TODO
author Florian Pose <fp@igh-essen.com>
Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:19:40 +0000
changeset 317 e5ceb7cd20b5
parent 277 b9fef58af86e
child 325 7833cf70c4f2
permissions -rw-r--r--
Remove old ec_list before creating link.
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EtherCAT master TODO

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Important things to do:

* New SDO-Configuration interface

* Remove slave type information from master / New RT Interface

* Always use state machines / remove simple IO code

* SysFS interface
  - Add secondary slave address
  - Add SDO dictionary

* Implement all EtherCAT commands

* Determine number of frames the NIC can handle

* Implement eepro100 driver

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Not-so-important things to do:

* User space tool for configuration

* Calculate bus topology

* File access over EtherCAT (FoE)

* Allow VLAN tagging

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