Re: [RTnet-developers] multicast support

[Jan K. <ki...@rt...>]

Amine El hedadi wrote:
> Hi 
> It is possible to use Linux timer in RTNET framework?
> Linux use them for multicast support.
> 

Generally not - as long as not just device setup, reconfiguration, or 
shutdown is involved. You would have to use equivalent RTAI features.

What are these timers precisely used for? Right now, I cannot imaging 
what kind multicast related job needs timing. Shouldn't it "just" be 
programming some additional MAC addresses (or address hash values) the 
card shall listen to? Or are those timers required for higher layers?

Jan