Re: [Emc-users] BSPI man pages reference in documentation for mesa and hostmot2
On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 at 23:36, John Figie wrote: > *3) in the 7i65 component there are some lines that refer to RTAPI but in > my case I am planning on using the PREEMPT RT enabled kernel. Does the > component work with either?* The RTAPI is a wrapper that supplies a uniform interface (API) for all supported Realtime (RT) systems. So the same RTAPI functions work for RTAI (kernel and uspace[1]), Preempt-RT (uspace) and Xenomai. [1] Yes, you can compile uspace with an RTAI kernel, but I can think of few reasons to do so -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] BSPI man pages reference in documentation for mesa and hostmot2
On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 at 23:36, John Figie wrote: > *1) what must I do to see these bspi man pages?* Wel, they _should_ show up here at the bottom under "Hostmot2 API Calls" https://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/ But they don't. Oddly. They do appear in the old docs. https://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/ It looks like the man pages are not being built. I hadn't noticed. Not entirely legible versions (ie, groff/troff source) appear here: https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/tree/master/docs/man/man3 -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] BSPI man pages reference in documentation for mesa and hostmot2
In the documentation for BSPI at http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/man/man9/hostmot2.9.html#BSPI there is a reference to some man pages like man mesa_7i65, which prints the man page when I issue the command for it, But the documentation also refers to some other man pages for the the following: man hm2_bspi_setup_chan, man hm2_bspi_write_chan, man hm2_tram_add_bspi_frame, man hm2_allocate_bspi_tram, man hm2_bspi_set_read_funtion and man hm2_bspi_set_write_function for the exported functions. I see that these functions are called in the Mesa 7i65 component that Andy Pugh sent me a while back https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/master/src/hal/drivers/mesa_7i65.comp My questions follow: *1) what must I do to see these bspi man pages?* *2) what does "exported function" mean in the context above?* *3) in the 7i65 component there are some lines that refer to RTAPI but in my case I am planning on using the PREEMPT RT enabled kernel. Does the component work with either?* My goal is to create a sub driver component to send and receive data via one or 2 of the SPI channels that are available for one of the FPGA bit files such as 7i80hd_25_svsp8_6_7i46.bit I have asked about this in the past, but now I am really ready to make things work. I have hardware in hand. Regards, John Figie ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
