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 19:09:23 +0200 Message-ID: <523DD2C3.7000505@pengutronix.de> References: <1881932.U1kQQJkqCz@heinz.site> <523DA147.7090403@pengutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xLfO2HmrkiAPiiXa3t6W6p0EqaG9LBuCM" Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([92.198.50.35]:53830 "EHLO metis.ext.pengutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751225Ab3IURJd (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:09:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-can-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Sebastian Haas Cc: =?UTF-8?B?SGVpbnotSsO8cmdlbiBPZXJ0ZWw=?= , linux-can@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --xLfO2HmrkiAPiiXa3t6W6p0EqaG9LBuCM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09/21/2013 06:37 PM, Sebastian Haas wrote: > As Oliver already pointed out there are a bunch of applications outside= > which may require a can4linux-like chardev API. >=20 > But I also agree that merging an additional CAN framework makes not > much sense. I prefer to port can4linux drivers to SocketCAN for not > yet supported devices. But we may also think about an emulation of > chardev based APIs like can4linux to support legacy applications. The emulation could probably be done in userspace. I'll ask our userspace graphics guys how they emulate legacy /dev/fbX on top of drm. 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 | --xLfO2HmrkiAPiiXa3t6W6p0EqaG9LBuCM 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/ iEYEARECAAYFAlI90sMACgkQjTAFq1RaXHPnKwCePKJecRJBwlvKxXp6f1BJ5/fH co8An01TVC0/laLxffPcvtVJezxviU2Q =OO9C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xLfO2HmrkiAPiiXa3t6W6p0EqaG9LBuCM--