Hello Mike, If the master starts the interfaces, he removes the igb driver and loads the ec_igb driver by default. So both interfaces are managed by the ec_igb driver. But only one is used for ethercat. The other interface is registered as normal NIC to the kernel.
Best regards Am Montag, dem 15.01.2024 um 12:46 +1030 schrieb Mike O'Connor: > Hi All > I'm configuring a box which has two Ethernet interfaces using the > same network driver for both (igb) > Using the packages build by Forian and his team > (https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:bone11111:branches:science:EtherLab > ) I would like to configure one port for EtherCAT and the other for > normal usage. > It seems to me that when I set the driver to "igb" in > /etc/ethercat.conf and enter an interface name or mac address in > MASTER0_DEVICE the ec_igb driver seems to still override both > interfaces. > As the ec_igb is not the best for general Ethernet usage it would be > best to keep the normal driver active. > How do I accomplish this? > Thanks > Mike > >
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