Mandatory

Linux Source (tested under 2.6 / 3.3.3)
libpthread, librt
cifX board (PCI/PCIe), NXSB-PCA / NXSB100 / netPLC, netJACK / NXHX board or NX-PCA-PCI / NXHX or netX Chip (DPM connections)
Building with configure:
- pkg-config utility for automatic finding/configuring needed libraries
Building with eclipse:
- eclipse environment (tested V3.5.2 / V3.7.2)
- eclipse CDT-plugin (V6.0.2 or later)
In case of PCI cards
Linux standard libraries libpciaccess (tested with V0.10.2 / V0.13.1-2)
- always needed for cifX PCI cards, support can be disabled by defining CIFX_TOOLKIT_DISABLEPCI)

Features

Based on the cifX Toolkit source
x86 / x64 and Armv7 / aarch64 since kernel version 4.x
Unlimited number of cifX boards supported
Support for NXSB-PCA or NX-PCA-PCI, netPLC, netJACK boards included
Interrupt notification for applications
Support of 2^nd Memory Window for PCI based device offering MRAM support
Setting the device time during start-up if time handling is supported by the device
DMA data transfer for I/O data (only PCI based cifX PC cards)
Support for netX90 based devices
Support for CIFX M.2 cards added

No Interrupt support for NXSB-PCA and NX-PCA-PCI boards
On Big Endian machines the user is responsible for converting send/receive packets from/to Little Endian. This is NOT automatically done inside the driver / toolkit.
Interrupt support only available for devices handled through uio_netx kernel module
Only one application can access a card simultaneously. For multi-application access to a single card, a special application needs to be implemented by user.
Online diagnostics access via SYCON.net needs a TCP/IP Server functionality integrated into the user application. An example stand alone server is offered with the linux driver