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Previous Versions

rtnet-0.9.12.tar.bz2 - 2010-04-20

Change Log:

RT-TCP support
support for Intel 82575 (igb)
kernel support up to 2.6.32
fixed IRQ conflict detection and enabled RT-IRQ sharing for most drivers
fixed aligment issues in RTcfg and various management interfaces that specifically hit ARM platforms
fixes that help packaging
and more fixes all over the place

rtnet-0.9.11.tar.bz2 - 2009-04-15

Change Log:

kernel support up to 2.6.29
statistics support for RT NICs
enhancements of rtnetproxy (UDP, ARP)
fixes and enhancements of rt_e1000
new experimental e1000 driver (shall once replace rt_e1000)
rtmacb driver for AT91
hash table based UDP socket lookup
support for select() on blocking receive
configurable routing table sizes
drop socket creation/destruction from RT context
rewritten mpc52xx driver
kernel 2.4 build fixes

rtnet-0.9.10.tar.bz2 - 2008-04-22

Change Log:

adopted to RTDM API revision 6
support for kernel up to 2.6.24
added rt_at91_ether
added SIOCGIFADDR support
udev support
workaround for rt_e1000 start-up laziness
updated rt_8139too PCI IDs
fixed Linux netdev creation on latest kernels for RTmac VNICs and RTcap tap devices
fixed memory corruption in ICMP code
minor build system fixes

rtnet-0.9.9.tar.bz2 - 2007-03-22

Change Log:

enabled IRQ sharing for rt_8139too and rt_e1000
added x86_64 support (via Xenomai)
enabled 2.6.20 build
added loopback testing mode to rtnet script
fixed cleanup bug in tdma
fixed cleanup race in rt_8139too

rtnet-0.9.8.tar.bz2 - 2007-01-11

Change Log:

rt_8139too gained SIOCETHTOOL/ETHTOOL_GLINK support (link status query), other drivers can follow now
SIOCGIFHWADDR support for RTnet devices (get hardware address)
fixed missing TOS initialisation for UDP
micro-optimised rtskb_acquire()
fixed build error of e1000 over latest I-pipe patch
fixed remaining build warnings over 2.6.19
fixed clean and uninstallation rules

rtnet-0.9.7.tar.bz2 - 2006-11-29

Change Log:

fixed 0.9.6 regression in packet socket RX path
fixed restart of recvmsg syscall after signal interruption
build fixes for upcoming 2.6.19
fixed rt_eepro100 for PCI bridge scenarios
speed up locking in TX path of rt_eepro100
reorganised locking in TDMA discipline to avoid cleanup races on SMP
hide xxx_rt legacy API (=> use rt_dev_xxx)

rtnet-0.9.6.tar.bz2 - 2006-10-17

Change Log:

added missing timestamping support to rt_e1000
added support for SOCK_RAW packet sockets
added optional ETH_P_ALL support, so far based on copying rtskbs
refactoring and minor fixes of SOCK_DGRAM packet sockets
added missing file for Xenomai over kernel 2.4 build
fixed broken locking in stack manager (corner-case bug since 0.9.4)
added examples for ETH_P_ALL and SOCK_RAW (Xenomai POSIX)
fixed Linux skb leak in rtcap when pseudo interface was down

rtnet-0.9.5.tar.bz2 - 2006-09-10

Change Log:

added e1000 (Intel PRO/1000) Gigabit Ethernet driver
refactored, enhanced, and fixed RTMAC_RTIOC_WAITONCYCLE* API
added tdma-api example
fixed DMA mapping bug in rt_natsemi
fixed potential startup issues of TDMA cycles < 1 ms
fixed "make xconfig"
various internal refactorings (tulip, time types, IRQ registration) and further minor fixes

rtnet-0.9.4.tar.bz2 - 2006-08-06

Change Log:

fixed critical race of 0.9.3 in reception path
updated RT-WLAN
added rt_8139too module parameter for media type
allow multiple AF_PACKET sockets to listen on different devices for the same protocol
added support for SIOCGIFINDEX
revised VNIC numbering, NCIS->RT-device mapping exported via /proc/rtnet/rtmac/vnics
added installation of examples
fixed 2.4 build over RTAI-3.3-cv
various minor updates and fixes in examples, rtping, rtifconfig, and other parts

