Supported Ethernet hardware
This page shall give an overview of the Ethernet hardware, that is supported by the EtherCAT master. The listed Ethernet drivers come with the EtherCAT master sources and are EtherCAT-enabled versions of their standard-kernel-counterparts, and therefore are able to drive the same set of hardware.
The supported drivers and their corresponding hardware is listed below:
- 8139too - RealTek 8139C (or compatible) Fast-Ethernet chipsets.
- e1000 - Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet chipsets.
- forcedeth - nVIDIA n-Force Fast-Ethernet chipsets.
- e100 - Intel PRO/100 Fast-Ethernet chipsets.
The below table shows, which driver is available for which kernel version. This information applies on the master release 1.3.2.
| 8139too | e1000 | forcedeth | e100 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6.13 | X | X | - | - |
| 2.6.17 | X | - | ? | - |
| 2.6.18 | ? | ? | - | ? |
| 2.6.19 | X | - | ? | - |
| 2.6.20 | - | X | - | - |
Legend:
- X: The driver is available and is known to run stable.
- ?: The driver is basically available, but there are no long-time experiences, or the driver has not proven to run in a production environment.
- -: The driver was not patched for that kernel version.