Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261647AbVCOSoG (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:44:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261752AbVCOSk0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:40:26 -0500 Received: from port-83-236-181-26.static.qsc.de ([83.236.181.26]:23693 "EHLO metis.extern.pengutronix.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261647AbVCOSjc (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:39:32 -0500 Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:39:22 +0100 From: Robert Schwebel To: Andrey Volkov Cc: Benedikt Spranger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: CANbus subsytem for 2.6 kernel (char or netdev) Message-ID: <20050315183922.GP11709@pengutronix.de> References: <4236B1D1.7030707@varma-el.com> <1110884699.5812.10.camel@atlas.tec.linutronix.de> <4236CC87.5030401@varma-el.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4236CC87.5030401@varma-el.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1016 Lines: 26 On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 02:52:39PM +0300, Andrey Volkov wrote: > Benedikt Spranger wrote: > >>Anyone could told me, why everyone, who wrote CANbus driver (peak, > >>kvaser etc) always use char dev, but not netdev for it? May be exist > >>some global pitfall, which I couldn't see, which prevent to use netdev? > > > > > >Maybe you try out: > >http://www.linutronix.de/data/linux-2.6.11-can.diff We have a newer version of this patch which we are currently making ready for upstream. Robert -- Dipl.-Ing. Robert Schwebel | http://www.pengutronix.de Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 Hannoversche Str. 2, 31134 Hildesheim, Germany Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-9 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/