Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2018-12-06 Thread Sven Van Asbroeck
Hi David, thank you for the feedback ! On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 9:05 PM David Lechner wrote: > > Does this actually need a new fieldbus subsystem or could it just be > implemented as a new network protocol? > > Then this generic interface to a fieldbus device could just be a socket. > This is a fu

Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2018-12-05 Thread David Lechner
On 12/4/18 4:02 PM, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote: This patch: 1. adds a Fieldbus subsystem 2. adds support for the HMS Industrial Networks AB Profinet card. Does this actually need a new fieldbus subsystem or could it just be implemented as a new network protocol? 1. Fieldbus subsystem

[PATCH v5 0/6] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card

2018-12-04 Thread Sven Van Asbroeck
This patch: 1. adds a Fieldbus subsystem 2. adds support for the HMS Industrial Networks AB Profinet card. 1. Fieldbus subsystem - Fieldbus device (client) adapters allow data exchange with a PLC aka. "Fieldbus Controller" over a fieldbus (Profinet, FLNet, etc.) They are t