Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v10 0/7] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card | From | Oliver Hartkopp <> | Date | Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:26:24 +0200 |
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Thanks Enrico!
On 24.04.19 11:40, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > On 18.04.19 19:34, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote: > >> If you have a fieldbus device you want to add to mainline Linux, and> you wish to piggy-back onto the fieldbus_dev subsystem, then we can> > discuss fieldbus API changes/additions/improvements during the> patch > review stage. > With those cases, piggy-backing wouldn't make much sense, as their > semantics is pretty different. > > My whole point here was just that it shouldn't be called "fieldbus", > but iec61158 instead. >
Full ACK!
The Controller Area Network also belongs to the class of field busses and has its own networking subsystem in linux/net/can.
So using a 'class' of communication protocols as naming scheme doesn't fit IMHO.
Best regards, Oliver
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