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From: Vincent MAILHOL <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>
To: "Stefan Mätje" <Stefan.Maetje@esd.eu>
Cc: "linux-can@vger.kernel.org" <linux-can@vger.kernel.org>,
	"mkl@pengutronix.de" <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 3/4] iplink_can: print brp and dbrp bittiming variables
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2021 14:17:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMZ6RqKyL81CK_U9K-NZ4sNCLt8bKVWZ8mhcPd=p=cVHMO5RjQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0f23c1e5e4bcfcc7d8077c859788031b0e7214b4.camel@esd.eu>

On Wed. 7 Jul 2021 at 18:33, Stefan Mätje <Stefan.Maetje@esd.eu> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 29.06.2021, 00:44 +0900 schrieb Vincent Mailhol:
> > Report the value of the bit-rate prescaler (brp) for both the nominal
> > and the data bittiming.
> >
> > Currently, only the constant brp values (brp_{min,max,inc}) are being
> > reported. Also, brp is the only member of struct can_bittiming not
> > being reported.
> >
> > Although brp is not used as an input for bittiming calculation, it
> > makes sense to output it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>
>
> I think it is a good idea to display both brp and dbrp values because it makes
> the displayed bitrate settings complete. Even if it could be calculated from the
> displayed clock and tq values.

Your remark is true. I also realized that BRP can be calculated
from the other parameters but because I am lazy, I like to have
it reported so I wrote this patch. I will add a note in the patch
comments to reflect that this value could be calculated by hand.


Yours sincerely,
Vincent

  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-09 12:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-28 15:43 [RFC PATCH v4 0/4] iplink_can: cleaning, fixes and adding TDC support Vincent Mailhol
2021-06-28 15:43 ` [RFC PATCH v4 1/4] iplink_can: fix configuration ranges in print_usage() Vincent Mailhol
2021-06-28 15:44 ` [RFC PATCH v4 2/4] iplink_can: use PRINT_ANY to factorize code and fix signedness Vincent Mailhol
2021-06-28 15:44 ` [RFC PATCH v4 3/4] iplink_can: print brp and dbrp bittiming variables Vincent Mailhol
2021-07-07 16:33   ` Stefan Mätje
2021-07-09 12:17     ` Vincent MAILHOL [this message]
2021-08-09 12:27       ` Stefan Mätje
2021-06-28 15:44 ` [RFC PATCH v4 4/4] iplink_can: add new CAN FD bittiming parameters: Transmitter Delay Compensation (TDC) Vincent Mailhol
2021-07-07 16:21   ` Stefan Mätje
2021-07-09 13:32     ` Vincent MAILHOL
2021-08-09 14:44       ` Stefan Mätje
2021-08-14  9:51         ` Vincent MAILHOL

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