Subject: [PATCH V3 3/3] can: m_can: workaround for transmit data less than 4 bytes

From: [email-masked] (Marc Kleine-Budde)
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:29:37 +0100

On 11/05/2014 02:16 PM, Dong Aisheng wrote:
> At least on the i.MX6SX TO1.2 with M_CAN IP version 3.0.1, an issue with
> the Message RAM was discovered. Sending CAN frames with dlc less
> than 4 bytes will lead to bit errors, when the first 8 bytes of
> the Message RAM have not been initialized (i.e. written to).
> To work around this issue, the first 8 bytes are initialized in open()
> function.
> 
> Without the workaround, we can easily see the following errors:
> root at imx6qdlsolo:~# ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 1000000
> [   66.882520] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): can0: link becomes ready
> root at imx6qdlsolo:~# cansend can0 123#112233
> [   66.935640] m_can 20e8000.can can0: Bit Error Uncorrected
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dong Aisheng <[email-masked]>

Applied to can/master

Thanks,
Marc

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