On 06/17/2010 08:19 PM, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
>> On 06/17/2010 06:54 PM, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
>>> Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
>>>>> Now I try to use more current version (rev 1181) of SocketCAN, because we 
>>>>> need netlink CAN control API. Here I see one problem - no error active is 
>>>>> indicated. The CAN_ERR_CRTL_UNSPEC error control messages are missed. 
>>>>> I observe this problem with both sysfs and netlink variants.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it known and wanted behavior, to not indicate CAN_ERR_CRTL_UNSPEC any 
>>>>> more?
>>>> Yes, this is the current (known) behavior and it has been discussed
>>>> before. We only report "increasing" state changes
>>>> active->warning->passive->bus-off. I think it's not what we really want.
>>>> It should be fixed.
>>> Have a look at the statemachine in the at91_can driver[1]. I started to
>>> make it more generic in order to be usable as a generic component.
>>>
>>> Cheers, Marc
>>>
>>> [1] http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.34/drivers/net/can/at91_can.c#L757
>>
>> I see, we don't have a #define for state changes to error active. I tend
>> to rename CAN_ERR_CRTL_UNSPEC to CAN_ERR_CRTL_ACTIVE. But this needs
>> some more thoughts and discussion. "CAN_ERR_CTRL" stands for controller
>> *problems* and that's what we have implemented. I will have a closer
>> look tomorrow.
> 
> ACK, I see the need for discussion, too. However, if your time permits,
> have a look at the above mentioned state machine. Don't look to close at
> the individual bits that are send in the states, they can be discussed
> seperately.

The AT91 driver uses CAN_ERR_PROT_ACTIVE to signal state changes to
error active in a special way. I think it should be handled in a generic
way like any other state change, e.g. active->warning, passive->warning,
etc. We need to fix all other drivers anyway.

Wolfgang.
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