rtnet-0.9.3.tar.bz2 - 2006-07-08

Change Log:

experimental RT-WLAN support with Ralink 2500 as first driver
support for kernel 2.6.17
re-added support for source-based IP routing
lock-less stack manager rx queue
added round-trip-time example (using pure POSIX)
various minor updates and fixes

rtnet-0.9.2.tar.bz2 - 2006-04-01

Change Log:

added support for RTDM API revision 4
finalised Xenomai 2.1 support
finalised RTAI 3.3 support (but 3.3+CVS recommended due to RTDM bug)
support for kernel up to 2.6.16
rtroute support for reading host routes from file
RTMAC_RTIOC_WAITONCYCLE_EX: support for reporting cycle number
removed debug messages from init and error paths of rt_8139too
updated rt_8139too according to Linux driver
reduce verbosity of rt_eepro100 in non-debugging mode
added verbosity switch to rtnet script
fixed TDMA discipline detach
several build system fixes, including MPC issues
support for parallel build (make -j)

rtnet-0.9.1.tar.bz2 - 2005-12-04

Change Log:

support for upcoming Xenomai 2.1
flattened directory structure and sped-up 2.6 building
fixed kernel 2.6.14 related compilation issues
re-enabled kernel 2.4 support
joint slot support for tdma.conf
fixed raw-packet example
fixed kernel task cleanup issues of some core modules
re-enable IRQ line on rt_tulip down
fixed cleanup bug in rtping kernel code

rtnet-0.9.0.tar.bz2 - 2005-11-02

Change Log:

ported over new, generic RTDM layer
added interactive configuration ("make menuconfig") with additional fine-tuning switches
integrated Ethernet-over-1394 support
added Gigabit Ethernet driver for Realtek 8169
added support for joint TDMA slots
modularised RT-IPv4 and packet socket support
revised examples (some still broken)
removed old TDMA-V1 support
removed RTNET_RTIOC_NONBLOCK in favour of negative value for RTNET_RTIOC_TIMEOUT
added support for overriding NIC hardware address
added tunable stack manager priority
linked module symbols of Xenomai and RT-FireWire into build process
fixed various bugs
- TDMA discipline cleanup
- locking in rt_udp_sendmsg (only relevant for SMP)
- rtdev cleanup
- gcc4 warnings

rtnet-0.8.3.tar.bz2 - 2005-07-21

Change Log:

added support for fusion 0.8.0..0.8.3
added experimental MPC 52xxx FEC driver
enabled kernel 2.6.12 compilation
revised locking in critical sections of rt_8139too and rt_via-rhine
implemented hash chains for layer 2 protocol management (avoids protocol handler rejection on hashkey collision)
extended RTmac to let discipline switch off VNIC support or override xmit handler
fixed handling of zero-sized stage 2 files in RTcfg
fixed cleanup bug in RTcfg
fixed rtnet.conf to let rt-driver grab only one NIC by default (again)

rtnet-0.8.2.tar.bz2 - 2005-05-24

Change Log:

updated fusion support to releases 0.7.2..0.7.4
updated RTAI-3.x support (up to release 3.2)
user space API for fusion
added RTcfg device shutdown command (detach)
updated MPC drivers
experimental build for ARM platform (no drivers yet)
improved RT-NIC assignment via "cards" module parameter
bug fixes
- UDP socket cleanup
- simple TDMA mode of rtnet script
- compilation on kernels 2.6.10 and 2.6.11
- DESTDIR detection during configure

rtnet-0.8.1.tar.bz2 - 2005-03-18

Change Log:

slot size enforcement for TDMA
fusion support up to release 0.6.9
various minor fixes

rtnet-0.8.0.tar.bz2 - 2004-12-20

Change Log:

