netdev - Re: [PATCH] can: enable multi-queue for SocketCAN devices

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Date:   Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:44:34 +0100
From:   Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
To:     "Jonas Mark (BT-FIR/ENG1)" <Mark.Jonas@...bosch.com>,
        Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>
Cc:     "linux-can@...r.kernel.org" <linux-can@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "hs@...x.de" <hs@...x.de>,
        "ZHU Yi (BT-FIR/ENG1-Zhu)" <Yi.Zhu5@...bosch.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] can: enable multi-queue for SocketCAN devices

On 03/14/2018 01:26 PM, Jonas Mark (BT-FIR/ENG1) wrote:
>> Do you have a driver or a patch to make a driver mq aware?
> 
> Yes, we have CAN hardware with multiple queues and we also have a
> SocketCAN driver for it.
> 
> IMHO the driver will be of very little use for the Linux community
> because the HW is proprietary.

That doesn't matter. It would be the first driver that makes use of the
feature, so we can learn from it. And you might get a free review of
your driver.

> Our motivation to separate this patch from the proprietary SocketCAN
> driver

Looking at your email address I assume your employer sells devices with
this hardware and the driver. So someone has to provide the sources for
it anyways to fulfil the GPL license requirements. :)

> is that we felt it was odd that the multi-queue infrastructure is in
> place and only very few lines of code are missing to offer it to the
> CAN networking subsystem as well.

Marc

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