drivers/can_kvaser/README
author Christian Taedcke <hacking@taedcke.com>
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:43:13 +0100
changeset 699 c26ea35559f8
parent 400 7d845f5d730c
permissions -rw-r--r--
dcf.c:
- removed inline definition of dcf variable, which is not allowed on many c compilers.
- removed SaveNode() call using ifdef, because not all canopen devices support this feature.
Later on it should be possible to enable this for each dcf entry using objdictedit.
- fixed bug when dereferencing an dcf entry from the object dictionary.
Kvaser driver for CANfestival, the open source CANopen stack.
(C)2008 Giuseppe Massimo Bertani 


This driver should work with any Kvaser product compatible with Kvaser's CANLIB4.
I tested it with CAN Leaf Professional (USB-CAN adapter) on a Suse10.1 Linux box
and CANLIB 4.72 Beta (Oct 1,2007). 

In order to compile the driver, you should already be able to run the CANlib examples,
and tools, to be sure that CANLIB is able to detect and drive your device. 
 
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NOTES ABOUT CANLIB4

Since the "Leaf" device was added recently to CANLIB, I had to download the latest linuxcan4
library sources from http://www.kvaser.com instead of use the CD software shipped with the device.

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NOTES ABOUT WINDOWS

Sadly, Kvaser's Win32 CANLIB is not provided with sources, so CANLIB cannot be build with GNU
tools. LIB files for MSVC and BCC are provided with the DLL but the DLL itself is stripped and
I've tried an entire day to compile this driver under Cygwin without success, despite 
Wu Yongwei's hints (http://www.geocities.com/yongweiwu/dllfaq.htm).

This does not mean that it's an impossible task, but probably I left out something important. 
Temporary KO.

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GMB 23/1/08