netdev - Re: [patch 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver

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Date:	Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:18:59 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Urs Thuermann <urs@...ogud.escape.de>
CC:	Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Oliver Hartkopp <oliver.hartkopp@...kswagen.de>,
	j.hadi123@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver

Urs Thuermann wrote:
> + * CAN network devices *should* support a local loopback functionality
> + * (see Documentation/networking/can.txt). To test the handling of CAN
> + * interfaces that do not support the loopback both driver types are
> + * implemented inside this vcan driver. In the case that the driver does
> + * not support the loopback the IFF_LOOPBACK remains clear in dev->flags.
> + * This causes the PF_CAN core to perform the loopback as a fallback solution.
> + */
> +
> +static int loopback = 0; /* vcan default: no loopback, just free the skb */
> +module_param(loopback, int, S_IRUGO);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(loopback, "Loop back sent frames. vcan default: 0 (Off)");

...

> +static void vcan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
> +{
> +	DBG("dev %s\n", dev->name);
> +
> +	dev->type              = ARPHRD_CAN;
> +	dev->mtu               = sizeof(struct can_frame);
> +	dev->hard_header_len   = 0;
> +	dev->addr_len          = 0;
> +	dev->tx_queue_len      = 0;
> +	dev->flags             = IFF_NOARP;
> +
> +	/* set flags according to driver capabilities */
> +	if (loopback)
> +		dev->flags |= IFF_LOOPBACK;


Still configuration of the network device based on module parameters.
What about people that want loopback and non-loopback devices at the
same time?
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