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| 1 | +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only |
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1 | 2 | config CAN_SOFTING |
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2 | 3 | tristate "Softing Gmbh CAN generic support" |
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3 | 4 | depends on HAS_IOMEM |
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4 | | - ---help--- |
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| 5 | + help |
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5 | 6 | Support for CAN cards from Softing Gmbh & some cards |
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6 | 7 | from Vector Gmbh. |
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7 | | - Softing Gmbh CAN cards come with 1 or 2 physical busses. |
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| 8 | + Softing Gmbh CAN cards come with 1 or 2 physical buses. |
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8 | 9 | Those cards typically use Dual Port RAM to communicate |
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9 | 10 | with the host CPU. The interface is then identical for PCI |
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10 | 11 | and PCMCIA cards. This driver operates on a platform device, |
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11 | 12 | which has been created by softing_cs or softing_pci driver. |
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12 | 13 | Warning: |
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13 | 14 | The API of the card does not allow fine control per bus, but |
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14 | | - controls the 2 busses on the card together. |
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| 15 | + controls the 2 buses on the card together. |
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15 | 16 | As such, some actions (start/stop/busoff recovery) on 1 bus |
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16 | 17 | must bring down the other bus too temporarily. |
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17 | 18 | |
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19 | 20 | tristate "Softing Gmbh CAN pcmcia cards" |
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20 | 21 | depends on PCMCIA |
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21 | 22 | depends on CAN_SOFTING |
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22 | | - ---help--- |
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| 23 | + help |
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23 | 24 | Support for PCMCIA cards from Softing Gmbh & some cards |
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24 | 25 | from Vector Gmbh. |
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25 | 26 | You need firmware for these, which you can get at |
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26 | | - http://developer.berlios.de/projects/socketcan/ |
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| 27 | + https://github.com/linux-can/can-firmware |
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27 | 28 | This version of the driver is written against |
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28 | 29 | firmware version 4.6 (softing-fw-4.6-binaries.tar.gz) |
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29 | 30 | In order to use the card as CAN device, you need the Softing generic |
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