Re: Resources for Linux SocketCAN

Am Donnerstag, 31. Januar 2013, 11:32:49 schrieb Bram Kerkhof:
> It is a device built around a Freescale i.MX25 chip, so the CAN controller
> is integrated and Freescale provides a FlexCAN kernel driver.
> 
> Cheers, 
> Bram

Yo will have no problems with i.MX devices and CAN,
whether using can4linux or Socket-CAN.
In case of Socket-CAN check the Freescale provided version.
It might be *much* better to use the latest git version.

 Heinz
 



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> 
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dinesh
> Guleria
> Sent: dinsdag 29 januari 2013 7:51
> To: CANLIST
> Subject: [CANLIST] Resources for Linux SocketCAN
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> 
> Start with :--
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SocketCAN
> 
> 
> 
> check for this doc, on cia website :---
> 
> kleine-budde.pdf
> 
> www.can-cia.org/fileadmin/cia/files/icc/13/kleine-budde.pdf
> 
> 
> 
> Also go through :--
> 
> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/Documentation/networking/can.txt
> 
> http://svn.berlios.de/wsvn/socketcan/trunk/kernel/2.6/Documentation/networki
> ng/can.txt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> By the way your network driver is based on on-chip or off-chip device ?
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Dinesh
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Heinz-Jürgen Oertel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Am Montag, 28. Januar 2013, 13:08:55 schrieb Bram Kerkhof:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > In my current project we have to use the Linux SocketCAN layer to get on
> 
> the
> 
> > bus, so I'm investigating existing resources and documentation for the
> 
> API.
> 
> > As can be expected, google turns up a number of links, which may or may
> 
> not
> 
> > be up-to-date, and of which most links are limited to describing the
> > part
> 
> of
> 
> > the API that scratches the author's itch.
> > 
> > So have any of you worked already with SocketCAN;
> 
> Yes
> 
> > what are your experiences
> > and can you recommend any useful links or information?
> 
> I used two main sources:
> linux/Documentation/networking/can.txt
> and the can-util from the git repositoy
> git://gitorious.org/linux-can/can-utils.git
> 
>  Regards
>     Heinz
> 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Bram--
> 
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