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General Information
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This is an Open-Source EtherCAT master implementation for Linux 2.6.

For more information, see

http://etherlab.org

or contact

Florian Pose <fp@igh-essen.com>
Ingenieurgemeinschaft IgH
Heinz-Baecker-Str. 34
D-45356 Essen
http://igh-essen.com

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Installation
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1) Create a copy of the configuration template:

  $ cp ethercat.conf.tmpl ethercat.conf

2) Adjust the Variables in the configuration file to your needs.

3) Build the EtherCAT master and network device driver modules:

  $ make

4) Install the the EtherCAT master (as root):

  # make install

  This will create the following files and directories:
    - /etc/sysconfig/ethercat (configuration file)
    - /etc/init.d/ethercat    (startup script)
    - /usr/sbin/rcethercat    (link to startup script)

  The modules will be placed in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net.

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