On 06/18/2010 11:59 AM, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
>> On 06/17/2010 08:40 PM, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
>>> Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
>>>> 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
>>> ACK, if we've defined what to signal, it's easy to implement.
>>>
>>>> way like any other state change, e.g. active->warning, passive->warning,
>>>> etc. We need to fix all other drivers anyway.
>>> But I wass talking about the state machine in general. Does it make
>>> sense to use it in other drivers aswell.
>>
>> A similar state machine is used for other CAN controllers as well. The
>> only difference I see is setting CAN_ERR_PROT_ACTIVE if the error active
>> state is entered. Have I missed something?
> 
> yes similar, but does it make sense so implement a somewhat different
> state machine in all drivers again?

We need a similar state machine for *all* drivers. Instead of handling
just increasing error state changes, I would like to support *all*
changes, which would make your special CAN_ERR_PROT_ACTIVE obsolete.
Does that make sense, also for the real users?

Wolfgang.
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