Scott Hiles
2004-02-21 05:52:53 UTC
I have finally completed enough of the 2.0 version of the X10 drivers for
Linux to release them for testing. Installation instructions are in the
docs directory in the HTML file. You can get the source code from
sourceforge at the link:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=68802
THIS IS AN ALPHA RELEASE! This means that I have implemented all of the
functionality for the 2.0 release and have done limited testing on the
machines that I have. I am looking for individuals to test the new code and
report bugs or inconsistencies.
Notable features:
* The state machine and transceiver interfaces run in userspace as daemons
* PowerLinc USB uses the HIDDEV interface(1)
* DEVFS is no longer available (taken out of version 2.6 of the kernel)
* CM11A protocol fixed to utilize handshaking rather than fixed delays
* PowerLinc Serial fixed to use handshaking rather than fixed delays
* Drivers should work with version 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6 (tested with 2.4
and 2.6)
* NON-blocking writes (use the new utility nbecho) are available to speed up
shell scripts
* Userspace program can be loaded and unloaded without losing the state of
the X10 network (held in /dev driver)
(1) Development of the HID interface was the reason that this took so long.
There is almost no documentation on the HID interface and the kernel has had
a bug in it for 3 years which must be patched (instructions provided in the
index.html file) to make it work. Version 2.6.3 of the kernel is suppose to
contain the patch.
READ THE HTML DOCUMENTATION IN docs/ in the distribution before installing
or using.
Scott
Linux to release them for testing. Installation instructions are in the
docs directory in the HTML file. You can get the source code from
sourceforge at the link:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=68802
THIS IS AN ALPHA RELEASE! This means that I have implemented all of the
functionality for the 2.0 release and have done limited testing on the
machines that I have. I am looking for individuals to test the new code and
report bugs or inconsistencies.
Notable features:
* The state machine and transceiver interfaces run in userspace as daemons
* PowerLinc USB uses the HIDDEV interface(1)
* DEVFS is no longer available (taken out of version 2.6 of the kernel)
* CM11A protocol fixed to utilize handshaking rather than fixed delays
* PowerLinc Serial fixed to use handshaking rather than fixed delays
* Drivers should work with version 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6 (tested with 2.4
and 2.6)
* NON-blocking writes (use the new utility nbecho) are available to speed up
shell scripts
* Userspace program can be loaded and unloaded without losing the state of
the X10 network (held in /dev driver)
(1) Development of the HID interface was the reason that this took so long.
There is almost no documentation on the HID interface and the kernel has had
a bug in it for 3 years which must be patched (instructions provided in the
index.html file) to make it work. Version 2.6.3 of the kernel is suppose to
contain the patch.
READ THE HTML DOCUMENTATION IN docs/ in the distribution before installing
or using.
Scott