From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gary Thomas Subject: Re: Bitbake recipe building socketcan for angstrom Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 05:31:19 -0600 Message-ID: <507FE887.3080705@mlbassoc.com> References: <507FE560.8070905@pengutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.mlbassoc.com ([65.100.170.105]:38219 "EHLO mail.chez-thomas.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755155Ab2JRLhC (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:37:02 -0400 In-Reply-To: <507FE560.8070905@pengutronix.de> Sender: linux-can-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Marc Kleine-Budde Cc: rotesmofa , linux-can@vger.kernel.org On 2012-10-18 05:17, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote: > On 10/18/2012 12:55 PM, rotesmofa wrote: >> Hallo everyone, >> >> I am fighting with Bitbaking Socketcan for Angstrom with a 2.6.32 Kernel for my >> Craneboard. > > Regarding the kernel. It's rather old, doesnt't support much CAN > hardware and may have CAN related bugs. Better update to latest v3.6 or > newer. > >> Currently I have a basic lag of understanding for the *.bb files. I simply want >> to build socketcan for my board using either Eclipse with my Angstrom toolchain >> or using Bitbake. > > If you want to use socketcan you have to switch on some kernel features: > > -> Networking support > -> CAN bus subsystem support > [ ] Raw CAN Protocol (raw access with CAN-ID filtering) > -> CAN Device Drivers > [ ] Platform CAN drivers with Netlink support > > + the driver you need. > > No need to change any bitbake files. > >> Can anyone guide me? I'am in India and have kind of a research project but there >> is no support and I'am a Hardware Guy ;-) > > If you need support for the userspace tools in openembedded/angstrom you > should contact they mailinglist. Just build 'canutils' which is part of the meta-openembedded/meta-oe layer -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------