From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marc Kleine-Budde Subject: Re: adding can4linux to drivers/char Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 15:38:15 +0200 Message-ID: <523DA147.7090403@pengutronix.de> References: <1881932.U1kQQJkqCz@heinz.site> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8knRVlTbAPi5KtDSrjuPGf0u4wkLgm8Sg" Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([92.198.50.35]:42307 "EHLO metis.ext.pengutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751807Ab3IUNiZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Sep 2013 09:38:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1881932.U1kQQJkqCz@heinz.site> Sender: linux-can-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: =?UTF-8?B?SGVpbnotSsO8cmdlbiBPZXJ0ZWw=?= Cc: linux-can@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --8knRVlTbAPi5KtDSrjuPGf0u4wkLgm8Sg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09/21/2013 01:03 AM, Heinz-J=C3=BCrgen Oertel wrote: > long before SocketCAN, which now is part of the Linux kernel drivers, > can4linux was available as the CAN device driver for Linux. >=20 > I now like to add it to the kernel source tree as well. What to you > think about it. And how should I start and proceed? I suggest to port you existing applications to linux-can. I'm sure you'll find help here and there are several companies out there who offer commercial support on this. =46rom my point of view, it quite unlikely that this code will be merged to mainline, as there is already a working solution. regards, Marc --=20 Pengutronix e.K. | Marc Kleine-Budde | Industrial Linux Solutions | Phone: +49-231-2826-924 | Vertretung West/Dortmund | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | http://www.pengutronix.de | --8knRVlTbAPi5KtDSrjuPGf0u4wkLgm8Sg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlI9oUcACgkQjTAFq1RaXHOTcgCgk4o4mxK1OHDkHUgQcZ4xaymN rcAAnRh71VgMN0TkdSnFqV2yScL8y3pK =O3g9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8knRVlTbAPi5KtDSrjuPGf0u4wkLgm8Sg--