netdev - Re: [LTP] [PATCH v2 0/7] can: CAN network device driver interfaceand drivers

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Date:	Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:01:19 +0530
From:	Subrata Modak <subrata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Oliver Hartkopp <oliver.hartkopp@...kswagen.de>
Cc:	ltp-list <ltp-list@...ts.sf.net>,
	Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH v2 0/7] can: CAN network device driver
	interfaceand  drivers

Oliver,

You have anything for us now ?

Regards--
Subrata

On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 16:29 +0530, Subrata Modak wrote: 
> Hi Oliver,
> 
> On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 12:46 +0200, Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
> > Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
> > > Subrata Modak wrote:
> > >> Hi Oliver/Wolfgang,
> > >>
> > >>> Hello,
> > >>>
> > >>> here comes v2 of the patch series posted some time ago. See
> > >>>
> > >>>  http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=123507025810612&w=4.
> > >>>
> > >>> Changes since v1:
> > > [...]
> > >> Would you also like to send a patch to update the testcases for CAN in LTP
> > >> (http://ltp.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ltp/ltp/testcases/network/can/filter-tests/) ?
> > >> These tests were originally picked up from:
> > >> http://svn.berlios.de/wsvn/socketcan/trunk/test/?rev=877&sc=1
> > >
> > > The existing tests uses the vcan (virtual CAN) driver, which is not
> > > affected by these patches. Are you thinking about tests using *real* CAN
> > > devices?
> > >
> > 
> > Hi Subrata,
> > 
> > indeed extending the test-cases to the real CAN drivers would urge you 
> > to add a least
> > two hardware CAN-interfaces to your test system and wire them correctly 
> > with the
> > appropriate termination.
> > It's like having *all* ethernet cards available in your linux box to 
> > test them ;-)
> > Some of these CAN controllers are only available as an on-chip device
> > (e.g. for some PowerPC CPUs).
> 
> That makes great sense, as our team uses PowerPC heavily as their test
> hardware.
> 
> I would also like to have tests added to LTP even if i myself do not
> have the hardware to test it. If there´s something of significant
> importance to a group of people/community, for which tests need to
> exist, then they can make into LTP, provided you have tested them and
> Acked them, and somebody else has not complained of any build/run
> breaks.
> 
> > 
> > If there is some room for LTP improvements, i would tend to create some 
> > more test-cases
> > for the networklayer stuff in linux/net/can using the existent virtual 
> > CAN driver.
> 
> Please go ahead.
> 
> Regards--
> Subrata
> 
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Oliver
> > 
> 
> 
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