diff -r 9d7453c16ade -r 4bbe090553f7 include/ecrt.h
--- a/include/ecrt.h	Mon May 29 09:54:18 2006 +0000
+++ b/include/ecrt.h	Mon Jun 26 15:04:06 2006 +0000
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@
  *  Slave Methods
  *****************************************************************************/
 
+/* there SDO functions are deprecated! */
+
 int ecrt_slave_sdo_read_exp8(ec_slave_t *slave, uint16_t sdo_index,
                               uint8_t sdo_subindex, uint8_t *value);
 int ecrt_slave_sdo_read_exp16(ec_slave_t *slave, uint16_t sdo_index,
@@ -160,7 +162,10 @@
 int ecrt_slave_sdo_read(ec_slave_t *slave, uint16_t sdo_index,
                         uint8_t sdo_subindex, uint8_t *data, size_t *size);
 
-int ecrt_slave_write_alias(ec_slave_t *slave, uint16_t alias);
+int ecrt_slave_write_alias(ec_slave_t *slave, uint16_t alias); // deprecated!
+
+int ecrt_slave_field_size(ec_slave_t *slave, const char *field_name,
+                          unsigned int field_index, size_t size);
 
 /******************************************************************************
  *  Bitwise read/write macros