Re: [PATCH RESEND v4 0/8] can: flexcan: Add NXP S32N79 SoC support

Ciprian Marian Costea
2026-05-04T07:31:08Z

On 4/21/2026 1:25 PM, Ciprian Costea wrote:
> From: Ciprian Marian Costea <ciprianmarian.costea@oss.nxp.com>
>

Hello Marc,

Following up on v4. All comments from v3 have been addressed. Let me
know if there's anything else you'd like changed.

Best Regards,
Ciprian

> This patch series adds FlexCAN support for the NXP S32N79 SoC.
>
> The S32N79 is an automotive-grade processor from NXP with multiple
> FlexCAN instances. The FlexCAN IP integration on S32N79 differs from
> other SoCs in the interrupt routing - it uses two separate interrupt
> lines:
> - one interrupt for mailboxes 0-127
> - one interrupt for bus error detection and device state changes
>
> The CAN controllers are connected through an irqsteer interrupt
> controller in the RCU (Resource Control Unit) domain.
>
> This series:
> 1. Splits flexcan_irq() into dedicated handlers for multi-IRQ platforms
> 2. Adds dt-bindings documentation for S32N79 FlexCAN
> 3. Introduces FLEXCAN_QUIRK_IRQ_BERR to handle the two-interrupt
> configuration
> 4. Adds S32N79 device data and compatible string to the driver
> 5. Adds FlexCAN device tree nodes for S32N79 SoC
> 6. Enables FlexCAN devices on the S32N79-RDB board
>
> Tested on S32N79-RDB board with CAN and CAN FD communication.
>
> This is a resend of v4 with no changes.
>
> v4 -> v3
> - flexcan_chip_interrupts_enable(): disable/enable all IRQ lines
> (not just dev->irq) during IMASK register writes
> - Split rx/tx masks per mailbox IRQ line (struct flexcan_mb_irq) so
> each handler on S32G2 only processes its own MB range
> - Added received Acked-by tag on DT bindings patch
>
> v3 -> v2
> - Split flexcan_irq() into dedicated handlers (flexcan_irq_mb,
> flexcan_irq_boff, flexcan_irq_berr) to fix duplicate event
> processing when multiple IRQ lines run concurrently (new patch).
> - Added flexcan_irq_esr() handler composing state + berr for S32N79
> - Ordered quirks used by s32n devtype data by value.
>
> v2 -> v1
> - Renamed FLEXCAN_QUIRK_NR_IRQ_2 to FLEXCAN_QUIRK_IRQ_BERR to better
> describe the actual hardware feature
> - Appended new quirk at the end
> - Switched from platform_get_irq to platform_get_irq_byname usage
> - Updated interrupt description in dt-bindings
>
> Ciprian Marian Costea (8):
> can: flexcan: use dedicated IRQ handlers for multi-IRQ platforms
> can: flexcan: disable all IRQ lines in
> flexcan_chip_interrupts_enable()
> can: flexcan: split rx/tx masks per mailbox IRQ line
> dt-bindings: can: fsl,flexcan: add NXP S32N79 SoC support
> can: flexcan: add FLEXCAN_QUIRK_IRQ_BERR quirk
> can: flexcan: add NXP S32N79 SoC support
> arm64: dts: s32n79: add FlexCAN nodes
> arm64: dts: s32n79: enable FlexCAN devices
>
> .../bindings/net/can/fsl,flexcan.yaml | 30 ++-
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/s32n79-rdb.dts | 12 +
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/s32n79.dtsi | 50 ++++
> drivers/net/can/flexcan/flexcan-core.c | 249 +++++++++++++++---
> drivers/net/can/flexcan/flexcan.h | 12 +-
> 5 files changed, 316 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>