diff -r 0a0994fdafb8 -r c7e600cd2812 README --- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -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 ).