My answer is 'ditto Gene's answer'
On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 10:26 PM gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On 3/5/23 18:44, Jon Elson wrote: > > On 1/15/23 11:50, Jon Elson wrote: > >> Hello, all, > >> > >> I have a user who can't get spindle speed to work. He says he is > >> using 2.7.0 and my USC/UPC boards with the 8-bit spindle DAC board. > > > > The user sent his computer to me, and I have discovered what looks like > > it could be considered a bug. He had a parameter in the loadrt line > > like this: > > > > loadrt hal_ppmc extradac = 0x00 > > > > this caused a parameter extradac not found error from hal. > > > > The correct syntax that works is : > > > > loadrt hal_ppmc extradac=0x00 (note - no spaces between extradac and > > the 0x00). Is this a known issue in loadrt parameters, and would it be > > easy to fix? > > > > I am not sure this behavior can be tested without Pico Systems hardware, > > but it seems to be something intrinsic to the hal command interpreter, > > so it is likely to affect most loadrt commands. > > > > Anybody else run into this one? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jon > > > I have now faint memories of something very like that quite a while > back, but I fixed it by removing the spaces and have since 99% forgot > about it. Yonks ago. > > 2.7.x is quite elderly now, no idea if master still does that. I just > checked 2 of my machines, no spaces anyplace in a names= or count= of a > loadrt line. Is that a specific hal_ppmc option? No man page for it. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > Cheers, Gene Heskett. > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > -- Addressee is the intended audience. If you are not the addressee then my consent is not given for you to read this email furthermore it is my wish you would close this without saving or reading, and cease and desist from saving or opening my private correspondence. Thank you for honoring my wish. _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
