Re: [PATCH v5] can: virtio: Initial virtio CAN driver.

Jason Wang
2025-03-13T00:26:40Z

On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de> wrote:
>
> On 12.03.2025 14:28:10, Matias Ezequiel Vara Larsen wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 11:41:26AM +0100, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> > > On 12.03.2025 11:31:12, Matias Ezequiel Vara Larsen wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Feb 01, 2024 at 07:57:45PM +0100, Harald Mommer wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I thought there would be some more comments coming and I could address
> > > > > everything in one chunk. Not the case, besides your comments silence.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 08.01.24 20:34, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > a few nits below, should there be a v6.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm sure there will be but not so soon. Probably after acceptance of the
> > > > > virtio CAN specification or after change requests to the specification are
> > > > > received and the driver has to be adapted to an updated draft.
> > > > >
> > > > What is the status of this series?
> > >
> > > There has been no movement from the Linux side. The patch series is
> > > quite extensive. To get this mainline, we need not only a proper Linux
> > > CAN driver, but also a proper VirtIO specification.
> >
> > Thanks for your answer. AFAIK the spec has been merged (see
> > https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/tree/virtio-1.4).
>
> Yes, the spec was merged. I think it was written with a specific
> use-case (IIRC: automotive, Linux on-top of a specific hypervisor) in
> mind, in Linux we have other use cases that might not be covered.
>
> > > This whole project is too big for me to do it as a collaborative
> > > effort.
> >
> > What do you mean?
>
> I mean the driver is too big to review on a non-paid community based
> effort.

If you can split the path into smaller ones, I'm happy to review.

Thanks

>
> regards,
> Marc
>
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