Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] M_CAN Framework rework

[Dan Murphy <dmurphy@ti.com>]

Wolfgang

On 10/24/2018 02:43 AM, Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
> Hallo Dan,
> 
> I will have a closer look later this week. Unfortunately you already
> renamed file names and structs making the patch almost unreadable. More
> soon..
> 

I tried to format the patch to eliminate the massive change but format patch kept 
giving me the same result.

It is a massive change regardless not sure how else to make is smaller.

I guess this is why I opt'd to just create the dedicated TCAN driver.

Dan


> Thanks for you patience,
> 
> Wolfgang.
> 
> Am 17.10.2018 um 22:21 schrieb Dan Murphy:
>> Bump
>>
>> On 10/10/2018 09:20 AM, Dan Murphy wrote:
>>> All
>>>
>>> This patch series creates a m_can core framework that devices can register
>>> to.  The m_can core manages the Bosch IP and CAN frames.  Each device that
>>> is registered is responsible for managing device specific functions.
>>>
>>> This rewrite was suggested in a device driver submission for the TCAN4x5x
>>> device
>>> Reference upstream post:
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/984163/
>>>
>>> For instance the TCAN device is a SPI device that uses a specific data payload to
>>> determine writes and reads.  In addition the device has a reset input as well
>>> as a wakeup pin.  The register offset of the m_can registers differs and must
>>> be set by the device attached to the core.
>>>
>>> The m_can core will use iomapped writes and reads as the default mechanism for
>>> writing and reading.  The device driver can provide over rides for this.
>>>
>>> This patch series is not complete as it does not handle the CAN interrupts
>>> nor can perform a CAN write.  If this patch series is deemed acceptable I will
>>> finish debugging the driver and post a non RFC series.
>>>
>>> Finally I did attempt to reduce the first patch with various git format patch
>>> directives but none seemed to reduce the patch.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> Dan Murphy (3):
>>>   can: m_can: Create m_can core to leverage common code
>>>   dt-bindings: can: tcan4x5x: Add DT bindings for TCAN4x5X driver
>>>   can: tcan4x5x: Add tcan4x5x driver to the kernel
>>>
>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/net/can/tcan4x5x.txt  |   34 +
>>>  drivers/net/can/m_can/Kconfig                 |   18 +
>>>  drivers/net/can/m_can/Makefile                |    4 +-
>>>  drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c                 | 1683 +----------------
>>>  .../net/can/m_can/{m_can.c => m_can_core.c}   |  479 +++--
>>>  drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_core.h            |  100 +
>>>  drivers/net/can/m_can/tcan4x5x.c              |  321 ++++
>>>  7 files changed, 722 insertions(+), 1917 deletions(-)
>>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/tcan4x5x.txt
>>>  copy drivers/net/can/m_can/{m_can.c => m_can_core.c} (83%)
>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_core.h
>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/can/m_can/tcan4x5x.c
>>>
>>
>>


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Dan Murphy