Re: [Xenomai] Add cards parameter to rt_e1000e module?

[Jeff Webb <jeff.webb@nta-inc.net>]

On 12/15/2014 09:01 AM, Jeff Webb wrote:
> On 12/12/2014 05:56 PM, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 04:10:43PM -0600, Jeff Webb wrote:
>>> The rtnet rt_e1000e module does not implement the 'cards'
>>> parameter. I have attached a patch for the 'next' branch of
>>> xenomai-3.git that adds this parameter, and it seems to work fine
>>> on my hardware. The code was ported straight from the rt_e1000
>>> module. My machine has two e1000e cards, so this is a useful
>>> feature for me. (I actually applied the same fix to the standard
>>> e1000e driver, which is even more useful to me, but I know it
>>> would be a maintenance nightmare for Xenomai to start maintaining
>>> that sort of patching...)
>>>
>>> I am trying to learn rtnet, but it seems that the code from the
>>> rtnet git repo won't compile with linux-3.14.17/xenomai-2.6.4. I
>>> saw that Gilles has pulled the rtnet code into the Xenomai-3 git
>>> repo, so it seemed to me that beta testing the Xenomai-3 rtnet
>>> code would be a better use of my time than messing with the old
>>> code base. So far, so good. My machine's primary ethernet
>>> interface is using the standard linux e1000e driver, and the
>>> secondary ethernet interface is up and running under rtnet using
>>> the rt_e1000e driver. I can use rtping to talk to another linux
>>> box that is connected via a switch, provided I ping in the reverse
>>> direction first to set up the route information.
>>
>> You can get rtnet to send an arp request to learn the route by using
>> the rtroute solicit command.
>>
>
> That works great.  Thanks for the ip.
>

Sorry, I meant "tip", not "ip". ;)