On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:56:48 +0000 andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Whilst I think we have decided that it is not possible to distribute > an EtherCAT driver with LinuxCNC[1] it seems that some users are using > it extensively and successfully. > > Which leads me to wonder if we should include a section in the > documentation about its use and where to download the enabling > software? I used soem on master and wrote my own driver though far from complete. Think it was some kind of the problem with kernel but do not remember for sure. Some kind of copyright notice from Beckhoff is holding me back from sharing it. > [1] Though where the license-break is is not clear: > Sascha's HAL driver is GPLv2: > https://github.com/sittner/linuxcnc-ethercat but I seem to recall that > actual use of EtherCAT involves an implied compliance with the > Beckhoff terms. I also remember something about this. Nicklas Karlsson _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
