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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">At this moment I am working on an I210 driver for a Linux 3.14 kernel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I am happy to share what I have got so far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">There is some communication, but still work in progress, memory leaks, and crashes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Godert Luigjes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> etherlab-users [mailto:etherlab-users-bounces@etherlab.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>rudermi@gmx.de<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 13, 2017 9:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> etherlab-users@etherlab.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [etherlab-users] Etherlab + RTAI + Intel I210 (igb-driver)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">we are currently planning a new project with our already existing RTAI code base and would like to implement an EtherCAT Master in there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Most embedded boards available now feature newer Intel network chips, like the I210. Unfortunately, these chips are driven using the igb driver and not the older e1000e drivers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In Kernel 3.16 the fitting driver for the I210 is already there, however it does not exist as EtherLab native driver.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I read in some several years old messages similiar questions like mine, but at that time, there was no solution to this aside from using a different network chip.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Did this change? Or is anyone working on implementing this? Or is anyone interested in a joint venture on this subject?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Right now, I am not even sure on the amount of effort needed to convert a linux driver to an EtherLab native driver or if there are maybe issues that make conversion of the
igb driver especially difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thanks for your help,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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