[GSoC2013]CAN API/driver new

[Gedare Bloom]

I think this is a good idea. See if you can find the resources you
need or a co-mentor from the Qemu project to help you with the CAN
hardware in Qemu.

Otherwise, proceed with writing your proposal with this direction in mind.

-Gedare

On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 8:15 PM, jinyang.sia <jinyang.sia at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, all
> I received a lot of help, since I proposed my CAN driver and API for CAN
> stack. Thanks, you guys.
>
> Build a CAN test environment, port a CAN driver existing to RTEMS and write
> a test-suites for it maybe a better choice. After that, others can test the
> CAN driver and also when the proted driver update our driver also update, we
> do not need to maintain the RTEMS CAN driver.
>
> There are some CAN drivers for Linux and other OS, including SocketCAN,
> can4linux and LinCAN. After a research about those drivers, I think LinCAN
> better than others.
>
> Then I plan to do the following work:
>     1. Build a simulation environment for CAN driver test. Maybe use QEMU,
> so a can hardware simulation needed.
>     2. Port LinCAN to RTEMS.
>     3. Write test-suites for the ported LinCAN.
>
> I still need some advice. Thanks.
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