Re: [PATCH 0/6] Add Microchip MCP25XXFD CAN driver

[Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 02:25:33PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 0611, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> > On 6/10/20 9:44 AM, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > This series adds CAN network driver support for Microchip MCP25XXFD CAN
> > > Controller with MCP2517FD as the target controller version. This series is
> > > mostly inspired (or taken) from the previous iterations posted by Martin Sperl.
> > > I've trimmed down the parts which are not necessary for the initial version
> > > to ease review. Still the series is relatively huge but I hope to get some
> > > reviews (post -rcX ofc!).
> > > 
> > > Link to the origial series posted by Martin:
> > > https://www.spinics.net/lists/devicetree/msg284462.html
> > > 
> > > I've not changed the functionality much but done some considerable amount of
> > > cleanups and also preserved the authorship of Martin for all the patches he has
> > > posted earlier. This series has been tested on 96Boards RB3 platform by myself
> > > and Martin has tested the previous version on Rpi3 with external MCP2517FD
> > > controller.
> > 
> > I initially started looking at Martin's driver and it was not using several
> > modern CAN driver infrastructures. I then posted some cleanup patches but Martin
> > was not working on the driver any more. Then I decided to rewrite the driver,
> > that is the one I'm hoping to mainline soon.
> > 
> 
> So how should we proceed from here? It is okay for me to work on adding some
> features and also fixing the issues you've reported so far. But I want to reach
> a consensus before moving forward.
> 
> If you think that it makes sense to go with your set of patches, then I need an
> estimate on when you'll post the first revision.
> 

Ping!

> > Can you give it a try?
> > 
> > https://github.com/marckleinebudde/linux/commits/v5.6-rpi/mcp25xxfd-20200607-41
> > 
> 
> Sure thing. Will do.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mani
> 
> > Marc
> > 
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