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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 0/4] can: esd: add support for esd GmbH PCIe/402 CAN interface
    On 01.12.2021 23:03:24, Stefan Mätje wrote:
    > The purpose of this patch is to introduce a new CAN driver to support
    > the esd GmbH 402 family of CAN interface boards. The hardware design
    > is based on a CAN controller implemented in a FPGA attached to a
    > PCIe link.
    >
    > More information on these boards can be found following the links
    > included in the commit message.
    >
    > This patch supports all boards but will operate the CAN-FD capable
    > boards only in Classic-CAN mode. The CAN-FD support will be added
    > when the initial patch has stabilized.
    >
    > The patch is reuses the previous work of my former colleague:
    > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-can/1426592308-23817-1-git-send-email-thomas.koerper@esd.eu/
    >
    > *Note*: scripts/checkpatch.pl still emits the following warnings:
    > - esd_402_pci-core.c:270: Possible unnecessary 'out of memory' message
    > This error message is there to tell the user that the DMA allocation
    > failed and not an allocation for normal kernel memory.
    > - esdacc.h:255: The irq_cnt pointer is still declared volatile and
    > this has a reason and is explained in detail in the header
    > referencing the exception noted in volatile-considered-harmful.rst.
    >
    > The patch is based on the linux-can-next testing branch.
    >
    > Changes in v6:
    > - Fixed the statistic handling of RX overrun errors and increase
    > net_device_stats::rx_errors instead of net_device_stats::rx_dropped.
    > - Added a patch to not increase rx statistics when generating a CAN
    > rx error message frame as suggested on the linux-can list.
    > - Added a patch to not not increase rx_bytes statistics for RTR frames
    > as suggested on the linux-can list.
    >
    > The last two patches change the statistics handling from the previous
    > style used in other drivers to the newly suggested one.

    Please squash the last 2 patches into patch 2.

    Marc

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