--- a/NEWS Fri Mar 16 13:39:19 2007 +0000
+++ b/NEWS Fri Mar 16 14:00:12 2007 +0000
@@ -8,33 +8,34 @@
* Added testing version of Intel PRO/100 ethernet driver (e100).
* Added testing version of NVIDIA nForce ethernet driver (forcedeth).
-* Removed "ec_eoeif_count" master module parameter.
+* Removed "ec_eoeif_count" master module parameter. EoE handlers are created
+ dynamically instead.
* Added "main" and "backup" parameters to master module to hand over the
MAC addresses of the devices to wait for. This made the ec_device_index
- parameter of the ethercat drivers obsolete.
+ parameter of the ethernet drivers obsolete.
* Changed format of sysconfig file and accordingly adjusted functionality
- of the init script to handle MAC address lists.
+ of the init script to handle the above MAC address lists.
* Realtime interface changes:
- ecrt_master_run() became obsolete, because the master state machine is now
run in process context.
- Parameter changes in PDO registration functions ecrt_domain_register_pdo()
and ecrt_register_pdo_range(): Replaced slave_address, vendor ID and
- product code arguments with a slave pointer, which has to be optained with
+ product code arguments with a slave pointer, which has to be obtained with
a prior call to ecrt_master_get_slave().
- ecrt_master_get_slave() got additional parameters to check for vendor ID
and product code.
- Removed addressing scheme "X:Y" for ecrt_master_get_slave().
- - Added ecrt_master_get_status() to get information about the bus.
- - Added functions to set up an alternative PDO mapping, i. e.
+ - Added ecrt_master_get_status() to get status information about the bus.
+ - Added functions to set up an alternative PDO mapping for a slave, i. e.
ec_slave_pdo_mapping_clear(), ec_slave_pdo_mapping_add() and
ec_slave_pdo_mapping().
* Device interface changes:
- Replaced ecdev_register() and ecdev_unregister() with ecdev_offer() and
ecdev_withdraw(), respectively. The device modules now offer all their
- devices to the master, which decides, which ones to register.
+ devices to the master. The master then decides, which ones to register.
* All EEPROM write operations from user space are now blocking until
- writing has finished and return appropriate error codes.
-* Implemented setting of secondary slave address (alias) via sysfs.
+ writing has finished. Appropriate error codes are returned.
+* Implemented setting of the "Secondary slave address" (alias) via sysfs.
* Implemented SDO reading in operation mode via sysfs.
* Removed annoying eeprom_write_enable file. EEPROM writing always enabled.
* Slave configuration is now done exclusively from the master thread. Removed