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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/can.rst b/Documentation/networking/can.rst index ebc822e605f5..536ff411da1d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/can.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/can.rst @@ -444,6 +444,24 @@ definitions are specified for CAN specific MTUs in include/linux/can.h: #define CANFD_MTU (sizeof(struct canfd_frame)) == 72 => CAN FD frame +Returned Message Flags +---------------------- + +When using the system call recvmsg(2) on a RAW or a BCM socket, the +msg->msg_flags field may contain the following flags: + +MSG_DONTROUTE: + set when the received frame was created on the local host. + +MSG_CONFIRM: + set when the frame was sent via the socket it is received on. + This flag can be interpreted as a 'transmission confirmation' when the + CAN driver supports the echo of frames on driver level, see + :ref:`socketcan-local-loopback1` and :ref:`socketcan-local-loopback2`. + (Note: In order to receive such messages on a RAW socket, + CAN_RAW_RECV_OWN_MSGS must be set.) + + .. _socketcan-raw-sockets: RAW Protocol Sockets with can_filters (SOCK_RAW) @@ -521,7 +539,7 @@ CAN Filter Usage Optimisation The CAN filters are processed in per-device filter lists at CAN frame reception time. To reduce the number of checks that need to be performed while walking through the filter lists the CAN core provides an optimized -filter handling when the filter subscription focusses on a single CAN ID. +filter handling when the filter subscription focuses on a single CAN ID. For the possible 2048 SFF CAN identifiers the identifier is used as an index to access the corresponding subscription list without any further checks. @@ -681,10 +699,10 @@ RAW socket option CAN_RAW_JOIN_FILTERS The CAN_RAW socket can set multiple CAN identifier specific filters that lead to multiple filters in the af_can.c filter processing. These filters -are indenpendent from each other which leads to logical OR'ed filters when +are independent from each other which leads to logical OR'ed filters when applied (see :ref:`socketcan-rawfilter`). -This socket option joines the given CAN filters in the way that only CAN +This socket option joins the given CAN filters in the way that only CAN frames are passed to user space that matched *all* given CAN filters. The semantic for the applied filters is therefore changed to a logical AND. @@ -693,22 +711,6 @@ where the CAN_INV_FILTER flag is set in order to notch single CAN IDs or CAN ID ranges from the incoming traffic. -RAW Socket Returned Message Flags -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -When using recvmsg() call, the msg->msg_flags may contain following flags: - -MSG_DONTROUTE: - set when the received frame was created on the local host. - -MSG_CONFIRM: - set when the frame was sent via the socket it is received on. - This flag can be interpreted as a 'transmission confirmation' when the - CAN driver supports the echo of frames on driver level, see - :ref:`socketcan-local-loopback1` and :ref:`socketcan-local-loopback2`. - In order to receive such messages, CAN_RAW_RECV_OWN_MSGS must be set. - - Broadcast Manager Protocol Sockets (SOCK_DGRAM) ----------------------------------------------- @@ -740,7 +742,7 @@ The broadcast manager sends responses to user space in the same form: struct timeval ival1, ival2; /* count and subsequent interval */ canid_t can_id; /* unique can_id for task */ __u32 nframes; /* number of can_frames following */ - struct can_frame frames[0]; + struct can_frame frames[]; }; The aligned payload 'frames' uses the same basic CAN frame structure defined @@ -931,7 +933,7 @@ ival1: ival2: Throttle the received message rate down to the value of ival2. This is useful to reduce messages for the application when the signal inside the - CAN frame is stateless as state changes within the ival2 periode may get + CAN frame is stateless as state changes within the ival2 period may get lost. Broadcast Manager Multiplex Message Receive Filter @@ -1102,15 +1104,12 @@ for writing CAN network device driver are described below: General Settings ---------------- -.. code-block:: C +CAN network device drivers can use alloc_candev_mqs() and friends instead of +alloc_netdev_mqs(), to automatically take care of CAN-specific setup: - dev->type = ARPHRD_CAN; /* the netdevice hardware type */ - dev->flags = IFF_NOARP; /* CAN has no arp */ - - dev->mtu = CAN_MTU; /* sizeof(struct can_frame) -> Classical CAN interface */ +.. code-block:: C - or alternative, when the controller supports CAN with flexible data rate: - dev->mtu = CANFD_MTU; /* sizeof(struct canfd_frame) -> CAN FD interface */ + dev = alloc_candev_mqs(...); The struct can_frame or struct canfd_frame is the payload of each socket buffer (skbuff) in the protocol family PF_CAN. @@ -1148,6 +1147,39 @@ tuning on deep embedded systems'. The author is running a MPC603e load