MPC5200B and the CAN interface
Gary Thomas
gary at mlbassoc.com
Sat Nov 8 23:32:35 EST 2008
Nick wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am looking for information on how to use the CAN driver for the MPC5200b. I have built the kernel (2.6.27) with the MPC5200b can bus drivers and I see them being initialized on start up.
>
> [ 37.122041] can: controller area network core (rev 20071116 abi 8)
> [ 37.128687] NET: Registered protocol family 29
> [ 37.133379] can: raw protocol (rev 20071116)
> [ 37.137807] can: broadcast manager protocol (rev 20080415)
I'm pretty sure this is just the SocketCAN interface.
You still need a hardware driver (and one which is SocketCAN compatible).
I don't see such a driver for the MSCAN (the hardware on the MPC5200) in
the stock 2.6.27 tree.
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