Re: [PATCH v2 09/13] can: pruss CAN driver.

["Subhasish Ghosh" <subhasish@mistralsolutions.com>]

Hello,

I had a discussion regarding this with Wolfgang:

http://www.mail-archive.com/socketcan-users@lists.berlios.de/msg00324.html

The problem here is that we must configure the mailbox ID's and this support 
is not available in the socketCan sub-system.

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From: "Kurt Van Dijck" <kurt.van.dijck@eia.be>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:36 PM
To: "Subhasish Ghosh" <subhasish@mistralsolutions.com>
Cc: <davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com>; 
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>; <m-watkins@ti.com>; 
<nsekhar@ti.com>; <sachi@mistralsolutions.com>; "Wolfgang Grandegger" 
<wg@grandegger.com>; "open list:CAN NETWORK DRIVERS" 
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<netdev@vger.kernel.org>; "open list" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/13] can: pruss CAN driver.

> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 08:21:28PM +0530, Subhasish Ghosh wrote:
>> +config DA8XX_PRU_CANID_MBX0
>> + hex "CANID for mailbox 0"
>> + depends on CAN_TI_DA8XX_PRU
>> + default "0x123"
>> + ---help---
>> + Enter the CANID for mailbox 0
>> + Default value is set to 0x123, change this as required.
>> +
>> +config DA8XX_PRU_CANID_MBX1
>> + hex "CANID for mailbox 1"
>> + depends on CAN_TI_DA8XX_PRU
>> + default "0x123"
>> + ---help---
>> + Enter the CANID for mailbox 1
>> + Default value is set to 0x123, change this as required.
>> +
>> +config DA8XX_PRU_CANID_MBX2
>> + hex "CANID for mailbox 2"
>> + depends on CAN_TI_DA8XX_PRU
>> + default "0x123"
>> + ---help---
>> + Enter the CANID for mailbox 2
>> + Default value is set to 0x123, change this as required.
>> +
>> +config DA8XX_PRU_CANID_MBX3
>> + hex "CANID for mailbox 3"
>> + depends on CAN_TI_DA8XX_PRU
>> + default "0x123"
>> + ---help---
>> + Enter the CANID for mailbox 3
>> + Default value is set to 0x123, change this as required.
>> +
>> +config DA8XX_PRU_CANID_MBX4
>> + hex "CANID for mailbox 4"
>> + depends on CAN_TI_DA8XX_PRU
>> + default "0x123"
>> + ---help---
>> + Enter the CANID for mailbox 4
>> + Default value is set to 0x123, change this as required.
>> +
>> +config DA8XX_PRU_CANID_MBX5
>> + hex "CANID for mailbox 5"
>> + depends on CAN_TI_DA8XX_PRU
>> + default "0x123"
>> + ---help---
>> + Enter the CANID for mailbox 5
>> + Default value is set to 0x123, change this as required.
>> +
>> +config DA8XX_PRU_CANID_MBX6
>> + hex "CANID for mailbox 6"
>> + depends on CAN_TI_DA8XX_PRU
>> + default "0x123"
>> + ---help---
>> + Enter the CANID for mailbox 6
>> + Default value is set to 0x123, change this as required.
>> +
>> +config DA8XX_PRU_CANID_MBX7
>> + hex "CANID for mailbox 7"
>> + depends on CAN_TI_DA8XX_PRU
>> + default "0x123"
>> + ---help---
>> + Enter the CANID for mailbox 7
>> + Default value is set to 0x123, change this as required.
> Why is filling the mailboxes the job of kernel config?
>
> Regards,
> Kurt