diff -r bcc41c8986bc -r 27a1aee7e254 INSTALL --- a/INSTALL Wed Sep 27 15:25:04 2006 +0000 +++ b/INSTALL Thu Sep 28 08:31:33 2006 +0000 @@ -9,31 +9,22 @@ Building and installing ======================= -The first two steps are only necessary, if the kernel sources to compile -against are not those of the running kernel. +The building and installation procedure is described in section 2.1 in the +EtherCAT master documentation: -1) Create a copy of the configuration template: - - $ cp ethercat.conf.tmpl ethercat.conf - -2) Adjust the variables in the configuration file to your needs. - -3) Build the EtherCAT master and network device driver modules: - - $ make - -4) Install the the EtherCAT master (as root): - - # make install - - This will create the following files and directories: - - /etc/sysconfig/ethercat (configuration file) - - /etc/init.d/ethercat (startup script) - - /usr/sbin/rcethercat (link to startup script) - - The modules will be placed in /lib/modules//ethercat - (where is the Linux kernel version configured in ethercat.conf). - -5) Adjust the configuration file /etc/sysconfig/ethercat to your needs. + documentation/ethercat-doc.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +For the impatient: + +The procedure mainly consists of calling + + ./configure + make + make install + +...and copying the init script and sysconfig files from $prefix/etc to the +appropriate locations and customizing the sysconfig file. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------