If you're dealing with network drivers you will want to know about socket buffs: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/1312 LDD3 has a chapter for network drivers too: http://www.makelinux.net/ldd3/chp-17
Regards :) 2016-10-17 10:22 GMT-02:00 Daniel. <[email protected]>: > CAN drivers can be found here; http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ > source/drivers/net/can/ > > The device driver interface is at dev.c > > AFAIK the only other files referencing to can outside of drivers/ folder > is http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h#L120 > You may want to look at docs too: https://www.kernel.org/doc/ > Documentation/networking/can.txt > Regards, > > 2016-10-17 9:05 GMT-02:00 Augusto Fraga Giachero <[email protected]>: > >> I've been reading the source code for the ECI driver and discovered that >> it only applies to PCI devices, the IXXAT CAN-to-USB Compact (V1.0) is >> accessed through libusb, so please, ignore the ECI Kernel module that >> I've attached in the last email. >> >> Thanks! >> >> On 17-10-2016 08:43, Augusto Fraga Giachero wrote: >> > Hello! >> > >> > >> > I recently started a project that uses the CAN serial protocol using >> > microcontrollers. I've got an IXXAT CAN-to-USB Compact (V1.0) adapter to >> > help debugging the CAN bus. The manufacturer of this adapter provides >> > the kernel driver and and userspace libraries for Linux, but it uses a >> > custom API (ECI) instead of SocketCAN (and I really need to use >> > SocketCAN). The manufacturer also provides a SocketCAN driver but only >> > for the CAN-to-USB Compact (V2.0), so it doesn't with what I have. >> > >> > >> > I'm thinking in modifying the the SocketCAN driver to support the V1.0 >> > adapter, but I don't have any experience in kernel driver development. >> > I've a solid C knowledge and a lot of experience in firmware development >> > for microcontrollers. Can someone show me where to find relevant >> > information regarding SocketCAN, USB drivers development? I don't know >> > if this challenge is above my skills. >> > >> > >> > I've attached both drivers and a patch for the usb-to-can_v2_socketcan >> > that substitutes the "netdev->trans_start =" deference to >> > "netif_trans_update(netdev);", so you can compile for kernels newer than >> > 4.4. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kernelnewbies mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies >> > > > > -- > *"Do or do not. There is no try"* > *Yoda Master* > -- *"Do or do not. There is no try"* *Yoda Master*
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