Ronald Gomes from Technologic Systemscontributed support for TS-CAN1 and TS-7KV cards.

[lincan.git] / lincan / README

diff --git a/lincan/README b/lincan/README
index 4b6e4f16c2b97cd0190ccb2db7f431114535ccf9..774de93b3b29cc8a6b32818b5e973dfc0f65899c 100644 (file)
--- a/lincan/README
+++ b/lincan/README
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-               Linux CAN Driver (LinCAN) version 0.3
+
+               Linux CAN Driver (LinCAN) version 0.3.1
                Pavel Pisa <pisa@cmp.felk.cvut.cz>
                        OCERA team member
                        <http://www.ocera.org>
@@ -56,12 +57,18 @@ lincan-0.2-pre      heavily rewritten infrastructure of the driver based
 lincan-0.2     version tested on many bords and 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 Linux
 (Mar 2004)     and RT-Linux enabled 2.4 Linux kernel
 
-lincan-0.3     possible SMP and HT deadlock fixed, driver can take
+lincan-0.2.8   possible SMP and HT deadlock fixed, driver can take
 (Jul 2004)     advantage of CMPXCHG instruction if present on CPU,
                added support for CPC-PCI and PCAN-PCI cards,
                messages timestamping implemented
                partially implemented support for Bosch C_CAN module,
                requires more work and real hardware
+
+lincan-0.3     Changed SJA1000 chip IRQ handling. Enhanced VME
+(Nov 2004)     and EMS CPC-PCI support and many other changes.
+
+lincan-0.3.1   Small improvements, RTR read moved into separate IOCTL,
+(Jul 2005)     initial support for some boards contributed by users
                
 The actual version of driver have been latest tested it with
   - PC104 Advantech PCM3680 dual channel board on 2.4 RT-Linux enabled kernel
@@ -136,6 +143,9 @@ Makefiles can be switched to old ones by script
   make
 
 If you have problem to obtain recent GNU make program,
+
+ http://paulandlesley.org/make/make-3.81beta1.tar.bz2
+
 you can use our local copy
 
   http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~pisa/can/make-3.81beta1.tar.gz
@@ -170,7 +180,7 @@ compiled with use of old style Makefiles as well.
 Old style Makefiles compilation of the LinCAN driver only
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   cd ocera/components/comm/can/lincan
-  ./switch2std
+  ./switch-omk2std
   make
 
 
@@ -192,8 +202,10 @@ Examples: # insmod can.o hw=pip5 irq=4 io=0x8000
           # insmod can.o hw=virtual io=0
 
 The hw argument can be one of:
-- pip5, for the pip5 computer by MPL
-- pip6, for the pip6 computer by MPL
+- pip5, for the PIP5 computer by MPL
+- pip6, for the PIP6 computer by MPL
+- pip7, for the PIP7 computer by MPL
+- pip8, for the PIP8 computer by MPL
 - pccan-q, for the PCcan-Q ISA card by KVASER
 - pccan-f, for the PCcan-F ISA card by KVASER
 - pccan-s, for the PCcan-S ISA card by KVASER
@@ -201,6 +213,7 @@ The hw argument can be one of:
 - pcican-q, for the PCIcan-Q PCI card by KVASER (4x SJA1000)
 - pcican-d, for the PCIcan-Q PCI card by KVASER (2x SJA1000)
 - pcican-s, for the PCIcan-Q PCI card by KVASER (1x SJA1000)
+- smartcan for i82527 based card with indexed access
 - nsican, for the CAN104 PC/104 card by NSI
 - cc104, for the CAN104 PC/104 card by Contemporary Controls
 - aim104, for the AIM104CAN PC/104 card by Arcom Control Systems
@@ -213,8 +226,12 @@ The hw argument can be one of:
 - unican for Unicontrols PCAN card
 - unican-pci for Unicontrols PCAN-PCI card
 - unican-vme for Unicontrols VCAN card
+- ipci165 for IXXAT iPC-I 165 (PCI), requires CONFIG_OC_LINCAN_CARD_ipci165=y
 - ems_cpcpci for EMS CPC-PCI card
+- pcan_dongle for PEAK's printer port dongle addapter
 - oscar for SJA1000 based card connected to ARM LH7A400 SoC
+- eb8245 for Kontron EB8245 onboard CAN with SJA1000 controller
+- adlink7841 for ADLINK PCI-7841 dual SJA1000 based card
 - template, for yet unsupported hardware (you need to edit src/template.c)
 - virtual, CAN channel for testing of software and driver without CAN hardware
 
@@ -237,3 +254,6 @@ options can be one of:
 There's still a lot of work to do, have a look at the TODO file for more
 information.
 
+Some boards support is compiled in only, when it is enabled through
+config.omk file. It has to be stored in same directory as Makefile.rules
+and config.omk-default is located.