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EtherCAT master TODO

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* Release 1.3:
  - Remove ecrt_master_run(). Make master FSM run in process context instead.
  - Remove addressing scheme "X:Y".
  - Allow only MAC address as device ID.
  - Interface/buffers for asynchronous domain IO.
  - Remove ugly ec_slave_is_coupler() and ec_slave_has_subbus().
  - Add statistics object.
  - SDO dictionary and -access in operation mode.
  - SDO write access in sysfs.
  - Speed up IDLE-FSM through fast mode with schedule().
  - Evaluate EEPROM contents after writing.

* Future features:
  - Distributed clocks.
  - Read dynamic PDO mapping from SDO dictionary (see can-cia.org: cia301ds4).
  - Redundancy with 2 network adapters.
  - Interface for alternative PDO mapping.
  - Read out CRC counters.
  - Optimize alignment of process data.

* Smaller changes:
  - Simplify FSMs with <state>_enter() functions.
  - Dynamic creation of EoE handlers.
  - Output intermediate results during lsec.
  - State change FSM: Follow spontaneous state changes.

* Less important changes:
  - Implement all EtherCAT datagram types.
  - File access over EtherCAT (FoE).
  - Allow VLAN tagging.
  - Determine number of frames the NIC can handle.

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