[Emc-developers] Question on halcmd RTAPI operation

2012-12-27 Thread Michael Haberler
I'm trying to find a good reason for the following: - halcmd is also a HAL citizen with a temporary HAL module name (halcmd). - when halcmd loads a module by executing module_helper, it does the following: -- disconnect from hal, destroying its on hal module -- it runs module_helper -- after i

[Emc-developers] PCI drivers: roundup of leftovers: hal_gn, hal_motenc, hal_vti, opto_ac5, pci_8255

2012-12-27 Thread Michael Haberler
The userland PCI support is currently only functional with Mesanet cards Which ones of the non-Mesa PCI drivers in hal/drivers have more than historic value, i.e. are still used/boards are available: hal_gm.c hal_motenc.c hal_vti.c opto_ac5.c pci_8255.c If somebody is interested in having one o

Re: [Emc-developers] PCI drivers: roundup of leftovers: hal_gn, hal_motenc, hal_vti, opto_ac5, pci_8255

2012-12-27 Thread andy pugh
On 27 December 2012 21:55, Michael Haberler wrote: > The userland PCI support is currently only functional with Mesanet cards Where does ISA fit in to this? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ---

Re: [Emc-developers] PCI drivers: roundup of leftovers: hal_gn, hal_motenc, hal_vti, opto_ac5, pci_8255

2012-12-27 Thread Michael Haberler
Am 28.12.2012 um 00:57 schrieb andy pugh: > On 27 December 2012 21:55, Michael Haberler wrote: >> The userland PCI support is currently only functional with Mesanet cards > > Where does ISA fit in to this? I dont have a way to test, but at first look thats no different from hal_parport - just

Re: [Emc-developers] PCI drivers: roundup of leftovers: hal_gn, hal_motenc, hal_vti, opto_ac5, pci_8255

2012-12-27 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/27/2012 5:57 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 27 December 2012 21:55, Michael Haberler > wrote: >> The userland PCI support is currently only functional with >> Mesanet cards > > Where does ISA fit in to this? Um...as a historical foot-note? Just ki

Re: [Emc-developers] PCI drivers: roundup of leftovers: hal_gn, hal_motenc, hal_vti, opto_ac5, pci_8255

2012-12-27 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 28 Dec 2012, Michael Haberler wrote: > Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:48:34 +0100 > From: Michael Haberler > Reply-To: EMC developers > To: EMC developers > Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] PCI drivers: roundup of leftovers: hal_gn, > hal_motenc, hal_vti, opto_ac5, pci_8255 > > > Am 28.12.

Re: [Emc-developers] PCI drivers: roundup of leftovers: hal_gn, hal_motenc, hal_vti, opto_ac5, pci_8255

2012-12-27 Thread Eric Keller
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > > You can buy new MBs (Ivy bridge etc) with ISA if you dont mind paying a > premium. I think one of the first PC EMC I/O cards was the ISA Servo To Go > 8 axis card (Still Available!) > > I think the last volume MBs with ISA were around P

Re: [Emc-developers] PCI drivers: roundup of leftovers: hal_gn, hal_motenc, hal_vti, opto_ac5, pci_8255

2012-12-27 Thread dave
On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 01:48 +0100, Michael Haberler wrote: > Am 28.12.2012 um 00:57 schrieb andy pugh: > > > On 27 December 2012 21:55, Michael Haberler wrote: > >> The userland PCI support is currently only functional with Mesanet cards > > > > Where does ISA fit in to this? > > I dont have a

Re: [Emc-developers] PRU Adventures

2012-12-27 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 For the particularly daring... On 12/25/2012 7:14 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > Of course, the proof is in the pudding, so keep an eye out on > Michael Haberler's git repo...I'll commit code there once it does > something useful. I have checked i