--- a/README Fri Feb 01 21:22:22 2008 +0000
+++ b/README Fri Feb 01 21:34:35 2008 +0000
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
1) General Information
======================
-This is an Open-Source EtherCAT master implementation for Linux 2.6.
+This is an open-source EtherCAT master implementation for Linux 2.6.
See the FEATURES file for a list of features. For more information, see
-http://etherlab.org/ethercat.
+http://etherlab.org/en/ethercat.
or contact
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
2) Hardware requirements
-The EtherCAT master needs a RTL8139 (or compatible) network interface card to
-run. Drivers for other widespread devices (i. e. Intel PRO/100) will be
-implemented soon.
+The EtherCAT master needs a RTL8139 (or compatible), Intel PRO/1000 or nVidia
+nForce network interface card to run. Drivers for other widespread devices (f.
+e. Intel PRO/100) will be implemented soon.
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@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
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 completely passive (except
-for the idle mode).
+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
recommented (hdparm -d0 <DEV>).