NEWS
author Patrick Bruenn <p.bruenn@beckhoff.com>
Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:17:36 +0200
branchstable-1.5
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devices/ccat: revert "limit rx processing to one frame per poll"

revert "limit rx processing to one frame per poll", which caused etherlab
frame timeouts in setups with more than one frame per cycle.
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Changes since 1.5.2:
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* Fixed FoE timeout calculation bug.
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Changes in 1.5.2:
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* API extensions (find the complete description in include/ecrt.h)
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    * Added redundancy features; enable using --with-devices.
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    * Re-designed and seamlessly integrated RTDM interface.
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    * Added ecrt_sdo_request_index() method to change index and subindex.
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    * Changed the data types of the shift times in ecrt_slave_config_dc()
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      to int32_t to correctly display negative shift times.
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    * Added API for querying CoE emergency requests.
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    * Added interface to read/write register contents; re-worked register
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      requests.
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    * Added interface to select the reference clock and to sync to it.
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    * Exported ecrt_domain_size() to userspace.
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    * Added ecrt_slave_config_reg_so_entry_pos() to register non-unique
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      PDO entries.
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* Ethernet drivers
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    * Added 8139too driver for 3.0, 3.2, 3.4.
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    * Added r8169 driver for 2.6.36 (J. Kunz), 3.2 (J. Kunz), 3.4 (F. Pose).
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    * Added e1000 driver for 3.0, 3.4.
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    * Added e1000e driver for 3.2 (J. Kunz), 3.4 (F. Pose).
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    * Added e100 driver for 3.0, 3.4.
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    * Fixes regarding 8139too driver for 2.6.36.
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    * Some fixes for all e1000 and e1000e drivers.
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* General behaviour
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    * Avoided semaphore locking from userspace/rtdm library: Implemented
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      datagram ring instead of queue.
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    * Assign SII to PDI during PREOP transition; Introduced
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      --enable-sii-assign to switch this on.
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    * Avoided re-allocating memory in userspace library implementations of
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      ecrt_sdo_request_state() and in VoE handlers.
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    * Send sync datagrams only if reference clock is found.
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    * Adjusted some DC clock discipline parameters.
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    * Fixed AL status code lookup.
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    * Fixed some ioctl() return values and permissions.
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    * Fixed FoE data OpCode, thanks to R. Roesch.
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    * Fixed and improved cancelling requests when clearing configuration.
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    * Using common wait queue for requests.
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    * Removed some unnecessary request types.
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    * Output slave FSM datagram statistics.
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    * Removed some state-dependent datagram skip messages.
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    * Immediately restart slave FSM on several failed requests.
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    * Reset master state machine when going to orphaned phase.
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* Command-line tool:
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    * Show complete access flag in config view.
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    * Added EtherLab skin for 'ethercat pdos' command.
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    * Fixed 'String too large' bug.
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* Infrastructure:
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    * Added AM_PROG_AR necessary for autoconf 1.12.
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    * Avoided use of AM_CFLAGS, which is not used in some situations.
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    * Added vmalloc() include fix for ARM architecture, thanks to Andrea
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      Scian.
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    * Install ethercat service to multi-user target by default.
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    * Fixed COPYING.LESSER to be LGPL 2.1 (like in file headers).
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    * More detailed output of configure script.
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    * Added rtai_rtdm_dc example, thanks to Graeme Foot.
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* Fixed reset of allow_scanning flag if ecrt_master_activate() was not called.
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* Fixed missing distribution for r8169 for 2.6.32 and e1000 driver for 2.6.31.
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* Added e100 for 2.6.35.
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* Added e1000e driver for 2.6.35 (F. Pose).
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* Added fix for ESC port order (DC delay calculation).
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* Added a userspace library for accessing the application interface. This
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  library is licensed under LGPLv2.
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* Added distributed clocks support.
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* Added watchdog configuration via application interface (thanks to J. Mohre).
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* Added VoE mailbox protocol support.
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* Added SoE mailbox protocol support.
