PLX SDK User Manual
Version 7.20
Decemb
er 2014
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Table of Contents
PLX SDK User Manual ....................................................................................................................... 1
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... 1-1
1 General Information .................................................................................................................. 1-1
1.1 About this Manual .................................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.2 PLX SDK Features .................................................................................................................................. 1-1
1.3 Terminology ............................................................................................................................................. 1-1
2 Getting Started .......................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.1 Development Tools ................................................................................................................................. 2-1
2.2 PLX SDK Version Compatibility .............................................................................................................. 2-1
2.3 PLX SDK Installation in Microsoft Windows ............................................................................................ 2-1
2.4 PLX SDK Removal .................................................................................................................................. 2-1
2.5 Installation of PLX Device Drivers in Windows ....................................................................................... 2-2
2.5.1 PLX Plug and Play Device Driver Installation................................................................................ 2-2
2.5.1.1 PLX Device Driver Installation ............................................................................................. 2-2
2.5.1.2 Modifying the PLX INF File for Use with Custom Device/Vendor IDs ................................. 2-5
2.5.2 PLX PCI/PCIe Service Driver ........................................................................................................ 2-5
2.5.2.1 Install Using Service Control Manager (SCM) API .............................................................. 2-5
2.5.2.2 Install Using Windows “sc.exe” Utility .................................................................................. 2-5
2.5.2.3 Install Manually via Registry and Reboot ............................................................................ 2-6
2.5.2.4 Starting and Stopping the PLX Service Driver ..................................................................... 2-6
2.5.2.4.1 Use command-line utilities ........................................................................................... 2-6
2.5.2.4.2 Use Device Manager ................................................................................................... 2-7
2.5.3 Modifying PLX Driver Options in the Registry ............................................................................... 2-9
2.5.3.1 PLX Driver Options Wizard ................................................................................................ 2-10
2.6 Installation of PLX Device Drivers in Linux ........................................................................................... 2-11
2.7 Distribution of PLX Software ................................................................................................................. 2-11
2.7.1 License Agreement ...................................................................................................................... 2-11
3 PLX Host-side Software............................................................................................................ 3-1
3.1 SDK Directory Structure .......................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 PLX SDK Architecture Overview ............................................................................................................. 3-3
3.3 PLX API Library ....................................................................................................................................... 3-4
3.4 Device Drivers ......................................................................................................................................... 3-4
3.5 PLX API and Multi-threading ................................................................................................................... 3-4
3.5.1 PLX Device Driver Directory Structure .......................................................................................... 3-5
3.5.2 Building Windows Device Drivers .................................................................................................. 3-6
