Error with new HAL file.

You might take a look at twopass hal parsing

This allows merging of _compatible_ loadrt statements

PCW wrote:

You might take a look at twopass hal parsing

This allows merging of _compatible_ loadrt statements

That is your best option at the present.

However still requires you to know all the instances you will require at the point Linuxcnc is started, even though they can be spread over several files.

Still rules out changing or adding configs 'on the fly', because even though you can unlink, unload etc to a point, if any component is still loaded, you cannot load another instance of it.

Machinekit hal files can now be written in python, with conditional tests etc to determine which components are loaded, depending upon the machine type specified in the ini or other config files

regards

Where can I find documentation on twopass HAL parsing?

Sorry, it is like trying to find your way through a maze with your eyes closed.

Nevermind, I found the documentation for TWOPASS.

I think it would also be useful to have a search function for searching through the documentation.

John,

I had tried searching the PDFs but I did not look in the correct one.

Looks like Google custom search is the way to go for the html files. Thanks for the heads up.