Am 09.12.2010 02:06, schrieb Peter Pastor:
I assume you want to use ExpressCards. (Else, maybe a rt8169 card works)Hello, I am looking into buying a laptop that is supported by Xenomai+RTnet. Given that most laptops come with network controllers that are not supported by RTnet, I am also looking into the option of using a PCMCIA card that is supported. Some googling shows that the e1000 module (which also supportedI have been using the rt_e1000 driver and it has been working just fine. Therefore, I would love to stick with it. However, some of the laptops I have been looking at use the e1000e driver (as default) and I am not sure whether the rt_e1000 can be used for those NICs as well. some pci express e1000 chips) has been split at some point into e1000 to support the former pci/pci-x.. cards and the support for the pci-e cards has been moved to e1000e. See also http://www.mail-archive.com/net...@vger.kernel.org/msg52397.html If you look at the rt_e1000 module (e1000_main.c) you will see that there still exists some support for the pci-e cards (the identifiers said to be moved (link above) still exist), however I doubt it's true for all pci-e e1000 cards as the development of the e1000e module moved on. So I think the rt_e1000 module builds up on the former e1000 module. I would check if you get infos (difficult before having the actual hardware) about the e1000 chip used,I have seen the list of "Supported Network Adapters" on the rtnet homepage, however, I am wondering whether someone can report a setup that works.Basically, I have 2 question and it would be great if someone could help me with that. 1) Can someone report a PCMCIA (gigabit) ethernet card that is supported by RTnet (and Xenomai) ? i.e. identifier and compare with the ones of the rt_e1000 module. Well, actually I would risk it and get some e1000 express card and then think..... Maybe this card isn't even available as expresscard version. Have you checked? I am just a user, so I might be wrong.2) Can I use the rt_e1000 driver for those cards that (as default) use the e1000e driver ? Thanks so much, Peter An alternative maybe is to use the firewire stuff. Cheers Vinzenz |
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