[etherlab-users] Using Etherlab on a Xenomai system

Andreas Stewering-Bone ab at igh-essen.com
Mon Jun 4 15:21:59 CEST 2012 

Hi,

Sorry I have to correct me.

Generally pdserv uses a posix shared memory.
If you use the xenomai posix skin it should work.
But we did not test it.

Please try, maybe you can post your feedback.

Andreas

Am 04.06.2012 14:20, schrieb Andreas Stewering-Bone:
> Hi
>
> please note
>
> pdserv i a library for linux user space usage.
> It will not function under xenomai, because xenomai userspace  is not 
> equal linux userspace.
>
> If you prefer user space you should use native linux.
>
> Andreas
>
>
>
> Am 04.06.2012 14:00, schrieb Dirk Castelijns:
>>
>> Hi Andreas,
>>
>> We're now thinking of making an Xenomai user-space application that 
>> directly uses the EtherCAT Master module.
>>
>> To access the process data we want to integrate the PdServ library. 
>> Will this work under Xenomai?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>> *From:* Andreas Stewering-Bone [mailto:ab at igh-essen.com]
>> *Sent:* vrijdag 1 juni 2012 12:15
>> *To:* Dirk.Castelijns at tass.nl
>> *Subject:* Re: [etherlab-users] Using Etherlab on a Xenomai system
>>
>> Hello Dirk,
>>
>> for only EtherCAT this will work of course. Please have a look at the 
>> devel branch.
>> There is experimental  support for rtdm in userspace.
>>
>> I think the RTAI skin is not supported for future versions of 
>> xenomai, but i do not know exactly.
>>
>> EtherLAB <=1.3 is prepared for kernal space usage. Xenomai does not 
>> like the Kernel mode.
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>>
>> Am 01.06.2012 12:00, schrieb Dirk Castelijns:
>>
>> Hi Andreas,
>>
>> Thanks for the response.
>>
>> We don't really have a special need for a dual kernel system. It's 
>> more like a constraint.
>>
>> We are adding EtherCAT functionality to our customer's system which 
>> is Xenomai based.
>>
>> I have read at different places that Xenomai supports an "RTAI skin". 
>> Shouldn't this work with Etherlab?
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>> *From:* etherlab-users-bounces at etherlab.org 
>> <mailto:etherlab-users-bounces at etherlab.org> 
>> [mailto:etherlab-users-bounces at etherlab.org] *On Behalf Of *Andreas 
>> Stewering-Bone
>> *Sent:* vrijdag 1 juni 2012 9:42
>> *To:* etherlab-users at etherlab.org <mailto:etherlab-users at etherlab.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [etherlab-users] Using Etherlab on a Xenomai system
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> EtherLab <= 1.3 will not run under xenomai, because it is prepared 
>> for kernel space usage. But Xenomai has no math libraries for kernel 
>> space. So there is no chance.
>>
>> Do you have a special need to use a dual kernel system.?
>>
>> If not you can use the actual devel branch of etherlab >=2.0 which 
>> uses a preempt-rt kernel.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>> Am 31.05.2012 17:11, schrieb Dirk Castelijns:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm a little bit confused about the RTAI / Xenomai compatibility of 
>> Etherlab. Hopefully someone
>>
>> can help me with this.
>>
>> We have a Xenomai system where we want to add EtherCAT functionality. 
>> For this I want to
>>
>> use the EtherCAT Master software and the Etherlab software together 
>> with Simulink RTW/Coder.
>>
>> Installing the EtherCAT Master software was no problem. Etherlab 
>> requires RTAI sources and
>>
>> a kernel patched for RTAI but our kernel is already patched for 
>> Xenomai, so is this going to work?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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