Re: [PATCH] Add Support for Freescale FlexCAN CAN controller
From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Date: 2009-07-27 09:43:21
From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Date: 2009-07-27 09:43:21
Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
Sascha Hauer wrote:quoted
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 04:55:02PM +0200, Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
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+ kfree_skb(skb);Support for echo skb using can_put/get_echo_skb() is missing. It should not be a big deal to add it.In fact it's not missing, but the hardware is configured to receive its own packets, so this isn't needed.But the user may disable IFF_ECHO, which should be handled somehow.
Really? IMO IFF_ECHO indicates the capability of the network driver to perform the MAC layer frame echo on driver level. Only when you have a CAN driver that does not have this capability (the 'bad' non default case) this flag is cleared. There is no need to provide a mode that can switch this functionality 'on' and 'off'. IFF_ECHO is just an indication provided by the driver. When the FlexCAN controller can 'receive' a sent frame, so that it reflects the correct message order on the bus, this is perfect. In this case Sascha should set the IFF_ECHO flag and he's done. Regards, Oliver