Re: [MeeGo-Dev][PATCH v3] Topcliff: Update PCH_CAN driver to 2.6.35

["Masayuki Ohtake" <masa-korg@dsn.okisemi.com>]

Hi Wolfgang,

I could confirm below.
With FIFO mode, it is able to receive packet with in-order.
We are now implementing FIFO mode.

Thanks, Ohtake(OKISemi)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wolfgang Grandegger" <wg@grandegger.com>
To: "Masayuki Ohtake" <masa-korg@dsn.okisemi.com>
Cc: <andrew.chih.howe.khor@intel.com>; <qi.wang@intel.com>; <margie.foster@intel.com>; <netdev@vger.kernel.org>;
<yong.y.wang@intel.com>; <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; <socketcan-core@lists.berlios.de>; <kok.howg.ewe@intel.com>;
"Christian Pellegrin" <chripell@fsfe.org>; "Tomoya MORINAGA" <morinaga526@dsn.okisemi.com>; <meego-dev@meego.com>;
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>; <joel.clark@intel.com>; "Samuel Ortiz" <sameo@linux.intel.com>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: [MeeGo-Dev][PATCH v3] Topcliff: Update PCH_CAN driver to 2.6.35


> On 10/01/2010 12:02 PM, Masayuki Ohtake wrote:
> > Hi Wolfgang Grandegger,
> >
> > Thank you for your comments.
> >
> > We will modify and re-post ASAP.
> >
> > I have a comment about below.
> >> In this driver you are using just *one* RX object. This means that the
> >> CPU must handle new messages as quickly as possible otherwise message
> >> losses will happen, right?. For sure, this will not make user's happy.
> >> Any chance to use more RX objects in FIFO mode?
> >
> > In case implementing with FIFO mode,
> > received packets may be our of order.
>
> Hm, FIFO means "First in First out"! It might be tricky to implement,
> though.
>
> > Because our CAN register access is slow.
> >
> > I am confirming our CAN HW spec and the possibility of our-of-order.
>
> I don't understand?
>
> Wolfgang.
>
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