Hi Marc,
On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 12:52 PM Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 07.06.2022 11:47:50, Dario Binacchi wrote:
> > This patch adds a private flag to the slcan driver to switch the
> > "err-rst-on-open" setting on and off.
> >
> > "err-rst-on-open" on - Reset error states on opening command
> >
> > "err-rst-on-open" off - Don't reset error states on opening command
> > (default)
> >
> > The setting can only be changed if the interface is down:
> >
> > ip link set dev can0 down
> > ethtool --set-priv-flags can0 err-rst-on-open {off|on}
> > ip link set dev can0 up
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'm a big fan of bringing the device into a well known good state during
> ifup. What would be the reasons/use cases to not reset the device?
Because by default either slcand and slcan_attach don't reset the error states,
but you must use the `-f' option to do so. So, I followed this use case.
Thanks and regards,
Dario
>
> Marc
>
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