Using Brainboxes PCI Serial Cards with Linux - Part 1Linux Support for Brainboxes ProductsBackground to Linux
In 1991 a Finnish computer science student, Linus Torvalds, beganprogramming a version of UNIX. During development he published not only thebinaries (the executable code) but also the source to his project on theInternet. Shortly there after many thousands of developers begancontributing to this project. The only condition to contributing to theproject was that the source code for each component was made available tothe general public. The legal basis for this condition is provided by theGPL (General Public Licence). These global development efforts have givenrise to the Linux operating system which is now synonymous with stability,security and performance, and it's free!Linux is constantly evolving; becoming more powerful, more flexible, moresupportive (of hardware) and more user friendly. Linux now powers 90% of theworld's web server market and a growing demand for desktop applications isseeing it become a more competitive desktop operating solution. The drivers were written for Linux Red Hat kernels 2.4.24 and 2.4.25 andshould work, or be easily modified to work, in most flavours of Linux. Ifmodifications are required to provide support for large volume requirementscontact sales@serial-cards.co.uk for details. New Key Features
� Support as a Module
� Serial and Parallel Support
� Fully tested in Red Hat Kernels 2.4.24 & 2.4.25
� Published under GPL
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