Can linux-gpib and the NI (VISA etc) drivers (without 488.2) coexist?

[AKHuettel]

Can linux-gpib and the NI (visa etc) drivers (without 488.2) coexist peacefully on one computer?

We would like to continue using the excellent NI GPIB-USB-HS adaptors (unsupported by the NI driver stack) via linux-gpib and access other, non-gpib hardware with VISA / DaqMX Base / ...

(I know that LabView and VISA applications cannot access the devices controlled by linux-gpib. Does not matter since we're only using the library bindings... they should just not interfere with each other's function...)

[irwan]

AFAIK, that should work.. If it doesn't work, the main thing to look at is whether a driver you don't expect claims a device.. and in Linux, there's a way to tell linux not to let a specific driver take control of a particular device.. or so I thought.

[AKHuettel]

Makes sense, thanks! (and making sure only one driver claims a device is possible, certainly for USB.)