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* Improved the callback mechanism. ecrt_master_callbacks() now takes two
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  callback functions for sending and receiving datagrams.
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  ecrt_master_send_ext() is used to execute the sending of non-application
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* Separated datagram initialization from filling the payload with zeros.
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  Introduced new method ec_datagram_zero() for that.
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* Added phy_read and phy_write commands to ethercat tool.
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* Added e100 driver for Intel PRO/100 NICs.
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    - Added e100 driver for 2.6.29, thanks to Andre Puschmann.
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* Added 8139too driver for kernels 2.6.25 (F. Pose), 2.6.26 (M. Luescher),
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  2.6.27, 2.6.28, 2.6.29 (M. Goetze), 2.6.31 (F. Pose), 2.6.32 (F. Pose),
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  2.6.33 (J. Kunz), 2.6.34 (Malcolm Lewis), 2.6.35 (B. Benner),
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* Added e1000 driver for 2.6.26 (M. Luescher), 2.6.27, 2.6.28, 2.6.29, 2.6.32,
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  2.6.33 (J. Kunz), 2.6.35, 2.6.37.
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* Added r8169 driver for 2.6.24, 2.6.27, 2.6.28, 2.6.29, 2.6.31, 2.6.32
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  (Robbie K), 2.6.33 (J. Kunz), 2.6.35, 2.6.37.
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* Added e1000e driver for 2.6.32, 2.6.33, 2.6.34 (thanks to Siwei Zhuang).
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* Debug interfaces are created with the Ethernet addresses of the attached
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  physical device.
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* Improved error case return codes of many functions.
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* Implemented the File Access over EtherCAT (FoE) mailbox protocol, thanks to
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  O. Zarges.
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* Going to the Bootstrap state is now supported by the state machines and the
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  command-line tool.
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* Added ecrt_open_master() and ecrt_master_reserve() separation for
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  the userspace library (thanks to Martin Troxler).
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* Added bus information interface (methods ecrt_master(),
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  ecrt_master_get_pdo() and ecrt_master_get_pdo_entry()) to get information
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  about the currently connected slaves and the PDO entries provided (thanks to
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  Martin Troxler and Stefan Weiser).
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* Added ecrt_master_sdo_download() and ecrt_master_sdo_upload()
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  methods to let an application transfer SDOs before activating the master
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  (thanks to Stefan Weiser).
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* Fixed SDO upload segment response (thanks to Christoph Peter).
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* Fixed SDO upload segment response for 10 bytes mailbox length (thanks to
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  Joerg Mohre).
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* SDO entry access rights are shown in 'ethercat sdos'.
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* Added 64-bit data access macros to application header.
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* Added debug level for all masters as a module parameter. Thanks to Erwin
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  Burgstaller.
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* Clear slave list on link down.
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* Output device link state in 'ethercat master'.
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* Added 'ethercat graph' command which outputs the bus topology in
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  DOT language.
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* Changed EC_MAX_SII_SIZE to 4096.
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* 'ethercat xml' creates valid XML <EtherCATInfoList> for more than one slave
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  (thanks to E. Burgstaller).
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* Added 'ethercat eoe' command to display Ethernet over EtherCAT statistics.
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* Added 'ethercat cstruct' command to output PDO information in C language.
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* Significantly improved EoE bandwidth by running EoE processing in a kthread.
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* Switched version control from Subversion to Mercurial.
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* Implemented CompleteAccess for SDO downloads.
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* ethercat tool is now able to handle multiple masters. The --masters option
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  supports ranges like '0,3,8-10'.
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* A sync manager is always enabled, if it contains registered process data.
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* Added a configuration switch --enable-wildcards to use 0xffffffff as a
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  wildcard for vendor ID and product code.
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* Added support for systemd.
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* Fixed race condition in jiffy-based frame timeout calculation.
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* Fixed race condition concerning the ec_slave_config_state->operational flag.
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* Fixed wrong calculation of the expected working counter if the process data
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  of a domain span several datagrams.
