can: CAN Network device driver and Netlink interface

The CAN network device driver interface provides a generic interface to
setup, configure and monitor CAN network devices. It exports a set of
common data structures and functions, which all real CAN network device
drivers should use. Please have a look to the SJA1000 or MSCAN driver
to understand how to use them. The name of the module is can-dev.ko.

Furthermore, it adds a Netlink interface allowing to configure the CAN
device using the program "ip" from the iproute2 utility suite.

For further information please check "Documentation/networking/can.txt"

Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Grandegger <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>

Author: grandwolf

drivers/net/can/Kconfig

@@ -12,6 +12,29 @@ config CAN_VCAN
 	  This driver can also be built as a module.  If so, the module
 	  will be called vcan.
 
+config CAN_DEV
+	tristate "Platform CAN drivers with Netlink support"
+	depends on CAN
+	default Y
+	---help---
+	  Enables the common framework for platform CAN drivers with Netlink
+	  support. This is the standard library for CAN drivers.
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
+config CAN_CALC_BITTIMING
+	bool "CAN bit-timing calculation"
+	depends on CAN_DEV
+	default Y
+	---help---
+	  If enabled, CAN bit-timing parameters will be calculated for the
+	  bit-rate specified via Netlink argument "bitrate" when the device
+	  get started. This works fine for the most common CAN controllers
+	  with standard bit-rates but may fail for exotic bit-rates or CAN
+	  source clock frequencies. Disabling saves some space, but then the
+	  bit-timing parameters must be specified directly using the Netlink
+	  arguments "tq", "prop_seg", "phase_seg1", "phase_seg2" and "sjw".
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 config CAN_DEBUG_DEVICES
 	bool "CAN devices debugging messages"
 	depends on CAN

drivers/net/can/Makefile

@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@
 #
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_CAN_VCAN)		+= vcan.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_CAN_DEV)		+= can-dev.o
+can-dev-y			:= dev.o
+
+ccflags-$(CONFIG_CAN_DEBUG_DEVICES) := -DDEBUG