rtnet-developers

[RTnet-developers] arcnet driver

[Chris L. <ca...@uf...>]

Hello all,

I'd like to implement a real-time arcnet driver to communicate with our =
mitsubishi PA-10 robot using RTAI and RTnet. I found in the mailing list =
archive that there was some interest in this topic about a year ago.

 .. Has anyone made progress with a real-time arcnet driver? is it =
possible to simply modify the existing driver as explained in the =
porting documentation? are there any additional problems I should know =
of beforehand?

Best regards,

Chris Lightcap
University of Florida

Re: [RTnet-developers] arcnet driver

[Jan K. <jan...@we...>]

Chris Lightcap wrote:
> Hello all,
>=20
> I'd like to implement a real-time arcnet driver to communicate with
> our mitsubishi PA-10 robot using RTAI and RTnet. I found in the

You are welcome!

> mailing list archive that there was some interest in this topic about
> a year ago.
>=20
> .. Has anyone made progress with a real-time arcnet driver? is it

I'm personally not aware of any effort.

> possible to simply modify the existing driver as explained in the
> porting documentation? are there any additional problems I should
> know of beforehand?

I think to remember once browsing through the Linux arcnet stack without
finding anything that's fundamentally different from the "normal"
networking stack. So all the pattern of RTnet /should/ apply to arcnet
as well. If you encounter something that doesn't fit on first sight,
feel free to discuss it here.

Please build your port on top of latest RTnet and only use RTDM for
interfacing the real-time Linux services - this will help to integrate
your work into the official version later.

Jan