netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/6] Add Microchip MCP25XXFD CAN driver

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Message-ID: <c8267280-e7a9-8171-d714-fa392ccb5537@pengutronix.de>
Date:   Thu, 18 Jun 2020 14:35:28 +0200
From:   Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
To:     Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>,
        wg@...ndegger.com, kernel@...tin.sperl.org,
        linux-can@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Add Microchip MCP25XXFD CAN driver

On 6/18/20 2:30 PM, Kurt Van Dijck wrote:
> On do, 18 jun 2020 00:36:29 +0200, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
>> On 6/17/20 6:59 PM, Kurt Van Dijck wrote:
>>> I'm in the process of getting a Variscite imx8m mini SOM online, with
>>
>> Have your heard about the imx8m plus? It has CAN cores! We have a board in the
>> office to play with. :)
>>
>>> MCP2517FD. The 4.19 kernel that comes with it, has a driver that is
>>
>> You shall not start projects with 1,5 years old kernel.
>> And you probably shall not use vendor kernel for new projects.
>> :D
> 
> your rpi kernel starts of v4.19.119 (or so), where the variscite starts
> of v4.19.35.

You're missing some stable backports for the kernel then.

> The result was quite some list of merge conflicts, on top of a vendor
> kernel, so I took your advise and switched to the latest and greatest
> 5.7.3.

\o/

> Luckily, we need no sound (yet) and no video. :-)

regards,
Marc

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