Re: [Xenomai-help] [Ethercatmaster-users] EML conflict with RTCAN? low_level_input framebuilding failed.

[Roland Tollenaar <rwatollenaar@domain.hid>]

> Hmm, this doesn't convince me yet. Such skews during startup may as well
> be triggered by unusual load during runtime (non-RT activity or new RT
> components). Did you put your system under adequate non-RT load as well
> while measuring the outputs?
could you please just remind me how to do this again? OR can i just run 
the latency test, it has dummy loading in it does it not?

>> Sorry for the pragmatic qualifications here but in the end its the
>> stability of the outputs that will determine the behaviour of the
>> machine so its not a bad way to assess the software. :)
> 
> A problem isn't solved until it is also understood.
You are so right. :(


> 
>>> If the problem persists (or your _really_ want to understand what
>>> happens), you could try to put an xntrace_user_freeze(0, 1) before the
>>> line which emits that EML warning, turn on the I-pipe tracer, set a
>>> large back_trace_points value (a few thousand), enable verbose mode, and
>>> grab what /proc/ipipe/trace/frozen reports after the hick-up. See [1]
>>> for more howtos.
>> Done this before so it should not be a problem. Don't think it is
> 
> In that case, I would even more suggest to collect the data, maybe now
> about the fragile startup case.

Have got it on my todo list. :)

Roland.


> 
>> necessary quite yet as the behaviour at the moment looks good.
> 
> Jan
>