From: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@hartkopp.net>
To: Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Oliver Hartkopp <oliver.hartkopp@volkswagen.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:26:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46F0C128.70601@hartkopp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ygf7imnzk60.fsf@janus.isnogud.escape.de>
Urs Thuermann wrote:
> Now I think we should consider removing the loopback code from
> can_send() and demand from each CAN driver that it *has to* implement
> this itself.
>
I also thought about this solution, which would remove the 'loopback'
parameter in vcan.c and some loopback code in can_send().
My only concern was, that this would break with standard netdev
behaviour just to send and receive data to/from the medium.
To break with the standard behaviour might be ok here as the PF_CAN only
deals with CAN netdevs (ARPHRD_CAN) which can be seen as some closed
eco-system. But i don't know what should happen, if someone in the
future gets the idea to route CAN-frames over ethernet devices for any
reason? In this case we would have to touch every driver we'd like to
support.
IMO it makes more sense to let the 9 lines of loopback fallback code in
can_send() than to remove it.
Oliver
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-19 6:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 119+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-17 10:03 [PATCH 0/7] CAN: Add new PF_CAN protocol family, try #6 Urs Thuermann
2007-09-17 10:03 ` [PATCH 1/7] CAN: Allocate protocol numbers for PF_CAN Urs Thuermann
2007-09-18 13:31 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-09-17 10:03 ` [PATCH 2/7] CAN: Add PF_CAN core module Urs Thuermann
2007-09-17 15:50 ` Paul E. McKenney
2007-09-18 13:31 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-09-18 14:54 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-09-18 15:07 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-09-18 21:20 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-09-19 8:27 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-09-20 8:53 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-09-20 10:33 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-09-20 11:30 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-09-20 11:43 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-09-17 10:03 ` [PATCH 3/7] CAN: Add raw protocol Urs Thuermann
2007-09-18 14:13 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-09-18 21:49 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-09-19 8:34 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-09-17 10:03 ` [PATCH 4/7] CAN: Add broadcast manager (bcm) protocol Urs Thuermann
2007-09-17 10:03 ` [PATCH 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver Urs Thuermann
2007-09-18 15:02 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-09-18 22:24 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-09-19 6:26 ` Oliver Hartkopp [this message]
2007-09-19 8:41 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-09-17 10:03 ` [PATCH 6/7] CAN: Add maintainer entries Urs Thuermann
2007-09-17 10:03 ` [PATCH 7/7] CAN: Add documentation Urs Thuermann
2007-09-17 17:30 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-09-17 20:22 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-09-17 20:37 ` Thomas Gleixner
2007-09-17 20:49 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-09-17 22:57 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-09-17 23:19 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-09-18 6:51 ` Bill Fink
2007-09-18 7:20 ` Urs Thuermann
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-11-16 15:02 [PATCH 0/7] CAN: New PF_CAN protocol family for 2.6.25, update Urs Thuermann
2007-11-16 15:02 ` [PATCH 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver Urs Thuermann
2007-11-14 12:13 [PATCH 0/7] CAN: New PF_CAN protocol family for 2.6.25 Urs Thuermann
2007-11-14 12:13 ` [PATCH 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver Urs Thuermann
2007-11-14 12:51 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-11-14 13:36 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-11-14 13:45 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-10-05 10:49 [PATCH 0/7] CAN: Add new PF_CAN protocol family, try #10 Urs Thuermann
2007-10-05 10:49 ` [PATCH 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver Urs Thuermann
2007-10-02 13:10 [PATCH 0/7] CAN: Add new PF_CAN protocol family, try #9 Urs Thuermann
2007-10-02 13:10 ` [PATCH 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver Urs Thuermann
2007-10-02 14:20 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2007-10-02 15:07 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-10-02 16:46 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2007-10-02 21:02 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-10-02 21:43 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2007-10-02 21:50 ` David Miller
2007-10-03 7:06 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-10-02 21:52 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-10-02 22:04 ` David Miller
2007-10-03 17:47 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-10-04 11:52 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-09-25 12:20 [PATCH 0/7] CAN: Add new PF_CAN protocol family, try #8 Urs Thuermann
2007-09-25 12:20 ` [PATCH 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver Urs Thuermann
2007-09-25 13:26 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2007-09-25 14:00 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-09-25 14:47 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-09-25 17:55 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-09-25 17:53 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-09-25 19:09 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-09-20 18:43 [PATCH 0/7] CAN: Add new PF_CAN protocol family, try #7 Urs Thuermann
2007-09-20 18:43 ` [PATCH 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver Urs Thuermann
2007-09-27 15:54 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-09-27 16:16 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-09-27 19:18 ` David Miller
2007-09-28 8:48 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-09-28 16:52 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-09-28 18:33 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-08-04 2:06 [patch 0/7] CAN: Add new PF_CAN protocol family, try #5 Urs Thuermann
2007-08-04 2:07 ` [patch 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver Urs Thuermann
2007-06-22 3:44 [patch 0/7] CAN: Add new PF_CAN protocol family, try #3 Urs Thuermann
2007-06-22 3:44 ` [patch 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver Urs Thuermann
2007-06-22 11:02 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-06-22 12:22 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-06-22 12:38 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-06-23 12:05 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-06-23 12:52 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-06-23 15:13 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-06-23 16:25 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-06-23 16:42 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-06-23 17:13 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-07-04 11:37 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-07-04 14:01 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-07-09 11:37 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-07-09 14:18 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-07-09 15:27 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-07-11 19:41 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-07-11 22:52 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-07-16 6:05 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-07-16 8:37 ` David Miller
2007-07-16 13:08 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-07-16 16:27 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-07-16 13:07 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-07-16 16:00 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-06-23 21:01 ` David Miller
2007-06-23 21:44 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-06-23 20:51 ` David Miller
2007-06-23 21:49 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-05-30 13:11 [patch 0/7] CAN: Add new PF_CAN protocol family, update Urs Thuermann
2007-05-30 13:11 ` [patch 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver Urs Thuermann
2007-05-30 17:13 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-05-30 18:39 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-05-30 19:16 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-05-30 19:48 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-05-30 19:58 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-05-31 5:13 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-05-31 20:25 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-06-01 14:54 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-06-02 9:51 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-06-02 19:58 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-06-03 19:16 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-06-04 11:53 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-06-04 12:44 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-06-06 11:39 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-06-04 12:17 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-06-04 16:32 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-06-04 18:26 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-06-02 8:09 ` Urs Thuermann
2007-06-03 18:27 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-05-30 17:28 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-05-30 18:57 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-05-30 19:01 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-05-30 19:25 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2007-05-16 14:51 [patch 0/7] CAN: Add new PF_CAN protocol family Urs Thuermann
2007-05-16 14:51 ` [patch 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver Urs Thuermann
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