Re: [RFC PATCH v3 8/9] can: slcan: add support to set bit time register (btr)

[Marc Kleine-Budde]

On 31.07.2022 17:54:01, Dario Binacchi wrote:
> > If an adapter follows 100% the official firmware doc the BTR registers
> > are interpreted as SJA1000 with 8 MHz CAN clock.
> 
> I checked the sources and documentation of the usb adapter I used (i.
> e. Https://www.fischl.de/usbtin/):
> ...
> sxxyyzz[CR]                 Set can bitrate registers of MCP2515. You
> can set non-standard baudrates which are not supported by the "Sx"
> command.

I hope the effective clock speed is documented somewhere, as you need
this information to set the registers.

>                                      xx: CNF1 as hexadecimal value (00-FF)
>                                      yy: CNF2 as hexadecimal value (00-FF)
>                                      zz: CNF3 as hexadecimal value
> ...
> 
> Different from what is reported by can232_ver3_Manual.pdf :
> 
> sxxyy[CR]         Setup with BTR0/BTR1 CAN bit-rates where xx and yy is a hex
>                          value. This command is only active if the CAN
> 
> And here is the type of control carried out by the slcan_attach for
> the btr parameter:
> https://github.com/linux-can/can-utils/blob/master/slcan_attach.c#L144
> When I would have expected a different check (i. e. if (strlen(btr) > 4).
> Therefore it is possible that each adapter uses these bytes in its own
> way as well as
> in the content and also in the number of bytes.

I expected something like that.

regards,
Marc

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