Bug#874374: ITP: linux-gpib -- The Linux GPIB Package is a support package for GPIB (IEEE 488) hardware.

[Matthias Geiger <m_geiger@wiwa.de>]

On Mon, 05 May 2025 12:12:12 +0100 "Derek Kozel" <derek@bitstovolts.com> 
wrote:

>I tried to package linux-gpib in 2018. It would still be useful to 
package, but at the time I did not know enough about packaging kernel 
modules to be successful.

> Here is one patch which was useful in 2018. I don't know if it is 
still helpful. 
https://sourceforge.net/p/linux-gpib/mailman/linux-gpib-general/thread/31d781e2-d99b-5e31-0f93-4c552a06c4f8%40gmail.com/#msg36639167 


> I hope you will be successful packaging the module and would be happy 
to test.

Hi,

note that the gpib kernel module now has been accepted in linux-staging  
[0]. It will likely be in mainline with 6.17.

The userspacetools for gpib [1] however would be nice to have in Debian; 
I am likely to package them for $work.

Currently I need to iron out some kinks to get the python bindings 
installed into the correct directory; but apart from that, it already 
builds fine for me.

Let me know if you want to work together on those. IMO this bugreport 
should be closed then on the module landed in mainline and is enabled in 
Debian kernel builds.


[0] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.16-rc1/source/drivers/staging/gpib

[1] https://sourceforge.net/p/linux-gpib/git/ci/master/tree/linux-gpib-user/


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