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From: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg-5Yr1BZd7O62+XT7JhA+gdA@public•gmane.org>
To: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan-fJ+pQTUTwRTk1uMJSBkQmQ@public•gmane.org>
Cc: SocketCAN Core Mailing List
	<socketcan-core-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public•gmane.org>,
	Linux Netdev List
	<netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] candev: allow SJW user setting for bittiming calculation
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:04:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E822C33.9030207@grandegger.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E8208B5.4050907-fJ+pQTUTwRTk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>

On 09/27/2011 07:32 PM, Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
> On 09/24/11 09:22, Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
> 
>> On 09/23/2011 11:32 AM, Pavel Pisa wrote:
> 
>>> On base of above analysis, I think that blindly set SJW
>>> on maximum is not good idea. It should be at least limited
>>> to 5% of bit time. 
> 
> 
> (..)
> 
> 
>>> SJW is more problematic, but may it be use of 2 or 5%
>>> of bittime by default with assurance that zero is
>>> replaced by one, would serve to most people pleasure.
> 
> 
> (..)
> 
>>> But there is still unknown parameter
>>> capacity/length of connected wires so there is still
>>> something left to user consideration.
>>
>> Thanks for your detailed explanation. It clearly shows that adjusting
>> SJW is non-trivial and nothing a normal CAN user should deal with. When
>> adjusting SJW, do you also need to tweek other bit-timing parameters,
>> e.g. tq? I mean, would "ip link set can0 type can bitrate x
>> sampling-point y sjw z" work for your setup or do you need to use the
>> expert mode setting via "ip link set can0 type can tq ..." anyway?
> 
> 
> Hello Wolfgang,
> 
> i double checked a specification where i got my requirement to influence the
> SJW value from. It says (non literally):
> 
>     "Put the SJW to the highest possible value only reduced by tseg2."
> 
> The fact that this requirement might no fit to any CAN setup or may not be  in
> best academical shape is not my problem. My requirement is to provide an easy
> way to move the SJW away from it's default value, which is currently
> hard-coded to 1 in the can-dev framework when using it's bittiming calculation
> function.

OK.

> As almost everything is already done (only the provided SJW is not evaluated
> in dev.c) this patch is IMO an valid option to support it. If Joe user can
> tune the sampling point, why should he not be able to influence the SJW if he
> thinks, he knows what he's doing?
> 
> Especially as the good working bittiming calculation is not touched in any way
> and the default SJW remains 1 (even if '0' is provided as user input).

Still not sure if it's useful. Anyway, just added my acked-by to your patch.

Thanks,

Wolfgang.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-09-27 20:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-22 10:28 [PATCH net-next v2] candev: allow SJW user setting for bittiming calculation Oliver Hartkopp
     [not found] ` <4E7B0DE6.9020807-fJ+pQTUTwRTk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-22 13:07   ` Wolfgang Grandegger
     [not found]     ` <4E7B331F.3070801-5Yr1BZd7O62+XT7JhA+gdA@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-22 16:26       ` Oliver Hartkopp
     [not found]         ` <4E7B61C8.8020506-fJ+pQTUTwRTk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-22 18:10           ` Wolfgang Grandegger
     [not found]             ` <4E7B7A30.4030707-5Yr1BZd7O62+XT7JhA+gdA@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-22 19:41               ` Oliver Hartkopp
     [not found]                 ` <4E7B8F63.6060108-fJ+pQTUTwRTk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-23  7:24                   ` Wolfgang Grandegger
     [not found]                     ` <4E7C3424.8030406-5Yr1BZd7O62+XT7JhA+gdA@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-23  9:32                       ` Pavel Pisa
     [not found]                         ` <201109231132.49976.pisa-/N2ztlQkxE7Ub/6JBqosbQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-23 15:50                           ` Oliver Hartkopp
2011-09-24  7:22                           ` Wolfgang Grandegger
     [not found]                             ` <4E7D8537.8010302-5Yr1BZd7O62+XT7JhA+gdA@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-27 17:32                               ` Oliver Hartkopp
     [not found]                                 ` <4E8208B5.4050907-fJ+pQTUTwRTk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-27 20:04                                   ` Wolfgang Grandegger [this message]
2011-09-24  7:44                           ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2011-09-27 20:05   ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2011-09-29  6:14   ` Kurt Van Dijck

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