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1. Introduction

   The PCIe Multiport serial driver, supports the following multiport
   boards.

      - VXC-118U RS232 (8 Channels) Boards
      - VXC-148U RS422/485 (8 Channels) Boards

   This driver and installation procedure have been tested on various
   kernel versions from 2.6.32 to 3.6.0.

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2. Installation

   2.1 Driver files and device naming convention

       The first step is to copy driver file "VXC-1x8U-Series.tar.gz" 
       into specified directory. e.g. /root. The execute commands as below.

       #cd /root
       #tar zxvf VXC-1x8U-Series.tar.gz
         
       You may find the shell script in /root/VXC-1x8U/sysbas_mpdrv.v19.sh

   2.2 Module driver configuration

       1.excute sysbas_mpdrv.v19.sh
       #./sysbas_mpdrv.v19.sh

       You can use command 'lsmod | grep golden_tulip' to chech driver golden_tulip is exist
       
       2. This module registers serial ports as "/dev/ttyMP0", "/dev/ttyMP1", etc. Use "minicom" or your custom serial application to test the ports
   
   2.3 Verify driver installation
       You may refer to /var/log/messages or /var/log/kern.log to check the latest status
       log reported by this driver whenever it's activated.

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3. User Manual

   You can see user manual in below link.

   http://ftp.icpdas.com/pub/cd/iocard/pci/napdos/multiport/manual/VXC-1x8U_linux_user_manual.pdf
