From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wolfgang Grandegger Subject: Re: [RFC v3 0/7] pch_can/c_can: fix races and add PCH support to c_can Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:42:26 +0100 Message-ID: <50C889C2.2040305@grandegger.com> References: <1355260735-18994-1-git-send-email-wg@grandegger.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ngcobalt02.manitu.net ([217.11.48.102]:33417 "EHLO ngcobalt02.manitu.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752903Ab2LLNm2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:42:28 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-can-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Christian Bendele Cc: linux-can@vger.kernel.org On 12/12/2012 01:51 PM, Christian Bendele wrote: > Wolfgang Grandegger grandegger.com> writes: > >> >> Hello, >> >> here is v3 of my patches for the C_CAN drivers. > > What are those patches against? They don't apply against current mainstream > kernel (3.7)... They are against David Miller's "net-next" tree, which you can get as shown below: git clone --reference= \ git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next >> Anyway, we now know that the handling of reveive objects is not water- >> proof. To fix out-of-order receipten we should implement an improved >> algorithm as suggested by Marc here: >> >> http://marc.info/?l=linux-can&m=135487418225533&w=2 > > I'd like to take a look at this, but unfortunately that link consistently times > out for me. Try http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.can instead. Search for: 7 Dec 10:55 Marc Kleine-Budde *********** [RFC v2 0/7] pch_can/c_can: fix races and add PCH support to c_can >> I will not have time to look into that befoer Xmas. Volunteers are >> welcome. > > Pfffffft.... Personally I wouldn't be opposed to investing some time in this, > but I don't think I could get this cleared through legal in any useful time > frame. > Definitely not before next year. If there's still a lot of work left in January > I'll give it a try. Hope I will find the time before beginning of next year. Anyway, would be nice ifyou could give the c_can_pci driver a try to see if it works better than the pch_can. Thanks, Wolfgang,