| Oliver Hartkopp | 0d66548 | 2007-11-16 15:52:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # | 
|  | 2 | # Controller Area Network (CAN) network layer core configuration | 
|  | 3 | # | 
|  | 4 |  | 
|  | 5 | menuconfig CAN | 
|  | 6 | depends on NET | 
|  | 7 | tristate "CAN bus subsystem support" | 
|  | 8 | ---help--- | 
|  | 9 | Controller Area Network (CAN) is a slow (up to 1Mbit/s) serial | 
|  | 10 | communications protocol which was developed by Bosch in | 
|  | 11 | 1991, mainly for automotive, but now widely used in marine | 
|  | 12 | (NMEA2000), industrial, and medical applications. | 
|  | 13 | More information on the CAN network protocol family PF_CAN | 
|  | 14 | is contained in <Documentation/networking/can.txt>. | 
|  | 15 |  | 
|  | 16 | If you want CAN support you should say Y here and also to the | 
|  | 17 | specific driver for your controller(s) below. | 
| Oliver Hartkopp | c18ce10 | 2007-11-16 15:53:09 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 18 |  | 
|  | 19 | config CAN_RAW | 
|  | 20 | tristate "Raw CAN Protocol (raw access with CAN-ID filtering)" | 
|  | 21 | depends on CAN | 
|  | 22 | default N | 
|  | 23 | ---help--- | 
|  | 24 | The raw CAN protocol option offers access to the CAN bus via | 
|  | 25 | the BSD socket API. You probably want to use the raw socket in | 
|  | 26 | most cases where no higher level protocol is being used. The raw | 
|  | 27 | socket has several filter options e.g. ID masking / error frames. | 
|  | 28 | To receive/send raw CAN messages, use AF_CAN with protocol CAN_RAW. | 
| Oliver Hartkopp | ffd980f | 2007-11-16 15:53:52 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 29 |  | 
|  | 30 | config CAN_BCM | 
|  | 31 | tristate "Broadcast Manager CAN Protocol (with content filtering)" | 
|  | 32 | depends on CAN | 
|  | 33 | default N | 
|  | 34 | ---help--- | 
|  | 35 | The Broadcast Manager offers content filtering, timeout monitoring, | 
|  | 36 | sending of RTR frames, and cyclic CAN messages without permanent user | 
|  | 37 | interaction. The BCM can be 'programmed' via the BSD socket API and | 
|  | 38 | informs you on demand e.g. only on content updates / timeouts. | 
|  | 39 | You probably want to use the bcm socket in most cases where cyclic | 
|  | 40 | CAN messages are used on the bus (e.g. in automotive environments). | 
|  | 41 | To use the Broadcast Manager, use AF_CAN with protocol CAN_BCM. | 
| Oliver Hartkopp | ccb2963 | 2007-11-16 15:56:08 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 42 |  | 
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|  | 44 | source "drivers/net/can/Kconfig" |