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* Fixed a kernel oops when a slave configuration is detached while the actual
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  configuration is in progress.
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* Fixed typo in logging output.
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* Removed 'bashisms' from init script ('function' keyword).
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* Fixed bug in e1000 drivers. Memory was allocated when sending the first
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  frame.
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* Modified licence headers to avoid conflicts with the GPL.
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* Restricted licence to GPLv2 only.
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* Fixed spelling of 'PDO', 'SDO' (all uppercase) and 'xx over EtherCAT'
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  (without hyphens).
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* Ported the master thread to the kthread interface.
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* Added missing semaphore up() in an ioctl(). In rare cases, the master
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  semaphore was not released.
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* Minor fix in 'slaves' command that fixed duplicate display of supported
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  mailbox protocols.
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* The SDO Information Service is only queried, if the slave has the
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  corresponding SII bit set.
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* Added some missing header files in the command-line-tool code.
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* Removed unstable e100, forcedeth, and r8169 drivers.
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* Fixed a deadlock causing race condition concerning thread signaling when the
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  master thread had no opportunity to run, but shall be killed immediately
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  after creation.
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* Added missing up()s causing a semaphore being not released in some rare
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  cases.
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* Minor fixes.
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* Removed some deprecated files.
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* Realtime interface changes:
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    - Replaced ec_slave_t with ec_slave_config_t, separating the bus
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      configuration from the actual slaves. Therefore, renamed
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      ecrt_master_get_slave() to ecrt_master_slave_config().
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    - Replaced slave address string with alias and position values. See
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      ecrt_master_slave_config().
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    - Removed ecrt_master_get_slave_by_pos(), because it is no longer
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      necessary due to alias/position addressing.
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    - Added ec_slave_config_state_t for the new method
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      ecrt_slave_config_state().
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    - Process data memory for a domain can now be allocated externally. This
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      offers the possibility to use a shared-memory region. Therefore,
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      added the domain methods ecrt_domain_size() and
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      ecrt_domain_external_memory().
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    - PDO entry registration functions do not return a process data pointer,
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      but an offset in the domain's process data. In addition, an optional bit
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      position can be requested. This was necessary for the external domain
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      memory. An additional advantage is, that the returned offset is
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      immediately valid. If the domain's process data is allocated internally,
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      the start address can be retrieved with ecrt_domain_data().
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    - Replaced ecrt_slave_pdo_mapping/add/clear() with
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      ecrt_slave_config_pdo_assign_add() to add a PDO to a sync manager's PDO
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      assignment and ecrt_slave_config_pdo_mapping_add() to add a PDO entry to a
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      PDO's mapping. ecrt_slave_config_pdos() is a convenience function
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      for both, that uses the new data types ec_pdo_info_t and
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      ec_pdo_entry_info_t. PDO entries, that are mapped with these functions
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      can now immediately be registered, even if the bus is offline.
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    - Renamed ec_bus_status_t, ec_master_status_t to ec_bus_state_t and
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      ec_master_state_t, respectively. Renamed ecrt_master_get_status() to
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      ecrt_master_state(), for consistency reasons.
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    - Added ec_domain_state_t and ec_wc_state_t for a new output parameter
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      of ecrt_domain_state(). The domain state object does now contain
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      information, if the process data was exchanged completely.
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      renamed ec_pdo_reg_t to ec_pdo_entry_reg_t and ecrt_domain_register_pdo()
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      to ecrt_slave_config_reg_pdo_entry().
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      be reached by specifying an explicit PDO assignment/mapping and
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      registering the mapped PDO entries.
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    - Added an SDO access interface, working with SDO requests. These can be
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      scheduled for reading and writing during realtime operation.
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    - Exported ecrt_slave_config_sdo(), the generic SDO configuration function.
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* Device interface changes:
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* Replaced the Sysfs interface with a new 'ethercat' command-line tool, that
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  is created via udev. The tool is able to
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    - Write alias addresses.
