Thread (10 messages) 10 messages, 3 authors, 2009-07-28

Re: [PATCH] Add Support for Freescale FlexCAN CAN controller

From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Date: 2009-07-27 09:43:21

Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
Sascha Hauer wrote:
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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
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