One other thing Ethernet ip does is implement ethernet QoS which make it's packets have higher priority.
This only works when going through level 3 switches and cards. -- Glen Wernersbach President & CTO Jetsoft Development Co 629 Old St. Rt. 74 - Suite 210 Cincinnati Ohio 45244 Custom Programming Web Site: www.JetsoftDev.com Retail Product Web Site: www.ScanHelp.com Phone: 513-528-6660 Fax: 513-528-3470 On Sep 28, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Jan Kiszka <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 28.09.2010 16:22, Glen Wernersbach wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> Woule you see any reason while we could not the open source Ethernet IP >> project on top of RTNet? >> >> Basically this builds on Linux stack but I want to run my stuff inside of it >> real time. For that I need a real time driver for the ethenet that emulates >> linux. >> >> Ethernet IP project: >> https://sourceforge.net/projects/opener/ > > I cannot asses what you could gain this way (do Ethernet IP devices > provide real-time qualities via UDP/TCP?), but porting that stack over > RTnet's UDP/TCP services should be feasible. The portability layer of > opener looks rather thin and should be well covered by Xenomai's POSIX > skin. However, our TCP implementation is still fresh, so you /may/ run > into some of it current limitations. If you find such quirks, please let > us know. > > Jan > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ RTnet-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rtnet-developers