TDMA-V2 implementation
- multiple slots
- packet delay compensation
- slave hot plugging
- backup masters
new NIC device driver layer
- atomic transmission time stamp
- improved locking scheme
- layer version tag
kernel 2.6 support
RTAI/fusion support (0.6.6 or better)
source tree reorganisation
added NoMAC module as skeleton for new disciplines
revised and extended rtnet start script
worst-case statistics for rtping
read stage 1 data for "rtcfg add" from stdin
fixed cleanup bug in RTmac's VNIC handling
bug fixes in RTcfg, /proc output, legacy tdma-v1, and some other parts

rtnet-0.7.1.tar.bz2 - 2004-09-17

Change Log:

extended RTcfg
- heartbeat support for clients
- client failure detection and notification
- server restart after failures
- IP assignment to clients based on hardware addresses
- verbose /proc interface
clean up loopback route when non-loopback interface goes down or changes ip

rtnet-0.7.0.tar.bz2 - 2004-07-01

Change Log:

ported user API to RTDM (real-time driver model)
revised TDMA API based on RTDM
revised routing system
- hash-table-based lookups
- removed redundant ARP table
- added network routing and forwarding support
- loopback routes for non-loopback device IPs
- lock protection
added rtroute
revised rtifconfig
added rtping core support and user tool
reordered and extended /proc interface
improved non-real-time locking (devices and various lists)
lock protection of variable socket parameters
added netshm example
reorganised and cleaned up examples directory
various bug fixes
- fixed UDP port demultiplexing bug (0.6.2-patch1)
- fixed return value of non-blocking receive on empty queue
- fixed queue clean-up bug in packet sockets
- fixed bug in RTcfg frames on big endian platforms (PPC)

rtnet-0.6.2-patch1 - 2004-04-14

Change Log:

fixes bug in UDP port demultiplexer introduced with version 0.6.2.
To apply: place the patch in the RTnet directory and cd to this path, then type patch -p1 < rtnet-0.6.2-patch1 and recompile RTnet

rtnet-0.6.2.tar.bz2 - 2004-04-07

Change Log:

added SMC91111 driver
UDP improvements
- support for binding to specific local IP
- revised automatic port number assigment (race condition save)
revised rtnet start script with full RTmac/TDMA and RTcfg support
avoid stack manager for loopback packets
added "cards" parameter to tulip-rt
various bug fixes
- removed runtime garbage collection of fragmented IP packets (was error-prone)
- fixed routing bug in IP input path
- fixed bug in timeout handling of recvmsg functions
- fixed application unload problems when running RTcap
- fixed compilation problem with RTAI-24 and ADEOS
- fixed some smaller issues in the build system
- fixed init bug in rtnetproxy

rtnet-0.6.1.tar.bz2 - 2004-02-17

Change Log:

improved RTcfg
- added stage 1/2 file support
- added ready mechanism
- native send/receive using rtskbs
- fixed several bugs
revised rtnet start script with full RTmac/TDMA and RTcfg support
added real-time capturing support RTcap
device promisc flag settable on rtifconfig up
improved TDMA
- set slot offset with rtifconfig mac add
- transmit slot offset before first SOF
- queue outgoing packets before first SOF (instead of dropping them)
- bug fix: send further offset commands synchronously
fixed some bugs in the build system
bug fix: solved re-enable irq issue on PPC (new abstraction rtos_irq_end)
bug fix: UDP receive didn't work with MSG_PEEK flag
bug fix: packet sockets didn't set transmission priority
further minor bug fixes

rtnet-0.6.0.tar.bz2 - 2004-01-21

Change Log:

improved build system
- RTAI 3.0 support
- make install covers modules, tools, and API headers
added support for NatSemi DP8381x NICs
separated TDMA discipline module
upgraded RTcfg setup to new rtcfg tool
improved rtifconfig
added generic getsockname implementation
introduced abstraction layer for the Linux RT extension
new internal services
- extensible IOCTL interface through a single misc device
- unified sychronous real-time procedure calls from Linux context
fixed route solicit IOCTL
as usual: fixed some minor bugs

rtnet-0.5.6.tar.gz - 2003-12-02

Change Log:

Added first version of RTcfg
improved loopback-rt throughput
fixed cleanup of LXRT examples
fixed several tiny bugs

rtnet-0.5.5.tar.gz - 2003-11-07

Change Log:

Revised IP fragmentation/defragmentation engine
Added packet sockets (incl. example)
Memory allocation for rtskbs based on a Linux slab cache (again...)
Introduced rt_socket_ioctl
- lists IPs of available interfaces
- reports the interface flags
Updated PPC drivers
Added support for VIA Rhine NICs
Fixed LXRT interface and examples
Fixed cross-compilation issues
Improved socket file descriptor lookup
Discontinued static socket interfaces
Revised device driver layer (index-based management)
Fixed race conditions on socket close
Added/updated the documentation
Added/updated examples

rtnet-0.5.0-patch1 - 2003-09-26

Change Log:

fixes bug in dispose_rtskb when --enable-rtskb-kmalloc was choosen
NOTE: this patch is only required if your RTAI is compiled with CONFIG_RTAI_MM_VMALLOC.
To apply: place the patch in the RTnet directory and cd to this path, then type patch -p1 < rtnet-0.5.0-patch1 and recompile RTnet

rtnet-0.5.0.tar.gz - 2003-09-25

Change Log:

