Subject: Re: [patch 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver

From: Patrick McHardy <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:13:15 +0200

Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
> Patrick McHardy wrote:
> 
>>BTW, in case the loopback device is required for normal
>>operation it might make sense to create *one* device by
>>default, but four identical devices seems a bit extreme.
>
> 
> As i wrote before CAN addressing consists of CAN-Identifiers and the
> used interface. The use of four vcan's is definitely a usual case!

It should create as many devices as necessary to operate (similar
to the loopback device) by default. Optional interfaces that are
used for addressing reasons should be manually added by the user
as needed. And it should not use module parameters for that please.