This patch series applies against linux-2.6.22-rc1-git4. It adds a new protocol family to Linux for communication on the CAN (Controller Area Network) using the socket API.
The current implementation supports two protocols in the family, a raw protocol for sending and receiving raw CAN frames, and a broadcast manager protocol, which effeciently handles periodically sent broadcast messages, which are typical in CAN environments. There is also a virtual CAN network driver which only loops back sent CAN frames. Drivers for real CAN hardware are also being worked on and are nearly complete. These will be released later, or you can find them in the subversion repository at http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/socketcan. Additional information about the concepts of the CAN protocol family can be found in the file Documentation/networking/can.txt, added by patch 7/7. Userspace tools (can-utils) and test suites for the different CAN protocols can also be found in the subversion repository. -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