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    - Show the bus configuration.
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    - Output binary domain process data.
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    - Set the master's debug level.
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  direct SDO access, independent of the dictionary.
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      drivers from 2.6.20 to 2.6.24 (thanks to Olav Zarges).
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  the bus_tainted flag was deprecated and removed.
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* Slave configuration is not done during ecrt_master_activate() any more, but
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  later during realtime operation. The state of the configuration can be
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  queried via the ecrt_domain_state() and ecrt_slave_config_state() functions.
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  domains have to be used for inputs and output.
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    - Added some transfer timeouts.
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    - Asynchronous handling of Emergency requests.
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    - Bug fixes.
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* Sync managers are disabled, if the size is zero.
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* Renamed ec_master module parameters main and backup to main_devices and
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  backup_devices to avoid warnings of some compilers.
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* List end evaluate CoE detail flags from general category.
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* Added MODPROBE_FLAGS variable in start script and sysconfig file.
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* Implemented missing datagram types.
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* Changed all occurrences of 'EEPROM' to 'SII'
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* Allow multiple sync manager categories in SII.
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* Implemented SII writing workaround for some broken slaves.
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* Improved handling for spontaneous AL state changes.
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* Master takes mailbox sync manager configurations from EEPROM words
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  0x0018-0x001b, if no sync manager configurations are provided.
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* Fixed source MAC address setting bug.
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* Improved EoE handling: Avoided skipping of datagrams and release lock
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  while processing.
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* Added some statistics to the datagram structure.
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  before setting them.
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* Added --enable-eoe conditional.
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* Minor extensions of the master info file.
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* Improved handling of unexpected working counters.
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* Create network interfaces for EoE devices with alias as eoeXaY.
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* Fixed problems on big-endian systems.
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* Added documentation on how to set up an EoE network.
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* Added testing version of Intel PRO/100 Ethernet driver (e100).
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* Added testing version of NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver (forcedeth).
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  dynamically instead.
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  parameter of the Ethernet drivers obsolete. The broadcast MAC address means,
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  that the master accepts the first device offered by any Ethernet driver.
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  of the init script to handle the above MAC address lists.
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* Realtime interface changes:
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    run in process context.
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    and ecrt_register_pdo_range(): Replaced slave_address, vendor ID and
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    product code arguments with a slave pointer, which has to be obtained with
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    a prior call to ecrt_master_get_slave().
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    and product code.
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    ecrt_master_get_slave().
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    ec_slave_pdo_mapping().
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    ecdev_withdraw(), respectively. The device modules now offer all their
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    devices to the master. The master then decides, which ones to register.
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* All EEPROM write operations from user space are now blocking until
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  writing has finished. Appropriate error codes are returned.
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* Implemented setting of the "Secondary slave address" (alias) via sysfs.
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  state machine.
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* Master state machine scheduled with timeout if idle, otherwise is executed
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  as fast as possible (with schedule()).
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  any more).
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    from datagram processing. The queuing of a domain's datagrams is not
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    not be NULL any more.
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    a poll function to call its ISR. This was introduced because some network
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    drivers' interrupt functions have different arguments.
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* New option -c of the lsec script, displays slave current consumptions and
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  remaining current.
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* Added frame counter in master info file.
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* Added modules_install make target.
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* Device modules for kernel 2.6.17.
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* SDO configurations available in Sysfs.
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* FMMU configurations cleared when going to INIT.
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* Slave-specific logs only at debug level 1 (for large buses).
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* Acknowledging of spontaneous state changes in master FSMs.
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* Persistent slave lists. Slave structures are only regenerated on topology
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  change in IDLE mode.
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* SDO reading via Sysfs.
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* Added ecrt_domain_register_pdo_range()
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* Fetching of SDO dictionary.
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* Better timing behaviour when starting up under high CPU load.
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* Applied Autotools.
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* Improved output of lsec.
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* SDO download state machine.
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Changes in version 1.1:
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* Improved realtime interface.
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