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Message-ID: <4CA5D6D7.3010608@grandegger.com>
Date:	Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:40:55 +0200
From:	Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>
To:	Masayuki Ohtake <masa-korg@....okisemi.com>
CC:	andrew.chih.howe.khor@...el.com, qi.wang@...el.com,
	margie.foster@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	yong.y.wang@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	socketcan-core@...ts.berlios.de, kok.howg.ewe@...el.com,
	Christian Pellegrin <chripell@...e.org>,
	Tomoya MORINAGA <morinaga526@....okisemi.com>,
	meego-dev@...go.com, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	joel.clark@...el.com, Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [MeeGo-Dev][PATCH v3] Topcliff: Update PCH_CAN driver to 2.6.35

On 10/01/2010 12:02 PM, Masayuki Ohtake wrote:
> Hi Wolfgang Grandegger,
> 
> Thank you for your comments.
> 
> We will modify and re-post ASAP.
> 
> I have a comment about below.
>> In this driver you are using just *one* RX object. This means that the
>> CPU must handle new messages as quickly as possible otherwise message
>> losses will happen, right?. For sure, this will not make user's happy.
>> Any chance to use more RX objects in FIFO mode?
> 
> In case implementing with FIFO mode,
> received packets may be our of order.

Hm, FIFO means "First in First out"! It might be tricky to implement,
though.

> Because our CAN register access is slow.
> 
> I am confirming our CAN HW spec and the possibility of our-of-order.

I don't understand?

Wolfgang.

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