CAN driver for UAB "8 devices" USB2CAN converter

Note

The "8 devices" USB2CAN converter is supported by mainline linux since version 3.9. THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY!

License

GPL v2

How to build

Make sure you have kernel version >= 2.6.33 installed
For pre-3.3 kernels, check out the pre-3.3 branch
Install kernel header files and gcc
Simple type "make"

DKMS integration

Install the dkms package for your distro
Check out the required branch from this repository
Do a git archive --prefix=usb2can-1.0/ -o /usr/src/usb2can-1.0.tar HEAD
Extract the archive in the /usr/src directory
Add the module, e.g. with dkms add -m usb2can -v 1.0 --verbose
Build the module, e.g. with dkms build -m usb2can -v 1.0 --verbose
Install the module, e.g. with dkms install -m usb2can -v 1.0 --verbose
You can also build packages for your distro, see man dkms

Set up interface

modprobe can_raw
modprobe can_dev
insmod usb_8dev.ko
ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 1000000 sample-point 0.875

Shut down interface

ip link set can0 down
rmmod usb_8dev