Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] can: add pruss CAN driver.

[Subhasish Ghosh]

> > Yes, In case if we allow the ALL implementation, it hogs the CPU.
> > In that case we do not need the PRU. The whole purpose of the PRU
> > is to offload the processor for any such implementations. 
>
> So the kernel presumably needs to switch between using the PRU and native
> according to the number of ids being requested at the time ?

All the IDs are programmed into the PRU data RAM.
The Kernel receives interrupts based upon these IDs.
I could not clearly follow "PRU and native", could you please elaborate.

> That would be roughly what we do with other things (eg IP multicast) so
> that apps don't need to know all the innards


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