Shared infrastructure code for the Linux GPIB (IEEE-488) subsystem, which provides the common framework that individual GPIB interface board drivers plug into. GPIB itself is a parallel instrument-control bus widely used to connect oscilloscopes, signal generators, and other lab equipment to a host computer.
This is not actually a hardware driver; it is the shared core of the GPIB subsystem that individual GPIB adapter drivers depend on. It cannot be evaluated for removal on its own — its fate is tied to the GPIB subsystem as a whole.
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Not a driver directory: shared GPIB common support code under a subsystem-level 'common' directory, not a standalone hardware-specific driver.