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     6 

     7 Changes in version 1.3.0:

     8 

     9 * Added Intel PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet driver (e1000).

    10 * Added testing version of Intel PRO/100 ethernet driver (e100).

    11 * Added testing version of NVIDIA nForce ethernet driver (forcedeth).

    12 * Removed "ec_eoeif_count" master module parameter. EoE handlers are created

    13   dynamically instead.

    14 * Added "main" and "backup" parameters to master module to hand over the

    15   MAC addresses of the devices to wait for. This made the ec_device_index

    16   parameter of the ethernet drivers obsolete. The broadcast MAC address means,

    17   that the master accepts the first device offered by any ethernet driver.

    18 * Changed format of sysconfig file and accordingly adjusted functionality

    19   of the init script to handle the above MAC address lists.

    20 * Realtime interface changes:

    21   - ecrt_master_run() became obsolete, because the master state machine is now

    22     run in process context.

    23   - Parameter changes in PDO registration functions ecrt_domain_register_pdo()

    24     and ecrt_register_pdo_range(): Replaced slave_address, vendor ID and

    25     product code arguments with a slave pointer, which has to be obtained with

    26     a prior call to ecrt_master_get_slave().

    27   - ecrt_master_get_slave() got additional parameters to check for vendor ID

    28     and product code.

    29   - Removed addressing scheme "X:Y" for ecrt_master_get_slave().

    30   - Added ecrt_master_get_slave_by_pos() to avoid the string handling of

    31     ecrt_master_get_slave().

    32   - Added ecrt_master_get_status() to get status information about the bus.

    33   - Added functions to set up an alternative PDO mapping for a slave, i. e.

    34     ec_slave_pdo_mapping_clear(), ec_slave_pdo_mapping_add() and

    35     ec_slave_pdo_mapping().

    36 * Device interface changes:

    37   - Replaced ecdev_register() and ecdev_unregister() with ecdev_offer() and

    38     ecdev_withdraw(), respectively. The device modules now offer all their

    39     devices to the master. The master then decides, which ones to register.

    40   - Replaced ecdev_link_state() with ecdev_set_link(); added ecdev_get_link().

    41 * All EEPROM write operations from user space are now blocking until

    42   writing has finished. Appropriate error codes are returned.

    43 * Implemented setting of the "Secondary slave address" (alias) via sysfs.

    44 * Implemented SDO reading in operation mode via sysfs.

    45 * Removed annoying eeprom_write_enable file. EEPROM writing always enabled.

    46 * Slave configuration is now done exclusively from the master thread. Removed

    47   ec_master_sync_io(). Userspace threads are now waiting for events in the

    48   state machine.

    49 * Master state machine scheduled with timeout if idle, otherwise is executed

    50   as fast as possible (with schedule()).

    51 * Added dummy module for simulation purpuses.

    52 * Limited infinite EEPROM reading, if 0xffff limiter word is missing.

    53 * Init script works now properly on non-SUSE distros (no rc.status dependency

    54   any more).

    55 * Removed EtherCAT line comments from 8139too drivers.