Good day
We intend to use RTnet in a compactPCI-based system. We have narrowed the possible Single Board Computers (SBC) down to the following 5 options:
(LAN interface chip, SBC Manufacturer, SBC Part number)
Intel 82546EB, Kontron, CP6000
Intel 82546GB, Advantech, MIC-3369C-M0
Intel 82573E, Advantech, MIC-3390
Intel 82541PI, Concurrent technologies, PP-332/021
All the cards support Linux, which (I would assume) implies that they have Linux LAN drivers.
I have the following questions w.r.t. LAN drivers for RTnet:
1. Will any of the above work with RTnet "out of the box"? From the RTnet documentation I have read it does not seem that there are RTnet drivers for any of the above LAN chips?
2. Have anybody had success running RTnet with one of the above LAN chips or SBCs?
3. Are there any of the above LAN chips that have known problems under RTnet?
4. How difficult will it be to adapt the supplied Linux LAN drivers for RTnet for someone with limited Linux driver coding experience? (I see README.drvporting gives some guidelines, I'm just a bit worried about the sentence "Some points may not apply to every driver, some may have to be added for others.")
Thanks
Thinus Viljoen
Electronic Engineer
Aerospace Systems, a division of Denel
http://www.kentron.co.za
(P.S. Sorry about the footer, which I am sure my company will add. I don't have any control over it)
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