without any problems ... +Switchable Termination Resistors +-------------------------------- + +CAN bus requires a specific impedance across the differential pair, +typically provided by two 120Ohm resistors on the farthest nodes of +the bus. Some CAN controllers support activating / deactivating a +termination resistor(s) to provide the correct impedance. + +Query the available resistances:: + + $ ip -details link show can0 + ... + termination 120 [ 0, 120 ] + +Activate the terminating resistor:: + + $ ip link set dev can0 type can termination 120 + +Deactivate the terminating resistor:: + + $ ip link set dev can0 type can termination 0 + +To enable termination resistor support to a can-controller, either +implement in the controller's struct can-priv:: + + termination_const + termination_const_cnt + do_set_termination + +or add gpio control with the device tree entries from +Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/can-controller.yaml + + The Virtual CAN Driver (vcan) ----------------------------- @@ -1366,10 +1398,9 @@ second bit timing has to be specified in order to enable the CAN FD bitrate. Additionally CAN FD capable CAN controllers support up to 64 bytes of payload. The representation of this length in can_frame.len and canfd_frame.len for userspace applications and inside the Linux network -layer is a plain value from 0 .. 64 instead of the CAN 'data length code'. -The data length code was a 1:1 mapping to the payload length in the Classical -CAN frames anyway. The payload length to the bus-relevant DLC mapping is -only performed inside the CAN drivers, preferably with the helper +layer is a plain value from 0 .. 64 instead of the Classical CAN length +which ranges from 0 to 8. The payload length to the bus-relevant DLC mapping +is only performed inside the CAN drivers, preferably with the helper functions can_fd_dlc2len() and can_fd_len2dlc(). The CAN netdevice driver capabilities can be distinguished by the network @@ -1433,6 +1464,70 @@ Example when 'fd-non-iso on' is added on this switchable CAN FD adapter:: can <FD,FD-NON-ISO> state ERROR-ACTIVE (berr-counter tx 0 rx 0) restart-ms 0 +Transmitter Delay Compensation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +At high bit rates, the propagation delay from the TX pin to the RX pin of +the transceiver might become greater than the actual bit time causing +measurement errors: the RX pin would still be measuring the previous bit. + +The Transmitter Delay Compensation (thereafter, TDC) resolves this problem +by introducing a Secondary Sample Point (SSP) equal to the distance, in +minimum time quantum, from the start of the bit time on the TX pin to the +actual measurement on the RX pin. The SSP is calculated as the sum of two +configurable values: the TDC Value (TDCV) and the TDC offset (TDCO). + +TDC, if supported by the device, can be configured together with CAN-FD +using the ip tool's "tdc-mode" argument as follow: + +**omitted** + When no "tdc-mode" option is provided, the kernel will automatically + decide whether TDC should be turned on, in which case it will + calculate a default TDCO and use the TDCV as measured by the + device. This is the recommended method to use TDC. + +**"tdc-mode off"** + TDC is explicitly disabled. + +**"tdc-mode auto"** + The user must provide the "tdco" argument. The TDCV will be + automatically calculated by the device. This option is only + available if the device supports the TDC-AUTO CAN controller mode. + +**"tdc-mode manual"** + The user must provide both the "tdco" and "tdcv" arguments. This + option is only available if the device supports the TDC-MANUAL CAN + controller mode. + +Note that some devices may offer an additional parameter: "tdcf" (TDC Filter +window). If supported by your device, this can be added as an optional +argument to either "tdc-mode auto" or "tdc-mode manual". + +Example configuring a 500 kbit/s arbitration bitrate, a 5 Mbit/s data +bitrate, a TDCO of 15 minimum time quantum and a TDCV automatically measured +by the device:: + + $ ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 500000 \ + fd on dbitrate 4000000 \ + tdc-mode auto tdco 15 + $ ip -details link show can0 + 5: can0: <NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP,ECHO> mtu 72 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP \ + mode DEFAULT group default qlen 10 + link/can promiscuity 0 allmulti 0 minmtu 72 maxmtu 72 + can <FD,TDC-AUTO> state ERROR-ACTIVE restart-ms 0 + bitrate 500000 sample-point 0.875 + tq 12 prop-seg 69 phase-seg1 70 phase-seg2 20 sjw 10 brp 1 + ES582.1/ES584.1: tseg1 2..256 tseg2 2..128 sjw 1..128 brp 1..512 \ + brp_inc 1 + dbitrate 4000000 dsample-point 0.750 + dtq 12 dprop-seg 7 dphase-seg1 7 dphase-seg2 5 dsjw 2 dbrp 1 + tdco 15 tdcf 0 + ES582.1/ES584.1: dtseg1 2..32 dtseg2 1..16 dsjw 1..8 dbrp 1..32 \ + dbrp_inc 1 + tdco 0..127 tdcf 0..127 + clock 80000000 + + Supported CAN Hardware ---------------------- |