From: "\"Bernd Krumböck\"" <krumboeck@universalnet.at>
To: Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@gmail.com>,
Bernd Krumboeck <krumboeck@universalnet.at>,
Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>,
linux-can@vger.kernel.org, Kurt Van Dijck <kurt.van.dijck@eia.be>,
Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>,
Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] can: add tx/rx LED trigger support
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:20:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86fd45485e2016d2c5ad27f28669195e.squirrel@webmail.universalnet.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121217174121.GA16327@balto.lan>
> Hi Bernd,
>
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 08:28:48AM +0100, Bernd Krumboeck wrote:
>> Why there is no patch for any usb can device?
>
> Because USB canbus interfaces usually already has some dedicated
> activity LED on the device itself, while this patch is meant to give an
> equivalent functionality for Embedded SoC with GPIO based LEDs, so I
> just started by modifying some Embedded CAN drivers.
>
> If you think it's useful for USB controller, just tell me or modify the
> driver by yourself! As you see the patch is really easy.
At least it is useful for the usb_8dev driver. I'll write a patch.
Photo of the device:
http://www.8devices.com/product/2/usb2can
>> Can this be done in a more general way, except patching every driver?
>
> Actually this started as a generic patch bolted to the CAN stack, but
> the implementation was too invasive and a bit too hacky. A generic
> implementation at can-dev level is hard to obtain because the can-dev
> layer is not used in all the device operation, as the most of the driver
> calls generick network API directly.
>
Thanks!
regards,
Bernd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-17 20:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-16 11:08 [PATCH 0/9] tx/rx LED trigger support Fabio Baltieri
2012-12-16 11:08 ` [PATCH 1/9] can: add " Fabio Baltieri
2012-12-17 7:28 ` Bernd Krumboeck
2012-12-17 9:34 ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-12-17 17:41 ` Fabio Baltieri
2012-12-17 20:20 ` "Bernd Krumböck" [this message]
2012-12-17 21:42 ` Fabio Baltieri
2012-12-18 6:02 ` "Bernd Krumböck"
2012-12-16 11:08 ` [PATCH 2/9] can: flexcan: add " Fabio Baltieri
2012-12-16 11:08 ` [PATCH 3/9] can: at91_can: " Fabio Baltieri
2012-12-16 11:08 ` [PATCH 4/9] can: ti_hecc: " Fabio Baltieri
2012-12-16 11:08 ` [PATCH 5/9] can: c_can: " Fabio Baltieri
2012-12-16 11:08 ` [PATCH 6/9] can: mcp251x: " Fabio Baltieri
2012-12-16 11:08 ` [PATCH 7/9] can: sja1000: " Fabio Baltieri
2012-12-16 11:08 ` [PATCH 8/9] can: export a safe netdev_priv wrapper for candev Fabio Baltieri
2012-12-16 11:08 ` [PATCH 9/9] can: rename LED trigger name on netdev renames Fabio Baltieri
2012-12-16 22:37 ` [PATCH 0/9] tx/rx LED trigger support Marc Kleine-Budde
2012-12-16 22:51 ` Fabio Baltieri
2012-12-17 9:35 ` Kurt Van Dijck
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