From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marc Kleine-Budde Subject: Re: can: flexcan: implement workaround for FIFO overruns (based on code by David Jander) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 11:36:14 +0200 Message-ID: <559E408E.3080700@pengutronix.de> References: <559D35CA.2050402@uweschneider.de> <559E3E3E.7080603@uweschneider.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wuSEm8jNPBD8TAc0Vd7app6Q1e1ugGMBv" Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([92.198.50.35]:47618 "EHLO metis.ext.pengutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750805AbbGIJgU (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2015 05:36:20 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-can-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Holger Schurig , Torsten Lang Cc: linux-can@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --wuSEm8jNPBD8TAc0Vd7app6Q1e1ugGMBv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 07/09/2015 11:32 AM, Holger Schurig wrote: > Thorsten, >=20 > after pondering a bit on this I'd just say give up. >=20 > The FlexCAN driver is in a state of limbo. For many months > occassionally people submit some path, but nothing really changes, > only minor things get accepted and applied to the kernel. I see two > reasons: >=20 > * some people have the picture of a "one big patch series that saves > the world" view. But this one is complex, and so it never > materialized. For example my KFIFO patch was not dismissed because of > technical reasons, but because this big patch will eventually come. > Marc said "I'll look into it at the end of the week", but that was > optimistic Sorry - I'm not full time paid to work on linux-can. But there soon will be another end-of-the-week to look at the code. 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 | --wuSEm8jNPBD8TAc0Vd7app6Q1e1ugGMBv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJVnkCOAAoJEP5prqPJtc/H/CYIAKu2IhX5RAqiCy5GI7sy3Zun VLZNWpvtidAjMeo+yP/klxENuM8l1BUh+QE9wPOINU1duU0Hi1/cjqjtIyxCFQoR 0qp/83rEcu9o5c7JedMqjZlPSQ5nNZz/mvH15ot9HMxKKHrDZZsTbQd1PEFnoGqC j/zLkJfyXeNreutEQ9azDnnyn+ZYvhYyQ9lw2M8cdV/CCQ3fCDzibbJAZ22n8Ns7 db8VdU4GWWAH2hHAUTwxn/PU/VZWLtGZ9WA7Or9lGsOL6k32b7GoLlUywJrnIFHz q0EDuE4D6Kgtj/O3FE1BGn+2xq/9K/H8j+iWnTbBwlYYNV7CwnIQPCg/gY2T8CM= =hddn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wuSEm8jNPBD8TAc0Vd7app6Q1e1ugGMBv--