Appendix D Linux - Peak PCAN-PC/104 Plus Quad User Manual

Appendix D Linux

Depending on the Kernel version, device drivers for the CAN interfaces from PEAK-
System are already included in the operating system. The CAN interfaces are treated
as network devices (SocketCAN, netdev). You can find the documentation for
SocketCAN under: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/can.txt
The command grep PEAK_ /boot/config-`uname -r` lists the available
drivers. The following table shows the PCAN-Interfaces and from which kernel version
they are supported.
PCAN-Interface
PCAN-PCI
PCAN-PC/104-Plus
PCAN-USB
PCAN-PCI Express
PCAN-PCI/104-Express
PCAN-USB FD
PCAN-Chip USB
PCAN-PCI Express FD
PCAN-PCI/104-Express FD
PCAN-M.2
PCAN-Chip PCIe
PCAN-USB X6
Whether the required driver for the PCAN-Interface is present and loaded can be
checked with the following command: lsmod | grep ^peak check. If the
initialization was successful, the response line starts with peak_usb or peak_pci.
If the required drivers are not listed, install the "Driver Package for Proprietary
Purposes". The download, the user manual for the driver, and the corresponding
"Implementation Details" can be found under:
This driver package is also needed to use the APIs based on the chardev driver, for
example PCAN-Basic, libpcan, or libpcanfd.
Appendix D Linux PCAN-PC/104 Plus Quad
User Manual 2.0.1 © 2022 PEAK-System Technik GmbH
PCAN-PCI Express
PCAN-PCI/104-Express
PCAN-USB Pro
PCAN-miniPCIe
PCAN-USB Pro FD
PCAN-miniPCIe FD
PCAN-miniPCI
PCAN-ExpressCard
PCAN-Chip PCIe FD
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Kernel version
≥ 3.2
≥ 3.4
≥ 3.7
≥ 4.0
≥ 4.11
≥ 4.12
≥ 4.12
≥ 4.3
≥ 4.9
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