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From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
To: Kurt Van Dijck <kurt.van.dijck@eia.be>
Cc: linux-can@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] can: Introducing CANFD for af_can & can-raw
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:26:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F69F341.20504@hartkopp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F69EA75.1070202@hartkopp.net>

On 21.03.2012 15:49, Oliver Hartkopp wrote:

> On 21.03.2012 14:53, Kurt Van Dijck wrote:

>>> IMO we need to introduce a new struct canfd_frame
>> IMO we need not to introduce a new struct since they are logically equivalent.
>>
>> I created an old can20b_frame just to compute the sizeof.
>> I'd go for a combined can_frame that could hold both.
> 
> 
> No. You only think of CAN_RAW. There might be a way to do it with CAN_RAW but
> changing an exported visible userspace structure breaks the ABI.
> 
> Expect that we can never change struct can_frame as this is written into stone.


Answering myself, but here's a very recent statement from Linus focussing
binary compatibility:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1245999/focus%3D1264170

Indeed we once broke the ABI when fixing the EFF/SFF filters reported by
yourself. But this was a very simple thing in one bit that has not been
handled correctly in opposite to change struct can_frame ...

Regards,
Oliver

  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-21 15:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-21  9:10 [RFC] can: Introducing CANFD for af_can & can-raw Kurt Van Dijck
     [not found] ` <E1SAIM4-0007a6-Sf@smtprelay03.ispgateway.de>
2012-03-21 11:05   ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-03-21 11:43     ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2012-03-21 12:08       ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-03-21 12:32         ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2012-03-21 12:51           ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-03-21 13:19             ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2012-03-21 13:21           ` Oliver Hartkopp
2012-03-21 13:53             ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-03-21 14:49               ` Oliver Hartkopp
2012-03-21 15:26                 ` Oliver Hartkopp [this message]
2012-03-22  9:03                 ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-03-21 14:56               ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2012-03-21 15:05                 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2012-03-22  9:24                   ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-03-22  9:32                     ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2012-03-22  9:38                     ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2012-03-22 10:13                       ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-03-23 11:01                         ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2012-03-22  9:57                   ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-03-22 10:06                     ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2012-03-22 10:35                       ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-03-22 11:00                         ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2012-03-22 12:25                           ` Oliver Hartkopp
2012-03-22 12:47                             ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-03-21 13:29           ` Alexander Stein
2012-03-21 13:34             ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-03-21 13:51             ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2012-03-21 15:47               ` Alexander Stein

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