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

From: Matias Ezequiel Vara Larsen
Date: Wed Mar 12 2025 - 09:28:27 EST


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).

> This whole project is too big for me to do it as a collaborative
> effort.
>

What do you mean?

Thanks,

Matias