3 EtherCAT master TODO

     3 EtherCAT master TODO

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     5 $Id$

     5 $Id$

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     7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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    12 * Future features:

     9 * Future features:

    13   - Interface/buffers for asynchronous domain IO.

    10   - Interface/buffers for asynchronous domain IO.

    14   - Distributed clocks.

    11   - Distributed clocks.

    15   - Read dynamic PDO mapping from SDO dictionary (see can-cia.org: cia301ds4).

    12   - Read dynamic PDO mapping from SDO dictionary (see can-cia.org: cia301ds4).

    29   - Calculate cycle time of operation state machine.

    26   - Calculate cycle time of operation state machine.

    30   - Locking for serveral slave variables for sysfs access.

    27   - Locking for serveral slave variables for sysfs access.

    31   - Interrupt master state machines state scan for other jobs.

    28   - Interrupt master state machines state scan for other jobs.

    32   - Master state machine, slave configuration: Do not check every slave on

    29   - Master state machine, slave configuration: Do not check every slave on

    33     a cycle.

    30     a cycle.

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    32 

    35 * Less important issues:

    33 * Less important issues:

    36   - Implement all EtherCAT datagram types.

    34   - Implement all EtherCAT datagram types.

    37   - File access over EtherCAT (FoE).

    35   - File access over EtherCAT (FoE).

    38   - Allow VLAN tagging.

    36   - Allow VLAN tagging.