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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 11/13] can: slcan: add ethtool support to reset adapter errors
On 08.06.2022 18:33:08, Dario Binacchi wrote:
> Hi Marc,
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 12:52 PM Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de> wrote:
> >
> > On 07.06.2022 11:47:50, Dario Binacchi wrote:
> > > This patch adds a private flag to the slcan driver to switch the
> > > "err-rst-on-open" setting on and off.
> > >
> > > "err-rst-on-open" on - Reset error states on opening command
> > >
> > > "err-rst-on-open" off - Don't reset error states on opening command
> > > (default)
> > >
> > > The setting can only be changed if the interface is down:
> > >
> > > ip link set dev can0 down
> > > ethtool --set-priv-flags can0 err-rst-on-open {off|on}
> > > ip link set dev can0 up
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@amarulasolutions.com>
> >
> > I'm a big fan of bringing the device into a well known good state during
> > ifup. What would be the reasons/use cases to not reset the device?
>
> Because by default either slcand and slcan_attach don't reset the
> error states, but you must use the `-f' option to do so. So, I
> followed this use case.

Is this a CAN bus error state, like Bus Off or some controller (i.e. non
CAN related) error?

regards,
Marc

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