Re: [PATCH 1/9] can: add tx/rx LED trigger support

[Fabio Baltieri]

Hi Bernd,

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 08:28:48AM +0100, Bernd Krumboeck wrote:
> Why there is no patch for any usb can device?

Because USB canbus interfaces usually already has some dedicated
activity LED on the device itself, while this patch is meant to give an
equivalent functionality for Embedded SoC with GPIO based LEDs, so I
just started by modifying some Embedded CAN drivers.

If you think it's useful for USB controller, just tell me or modify the
driver by yourself!  As you see the patch is really easy.

> Can this be done in a more general way, except patching every driver?

Actually this started as a generic patch bolted to the CAN stack, but
the implementation was too invasive and a bit too hacky.  A generic
implementation at can-dev level is hard to obtain because the can-dev
layer is not used in all the device operation, as the most of the driver
calls generick network API directly.

Fabio

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Fabio Baltieri
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