NI PCI 7851R Linux compatibility

[Giuvan]

Hi y'all!

I'm taking into consideration this FPGA-based board for doing digital acquisition/generation, plugging it into a PCIe slot of a PC running LabVIEW for Linux in a Red Hat environment. 

The datasheet of the "NI R-series multifunction RIO", that is the series into which this board falls, doesn't list Linux in the "Requirements and compatibility" paragraph; only several Windows OS.

However, the description of the "NI-RIO Drier 14.0 for Linux" (which is the one used for this board) clearly mentions PCI-7851R in the list of supported hardware.

Finding these two statements a bit confusing, I kindly ask if this piece of hardware is actually Linux compatible.

Cheers!

[AdrienMrgn · Accepted solution]

Hi, As explained in the RIO driver for Linux (http://www.ni.com/download/ni-rio-14.0/5027/en/) : 

NI-RIO Driver 14.0 for Linux provides run-time support for NI-RIO devices on Scientific Linux 6.x, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x and 7.x, and openSUSE 12.x and 13.1. Please see the readme for full OS support.

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This means you can use the PCI 7851R card in a Linux computer whihc OS is compatible such as Red Hat Enterprise.

Have a nice day

[Giuvan]

Hi Adrien!

That's exactly the webpage I saw about the driver, which lists the 7851R board!

What has confused me is that in http://www.ni.com/datasheet/pdf/en/ds-98 no linux is mentioned, so I wasn't sure who to trust more...

Thank you for you opinion!