Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] can: spi: hi311x: Add Holt HI-311x CAN driver

From: Akshay Bhat
Date: Thu Mar 16 2017 - 13:08:02 EST


Hi Wolfgang,

On 03/15/2017 05:42 AM, Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
> Hello Akshay,
>
..snip..
>>
>> So here is my plan:
>> - Have the bus error interrupt always enabled
>> - If berr-reporting off, then have the isr checks/reports state changes
>
> Error state change messages should always be there. These are the
> important one.
>
>> - if berr-reporting on, then have the isr checks/reports bus errors
>> and state changes (Does it make sense packing the error message, if
>> the ISR finds both bus and state changes?)
>
> If berr-reporting is off, simply do not create an error message for bus
> errors, and only if the state changed. If it's "on" create an additional
> bus error message.
>
> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c#L334
>
>

I have fixed the driver to handle the error reporting. Also thanks for
your tip for generating bus-off by setting the host device at a
different CAN bit rate! Below are logs with the updated driver. Let me
know if you have any concerns, if not I will submit the v4 patch.

berr-reporting on case:
http://pastebin.com/qDRLERmW

berr-reporting off case:
http://pastebin.com/fUn3j7qU

Thanks,
Akshay