBX32-X / PCIBX64-X Control Utility ***
  3. *** ***
  4. About this software
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  6. This program can be used to control the Catalyst PCIBX32-X and
  7. PCIBX64-X PCI Extender card through the parallel port interface.
  8. This software is run on the host-system.
  9. The host-system is the machine, which controlls the Extender.
  10. The client-system is the machine with the controller in its PCI slot.
  11. (The host- and client-system may be the same machine.)
  12. Usage
  13. -----
  14. See pcibx --help for detailed usage description.
  15. And read the manual of your PCI Extender. ;)
  16. Hotplug / Client-Kernel
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  18. To be able to hotplug devices into the controller, you must load
  19. the "fakephp" PCI Hotplug kernel module on the client system.
  20. This module fakes a PCI hotplug controller.
  21. WARNING: Read the fakephp Manual. Be very careful when hotplugging
  22. a device and keep doing it in the correct order:
  23. 1) Unregister the device from the kernel via sysfs.
  24. 2) Turn the UUT Powers on the Extender OFF.
  25. 3) Unplug the device from the physical PCI slot.
  26. To plug a device in, reverse the order of the steps.