Introduced Virtual NIC support for RTmac (allows e.g. TCP/IP tunnelling without any influence on real-time traffic)
New config and make system (stand-alone compilation outside the RTAI tree possible)
Improved buffer pool management (avoids memory shortages if, e.g., an application fails to retrieve all its incoming data on time)
Prioritised send queues in RTmac (31 real-time priorities, 1 for non real-time packets)
Bindless send (sending packets without the need to bind to a specific interface)
Receive calls are now blocking by default (non-blocking selectable with sockopts)
Added support for AMD PCnet32/PCnetPCI network adapters
Added early version of a driver porting guide
As usual: various minor bug fixes

rtnet-0.2.10.tar.gz - 2003-06-27

Change Log:

New device naming sheme, internal modification of the driver layer (fixes bug 680211)
Fixed loopback-rt
New RTmac frame format
Internal improvements of RTmac
Added UDP fragmentation, see included README.ipfragmentation - MathiasKoehrer
New header file ordering, see include/INCLUDE.policy
Various minor bug fixes...

rtnet-pre-0.2.10-ipfragment.patch - 2003-05-20

Add-On to CVS tag "pre-0-2-10" (does not apply to the 0.2.9)

Change Log:

Adds UDP fragmentation, see included README.ipfragmentation - MathiasKoehrer

rtnet-0.2.9.tar.gz - 2003-02-18

Change Log:

Fixed many memory leak bugs - Hans-PeterBock
OpenOffice document 'structure of RTnet 0.2.8' - Hans-PeterBock
Fixed negative module reference count bug in RTmac - WittawatYamwong
RTmac deletes the master and client task correcly now - WittawatYamwong

rtnet-0.2.8.tar.gz - 2003-02-07

Change Log:

enhanched round_trip_time example - Hans-PeterBock
- configurable send intervall
- configurable packetsize
- accounting of sent and received packets
- exact roundtrip time in us
- showtime displays minimum/maximum roundtrip time
Added rt_ip_setsockopt() for IP_TOS - Hans-PeterBock
Added experimental tulip driver - WittawatYamwong
Added rtnetproxy - MathiasKoehrer

rtnet-0.2.7.tar.gz - 2003-01-29

Change Log:

added new example (rtt), another round trip time example, without the bug of the old one, causing equal time.
added support for 'Latency Measurement Gadget' in rtt example
added sending broadcasts funtionality
first release of RTmac

rtnet-0.2.6.tar.gz - 2002-10-31

Change Log:

added ICMP protocoll (now your rtai-box replies to pings)
fixed bug in rt_ip_route_output (outgoing packets to unknown hosts)
beautified ARP: answering an ARP request now makes a local ARP entry
improved performance of 3c59x-rt by removing forgotten debug outputs
improved performance of udp layer by removing forgotten debug outputs
added start/stop script (tools/rtnet)

rtnet-0.2.5-patch1 - 2002-09-13

Change Log:

improves performance of 3c59x-rt by removing forgotten debug outputs
To apply: put patch file in <RTAI-DIR>/rtnet, type cd <RTAI-DIR>/rtnet followed by patch -p1 < rtnet-0.2.5-patch1, then recompile RTnet

rtnet-0.2.5.tar.gz - 2002-09-12

Change Log:

added real-time driver 3c59x-rt (3Com EtherLink PCI III/XL)
fixed synchronization in socket.c und ipv4/udp.c (it is now save to create rt-sockets both in RTAI task and Linux context)
fixed cleanup-bug in routing tables

rtnet-0.2.4.tar.gz - 2002-09-06

Change Log:

added "cards" parameter to drivers to limit the number of supported identical NICs (allows both RT and non-RT driver of equal type to be loaded at the same time)
renaming: eepro100_rt -> eepro100-rt

rtnet-0.2.3.tar.gz - 2002-08-29

Change Log: