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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:58:00 -0000
To: John Dallaway <jld@ecoscentric.com>
Cc: Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>, ecos-maintainers@ecos.sourceware.org
Subject: Re: CAN bus knowhow?
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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew.lunn@ascom.ch>
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> It is now clear that there is no scope for merging of the two APIs. The
> eCosCentric API presents CAN peripherals as networked devices, while Uwe
> Kindler's API adopts a serial I/O approach. Feel free to proceed with
> the processing of Uwe Kindler's contribution.

At some point in the distant future eCosCentric might contribute its
version. Do you have any suggestions to avoid package naming conflicts
etc. Or will you rename all your packages when you come to contribute
them?

        Thanks
                Andrew