A question about sst sample driver

I have checked the Solaris 8 version of sst SCSI sample
driver. There is one thing I couldn't understand:
In the definition of sst_fill_cdb, sstprivp->priv_amt is used
as transfer length. This variable is set to bp->b_bcount -
pkt->pkt_resid in sst_make_cmd() when the pkt is allocated. But it is never updated during subsequent
partial DMA transfers. Is this a bug or some thing other than the driver is updating this variable ( unlikely since
this is private to the driver) ?
Any explanations are very appreciated.

Hi no1,
Do these devices have drivers that you have installed? Do they have a driver application programming interface (API) that you can access, probably through a C++ DLL? I assume you're using LabVIEW (since this is the board you posted to). If you're using LabVIEW and you do have DLLs for your cards, you can use the Call Library Function Node or the Shared Library Import Wizard (which creates wrapper VIs for your DLL calls).
Otherwise, you can use NI-VISA to communicate with your devices. Here is a tutorial how to configure a USB device using the VISA Driver Development Wizard (which would be analogous to Firewire), and here is an overview of VISA.
You would read the data from device A and then write that data to device B, using either the DLLs or VISA, depending on which route you choose. Unless the devices have specific functions to transfer data to each other in their API, you will have to transfer the data by reading and writing the data in LabVIEW. I hope this helps!
Regards,
Missy S.
Calibration Engineer
National Instruments

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