A new version is born. It is intended to significantly improve the usablity of RTnet.
The Real-Time Configuration Protocol RTcfg has now reached a state which allows a quick and easy setup of RTmac/TDMA-based networks (there are still too many users out there who do not use RTmac ;o)). To further simplify the setup, the start script rtnet has been revised. You have to set only a few parameters in the respective configuration file /etc/rtnet.conf, and you can immediately start all required RTnet services with "rtnet start". Take a look at the README file and the configuration template for further information.
This version also have "cool" new feature called RTcap. This services allows capturing of Ethernet packets in real-time, thus with a typical time stamp precision of only a few 10 microseconds (or even better). RTcap can be used either on a dedicated sniffer, or it may even run on a fully functional RTnet node. Together with Ethereal this creates a powerful network time analysis tool. And with the latest RTnet plugin (RTcfg protocol update is currently pending) this is, of course, also helpful for examining real-time networks. See README.rtcap for further details.
Here is the complete change log of this version: - improved RTcfg * added stage 1/2 file support * added ready mechanism * native send/receive using rtskbs * fixed several bugs - revised rtnet start script with full RTmac/TDMA and RTcfg support - added real-time capturing support RTcap - device promisc flag settable on rtifconfig up - improved TDMA * set slot offset with rtifconfig mac add * transmit slot offset before first SOF * queue outgoing packets before first SOF (instead of dropping them) * bug fix: send further offset commands synchronously - fixed some bugs in the build system - bug fix: solved re-enable irq issue on PPC (new abstraction rtos_irq_end) - bug fix: UDP receive didn't work with MSG_PEEK flag - bug fix: packet sockets didn't set transmission priority - further minor bug fixes
Greetings, Jan
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