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

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Date:	Tue, 10 May 2011 15:41:49 +0530
From:	"Subhasish Ghosh" <subhasish@...tralsolutions.com>
To:	"Wolfgang Grandegger" <wg@...ndegger.com>,
	"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"Marc Kleine-Budde" <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
	<sachi@...tralsolutions.com>,
	<davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com>,
	<Netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <nsekhar@...com>,
	"open list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"CAN NETWORK DRIVERS" <socketcan-core@...ts.berlios.de>,
	<m-watkins@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] can: add pruss CAN driver.

>> 
>> It sounds to me like the best solution would be change the firmware
>> to lift that restriction and simply allow all IDs, in case it's not
>> actually a hardware limitation (which sounds unlikely).
> 
> Yes, that would be best but they told us, that it's not possible with
> the available hardware resources. Subhasish?

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. 
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