Appendix E Linux - Peak PCAN-USB Pro FD User Manual

Appendix E
Depending on the Kernel version, device drivers for the CAN interfaces from PEAK-
System are already included in the operating system. The PCAN interfaces are
handled as network devices (SocketCAN, netdev). You can find the documentation
for SocketCAN under:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/can.txt
The following command lists the available drivers:
grep PEAK_ /boot/config-`uname -r`
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.
You can find a recent list of which PCAN interface is supported from which kernel
version onwards on our Linux website.
If the required drivers are not listed, install the "Driver Package for Proprietary
Purposes". The download and documentation for the driver can also be found on:
www.peak-system.com/linux
This driver package is also needed to use the APIs based on the chardev driver, for
example PCAN-Basic, libpcan, or libpcanfd.

Appendix E Linux

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