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Updated README etc.

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Building and installing Building and installing
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The building and installation procedure is described in section 2.1 in the The build and installation procedure is described in section 2.1 in the
EtherCAT master documentation available from http://etherlab.org/ethercat. documentation available from http://etherlab.org/en/ethercat.
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For the impatient: For the impatient: The procedure mainly consists of calling
The procedure mainly consists of calling
$ ./configure $ ./configure
$ make modules $ make modules
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# make install # make install
# make modules_install # make modules_install
...and copying the init script and sysconfig file from $prefix/etc to the ...and copying the init script and sysconfig file from $PREFIX/etc to the
appropriate locations and customizing the sysconfig file. appropriate locations and customizing the sysconfig file.
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1) General Information 1) General Information
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This is an Open-Source EtherCAT master implementation for Linux 2.6. This is an open-source EtherCAT master implementation for Linux 2.6.
See the FEATURES file for a list of features. For more information, see See the FEATURES file for a list of features. For more information, see
http://etherlab.org/ethercat. http://etherlab.org/en/ethercat.
or contact or contact
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2) Hardware requirements 2) Hardware requirements
The EtherCAT master needs a RTL8139 (or compatible) network interface card to The EtherCAT master needs a RTL8139 (or compatible), Intel PRO/1000 or nVidia
run. Drivers for other widespread devices (i. e. Intel PRO/100) will be nForce network interface card to run. Drivers for other widespread devices (f.
implemented soon. e. Intel PRO/100) will be implemented soon.
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Realtime patches for the Linux kernel are supported, but not required. The Realtime patches for the Linux kernel are supported, but not required. The
realtime processing has to be done by the calling module (see API realtime processing has to be done by the calling module (see API
documentation). The EtherCAT master code itself is completely passive (except documentation). The EtherCAT master code itself is passive (except for the idle
for the idle mode). mode and EoE).
To avoid frame timeouts, deactivating DMA access for hard drives is To avoid frame timeouts, deactivating DMA access for hard drives is
recommented (hdparm -d0 <DEV>). recommented (hdparm -d0 <DEV>).
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environment with Ethernet-over-EtherCAT devices. environment with Ethernet-over-EtherCAT devices.
A virtual network interface will appear for every EoE-capable slave. The A virtual network interface will appear for every EoE-capable slave. The
interface naming scheme is eoeXsY, where X is the master index and Y is the interface naming scheme is either eoeXsY, where X is the master index and Y is
slave's ring position. Please provide a network configuration file for any of the slave's ring position, or (if the slave has an alias set) eoeXaZ, where Z
these interfaces. On SUSE systems, these can look like the following: is the (decimal) alias address. Please provide a network configuration file for
any of these interfaces. On SUSE systems, these can look like the following:
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eoe0s14: /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eoe0s14:
IPADDRESS=10.0.0.14/8 IPADDRESS=10.0.0.14/8
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* Remove ecdb.h and let lsec output PDO information 'cut-and-pastable' for * Remove ecdb.h and let lsec output PDO information 'cut-and-pastable' for
applications. applications.
* Update documentation. * Update documentation.
* Create table of supported network devices and add link inside README.
Future issues: Future issues:
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