Hi Oliver, Marc, > On 03/08/2016 01:48 PM, Ramesh Shanmugasundaram wrote: > > >> In fact you provided a CAN driver which is "CAN-FD-only". > > > > Yes. That's the status of current submission.
(...) > > > > I did try this option earlier but there are two problems with this > method. > > > > 1) Below configuration is not possible > > > > ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 1000000 dbitrate 1000000 fd on > > > > "fd on" -> This is not allowed because CAN_CTRLMODE_FD bit is not set in > ctrlmode_supported. > > > > 2) If I ignore "fd on", my interface MTU stays as CAN_MTU only. If I > have to change the MTU alone to CANFD_MTU using another netlink message, > it again checks ctrlmode_supported where it would fail. I have the option > of providing my own change_mtu function & ignore this check but two > configuration messages are required for my driver alone :-(. > > > > Both these anomalies are addressed with the current check I have. > > Oh - you are right with complaining about this inconsistency. > > Can you check my RFC patch for Linux stable I just sent on the mailing > list? > http://marc.info/?l=linux-can&m=145745724917976&w=2 As we are fixing this issue in CAN dev.c, I'll remove this check in ndo_open and set CAN_CTRLMODE_FD flag in ctrlmode & remove the flag in ctrlmode_supported in the next v3 version of the patch. Are there any further comments on v2 patch please? Thanks, Ramesh
