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author Florian Pose <fp@igh-essen.com>
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:15:44 +0000
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Version 1.4.0:
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* Read Pdo mapping for unknown Pdos before configuring them.
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* Attach Pdo names from SII or Coe dictioary to Pdos read via CoE.
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* Update documentation.
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* Get original driver for r8169.
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* Race in jiffies frame timeout?
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* ethercat tool:
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    - Replace --slave by --position.
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    - Add --alias option.
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    - Show attached slave position.
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    - Show Pdos in 'ethercat slave -v'.
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    - Accept files from stdin.
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    - Display attached device's MAC address instead of ff's.
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    - Data type abbreviations.
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    - Add a -n (numeric) switch.
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Future issues:
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* Distributed clocks.
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* Allow master requesting when in ORPHANED phase
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* Move master threads, slave handlers and state machines into a user
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  space daemon.
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* Implement user space realtime interface via cdev.
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* Mailbox protocol handlers.
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* Mailbox state machine using toggle bits.
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* Mailbox gateway.
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* Separate CoE debugging.
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* Evaluate EEPROM contents after writing.
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* Optimize alignment of process data.
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* Redundancy with 2 network adapters.
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* Interface/buffers for asynchronous domain IO.
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* Make scanning and configuration run parallel (each).
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* File access over EtherCAT (FoE).
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Smaller issues:
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* Stop master thread at ecrt_master_request() to get rid of allow_* flags?
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* Evaluate SII Size field (0x003E) to determine maximum SII memory size.
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* Unite fsm_pdo_mapping, fsm_pdo_config and fsm_coe_map.
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* Clear sync managers in INIT.
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* Read out CRC counters.
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* Configure slave ports to automatically open on link detection.
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* Only execute one EoE handler per EoE cycle.
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* Fix datagram errors on application loading/unloading.
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Less important issues:
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* Allow VLAN tagging.
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* Determine number of frames, the NIC can handle.
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