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Long time lurker, first time poster. Sorry in advance if I make any mistakes, if there's info missing or if this is the incorrect place to post this.

I was looking through the forum and other related sources to find a PCIe-ParPort board that would work with LinuxCNC and was available where I am (Buenos Aires, Argentina), which turned out to be quite the task. The only one I managed to find was one with the chipset PCI 60806A (It also uses the ASM1083 as PCIe-PCI bridge). Most sources noted this chipset as not supported, but I didn't really have many options, so I decided to give it a try (They said I could return it if it didn't work, so I guess I was trying it for free).

Lo and behold, it worked first try (Second actually, the first address wasn't correct). I'll share some of the details in images below (such as the `lspci -v` output and so on).

My question for you, wise internet people, is: Am I missing something? Will it stop working randomly for some reason I am too ignorant to know? Should I return it and go through the hassle of importing a tried-and-tested board from abroad? Did I just get lucky?

Main source that says this chipset isn't supported:  Here

Images:
The board:



The output from lspci -v, lspci -vv and the port I configured in the .hal file (respectively):



 

The HAL python module allows reading or arbitrary pins and signals without connecting to them.
It's written in C++ but shows the process and borrows C code from HAL cmd.

That would be great!

I don't know if it helps, but if so I can install 2 Sunix cards (one PCI and one PCIe) and share with you a anydesk login.