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This is the README file of the IgH EtherCAT Master.
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Contents:
1) General Information
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3) Building and installing
4) Realtime & Tuning
5) License
+6) Coding Style
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1) General Information
======================
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D-45356 Essen
http://igh-essen.com
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2) Requirements
===============
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A table of supported hardware can be found at
http://etherlab.org/en/ethercat/hardware.php.
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3) Building and installing
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See the INSTALL file.
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4) Realtime & Tuning
====================
Realtime patches for the Linux kernel are supported, but not required. The
realtime processing has to be done by the calling module (see API
-documentation). The EtherCAT master code itself is passive (except for the idle
-mode and EoE).
+documentation). The EtherCAT master code itself is passive (except for the
+idle mode and EoE).
To avoid frame timeouts, deactivating DMA access for hard drives is
recommended (hdparm -d0 <DEV>).
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5) License
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technology and brand is only permitted in compliance with the industrial
property and similar rights of Beckhoff Automation GmbH.
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+6) Coding Style
+===============
+
+Developers shall use the coding style rules in the CodingStyle.txt file.
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