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fp@194: EtherCAT master TODO
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fp@194: $Id$
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fp@612: * Future features:
fp@557:   - Distributed clocks.
fp@557:   - Redundancy with 2 network adapters.
fp@695:   - Mailbox handler
fp@695:   - Support slaves, that don't support the LRW datagram, only LRD/LWR.
fp@705:   - PDO reading in IDLE mode.
fp@705:   - Replace Sysfs interface with cdev and user space program.
fp@755:   - Interface/buffers for asynchronous domain IO.
fp@775:   - Remove ecdb.h and let lsec output pdo information 'cut-and-pasteable' for
fp@775:     applications.
fp@775:   - SDO access via realtime interface.
fp@775:   - Scanning shall include reading the PDO mapping via CoE.
fp@547: 
fp@612: * Smaller issues:
fp@755:   - Datagram debugging flag.
fp@636:   - Clear sync managers in INIT.
fp@557:   - Simplify FSMs with <state>_enter() functions.
fp@557:   - Output intermediate results during lsec.
fp@638:   - Read out CRC counters.
fp@638:   - Calculate expected working counter for domains.
fp@638:   - Optimize alignment of process data.
fp@638:   - Evaluate EEPROM contents after writing.
fp@638:   - SDO write access in sysfs.
fp@644:   - Configure slave ports to automatically open on link detection.
fp@644:   - Calculate cycle time of operation state machine.
fp@656:   - Locking for serveral slave variables for sysfs access.
fp@656:   - Interrupt master state machines state scan for other jobs.
fp@656:   - Master state machine, slave configuration: Do not check every slave on
fp@656:     a cycle.
fp@755:   - Only execute one EoE handler per EoE cycle.
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fp@612: * Less important issues:
fp@557:   - Implement all EtherCAT datagram types.
fp@557:   - File access over EtherCAT (FoE).
fp@557:   - Allow VLAN tagging.
fp@755:   - Determine number of frames, the NIC can handle.
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