iMX28 and CAN Error frames

iMX28 and CAN Error frames

[Tobias.Grueninger]

Hi,

I have trouble in receiving error frames on my freescale iMX28 board.
Linux mx28 2.6.35.3-g880e772 #35 Mon Jul 30 15:04:31 CEST 2012 armv5tejl GNU/Linux

In normal operation, many telegrams are received and some are sent from the iMX28.

Now I want to implement the error handling. After many trials, I am now out of my wisdom..

The situation is that when I craft manually an error frame and send this on my console to can0
      cansend can0 20000040#

then my application does nicely receive this: (/* are my comments)
************
      virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): current telegram: 0X14042240 /* Normal telegram, frame.can_id & CAN_EFF_MASK
      >>>send error frame from other console
      virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): current telegram:     0X40 /* the error frame
      CAN_ERR_FLAG raised: CAN_ERR_BUSOFF /*debug output
      run: 20000040 0 - 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 /*debug output
*************

But, if I e.g. short circuit the CAN Bus to provoke a real Bus Off problem:
***********
	virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): current telegram: 0X140222C0
	virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): current telegram: 0X80422C0
	>>>CAN short circuit
	/* nothing happens..

	virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): no data in the last 5s /* comes from select() timeout
	OCanModelPrivate::run():FD_ISSET == 0 , no data read possible from CAN0: /* comes from "if (FD_ISSET(s, &rdfs)) {..} else{.."
	virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): no data in the last 5s
	OCanModelPrivate::run():FD_ISSET == 0 , no data read possible from CAN0: 
	OCanModelPrivate::sendMessage:write: No buffer space available  /* comes from "if ((nbytes = write(s, &frame, sizeof(frame))) != sizeof(frame))"
	OCanModelPrivate::sendMessage:write: No buffer space available
	virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): no data in the last 5s
	OCanModelPrivate::run():FD_ISSET == 0 , no data read possible from CAN0: Success
	OCanModelPrivate::sendMessage:write: No buffer space available
      OCanModelPrivate::sendMessage:write: No buffer space available
**************

The Error mask is this:
	can_err_mask_t err_mask = CAN_ERR_MASK;
	if ( setsockopt(d->s, SOL_CAN_RAW, CAN_RAW_ERR_FILTER, &err_mask, sizeof(err_mask)) ) {.}

Where can be searched, or what did I not understood?


Best Regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Cordialement

Tobias Grüninger 
Emerson Network Power GmbH | Niederlassung Erlangen, Schallershofer Str. 141  | 91056 Erlangen

Re: iMX28 and CAN Error frames

[Robert Schwebel]

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 04:16:08PM +0000, Tobias.Grueninger@Emerson.com wrote:
> I have trouble in receiving error frames on my freescale iMX28 board.
> Linux mx28 2.6.35.3-g880e772 #35 Mon Jul 30 15:04:31 CEST 2012 armv5tejl GNU/Linux

That sounds like a Freescale kernel, not mainline. The community mailing
lists usually only support the mainline kernel.

Please try your test again on 3.8.x. It should support most of i.MX28
nicely.

rsc
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Re: iMX28 and CAN Error frames

[Wolfgang Grandegger]

Hi Tobias,

On 03/15/2013 05:16 PM, Tobias.Grueninger@Emerson.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have trouble in receiving error frames on my freescale iMX28 board.
> Linux mx28 2.6.35.3-g880e772 #35 Mon Jul 30 15:04:31 CEST 2012 armv5tejl GNU/Linux

The Flexcan driver hit mainline in 2.6.36. Therefore the first question
is where the driver comes from. Is this a kernel from Freescale? Any
chance to switch to a recent mainline kernel version?

> In normal operation, many telegrams are received and some are sent from the iMX28.
> 
> Now I want to implement the error handling. After many trials, I am now out of my wisdom..

Error handling should work properly in recent version of the Flexcan
driver (from the mainline kernel).

> 
> The situation is that when I craft manually an error frame and send this on my console to can0
>       cansend can0 20000040#
> 
> then my application does nicely receive this: (/* are my comments)
> ************
>       virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): current telegram: 0X14042240 /* Normal telegram, frame.can_id & CAN_EFF_MASK
>       >>>send error frame from other console
>       virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): current telegram:     0X40 /* the error frame
>       CAN_ERR_FLAG raised: CAN_ERR_BUSOFF /*debug output
>       run: 20000040 0 - 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 /*debug output
> *************
> 
> But, if I e.g. short circuit the CAN Bus to provoke a real Bus Off problem:
> ***********
> 	virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): current telegram: 0X140222C0
> 	virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): current telegram: 0X80422C0
> 	>>>CAN short circuit
> 	/* nothing happens..
> 
> 	virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): no data in the last 5s /* comes from select() timeout
> 	OCanModelPrivate::run():FD_ISSET == 0 , no data read possible from CAN0: /* comes from "if (FD_ISSET(s, &rdfs)) {..} else{.."
> 	virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): no data in the last 5s
> 	OCanModelPrivate::run():FD_ISSET == 0 , no data read possible from CAN0: 
> 	OCanModelPrivate::sendMessage:write: No buffer space available  /* comes from "if ((nbytes = write(s, &frame, sizeof(frame))) != sizeof(frame))"
> 	OCanModelPrivate::sendMessage:write: No buffer space available
> 	virtual void OCanModelPrivate::run(): no data in the last 5s
> 	OCanModelPrivate::run():FD_ISSET == 0 , no data read possible from CAN0: Success
> 	OCanModelPrivate::sendMessage:write: No buffer space available
>       OCanModelPrivate::sendMessage:write: No buffer space available
> **************
> 
> The Error mask is this:
> 	can_err_mask_t err_mask = CAN_ERR_MASK;
> 	if ( setsockopt(d->s, SOL_CAN_RAW, CAN_RAW_ERR_FILTER, &err_mask, sizeof(err_mask)) ) {.}
> 
> Where can be searched, or what did I not understood?

See above. Have a look to

http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c

Wolfgang.