Re: [PATCH] can: rcar_canfd: Add Renesas R-Car CAN FD driver

Marc Kleine-Budde
2016-03-01T20:41:50Z

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On 03/01/2016 10:34 AM, Ramesh Shanmugasundaram wrote:
> This patch adds support for the CAN FD controller found in Renesas R-Car
> SoCs. The controller operates in CAN FD mode by default. Two test modes
> are available and can be enabled by the "rcar_canfd.testmode" module
> parameter. Refer to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.

Is the channel loopback mode configurable per channel? If so, please
remove the module parameter and make use of CAN_CTRLMODE_LOOPBACK to
configure it.

> CAN FD mode supports both Classical CAN & CAN FD frame formats. The
> controller supports ISO 11898-1:2015 CAN FD format only.
>
> This controller supports two channels and the driver can enable either
> or both of the channels.
>
> Driver uses Rx FIFOs (one per channel) for reception & Common FIFOs (one
> per channel) for transmission. Rx filter rules are configured to the
> minimum (one per channel) and it accepts Standard, Extended, Data &
> Remote Frame combinations.

I see no locking for the tx-path.

> Note: There are few documentation errors in R-Car Gen3 Hardware User
> Manual v0.5E with respect to CAN FD controller. They are listed below:
>
> 1. CAN FD interrupt numbers 29 & 30 are listed as per channel
> interrupts. However, they are common to both channels (i.e.) they are
> global and channel interrupts respectively.
>
> 2. CANFD clock is derived from PLL1. This is not documented.
>
> 3. CANFD clock is further divided by (1/2) within the CAN FD controller.
> This is not documented.
>
> 4. The minimum value of NTSEG1 in RSCFDnCFDCmNCFG register is 2 Tq. It
> is mentioned 4 Tq in the manual.
>
> 5. The maximum number of message RAM area the controller can use is 3584
> bytes. It is mentioned 10752 bytes in the manual.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ramesh Shanmugasundaram <ramesh.shanmugasundaram-+3GIUL1IS+U@public.gmane.orgsas.com>

Marc

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