Specifications

Installation in Linux
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11 Installation in Linux
The ISDN-Controller B1 PCI v4.0 can be used with all current
Linux distributions. For the SUSE Linux distributions, pre-
compiled drivers are included in the software package. In
versions SUSE Linux 8.2 or higher, a CAPI4Linux driver is al-
ready integrated in the operating system. Installation for
these distributions is described in this manual.
The pre-compiled driver software directly supports the
INTEL i386 platform. The drivers must be re-generated and
compiled to be used in other distributions or kernel ver-
sions, on other CPU platforms or on a multi-processor sys-
tem. Tips about generating the source code are included in
the SRC directory created by extracting the respective TAR
archive.
The driver software supports up to four active AVM ISDN
Controllers installed in one system. For details, see the sec-
tion “Installing Additional Controllers” on page 55.
The ISDN-Controller B1 PCI v4.0 is designed for operation
on a point-to-multipoint line, but can also be used on a
point-to-point line. For further details see “The ISDN-Con-
troller B1 PCI v4.0 on Point-to-Point Lines” from page 60.
CAPI4Linux
The CAPI 2.0 standard for Linux makes it possible to devel-
op applications and drivers that can run on any ISDN-Con-
troller with a compatible CAPI 2.0 driver. The CAPI4Linux
software package is based on this standard.
Information on CAPI can be found in the section “The
CAPI 2.0 Application Interface” from page 66.
With CAPI4Linux you can use the entire range of ISDN
services like Internet access, Remote Access Service, tele-
phony, Fax G3 and file transfer over a standardized applica-
tions interface CAPI with corresponding applications.