[etherlab-users] Which version of kernel and RTAI should I use?

[Mohsen Alizadeh Noghani]

Thanks for your excellent suggestion Sebastien. I will start with PREEMPT
RT to learn about EtherLab's API.
However, I think I haven't received an answer to my question. If I were to
switch to RTAI after a while, which version of RTAI and kernel would you
recommend?
I'm asking this since there are other students in our research group who
might be able to start working on RTAI in the meantime.

Best,
Mohsen

On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 9:35 PM, Sebastien BLANCHET <blanchet at iram.fr>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> For a first try, I strongly suggest to use PREEMPT RT instead of RTAI for
> a hassle free experience. When you gain more experience, you can switch
> easily back to RTAI.
>
> EtherCAT Master 1.5.2 works perfectly with Debian 7 PREEMPT RT kernel
> (Linux 3.2)
>
> If you want to use a more recent kernel, like 4.9 PREEMPT RT kernel from
> Debian 9, you have to download a more recent version of EtherCAT Master
> from the Mercurial repository.
>
> http://etherlab.org/en/ethercat/index.php
>
> Best regards,
> ---
> Sebastien BLANCHET
>
>
> Le 23/09/2018 à 18:15, Mohsen Alizadeh Noghani a écrit :
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I have recently decided to try EtherLab and I intend to use it on RTAI,
>> with a Realtek (either 8139 or 8169) network card. I'm using an ordinary
>> Intel CPU.
>>
>> I'm not sure about the best combination of EtherLab, kernel and RTAI. My
>> only constraint is for the installation process to be as hassle free as
>> possible. I would appreciate sharing your experience with me.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
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