drivers/can_kvaser/README
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Kvaser driver for CANfestival, the open source CANopen stack.
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(C)2008 Giuseppe Massimo Bertani 
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This driver should work with any Kvaser product compatible with Kvaser's CANLIB4.
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I tested it with CAN Leaf Professional (USB-CAN adapter) on a Suse10.1 Linux box
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and CANLIB 4.72 Beta (Oct 1,2007). 
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In order to compile the driver, you should already be able to run the CANlib examples,
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and tools, to be sure that CANLIB is able to detect and drive your device. 
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NOTES ABOUT CANLIB4
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Since the "Leaf" device was added recently to CANLIB, I had to download the latest linuxcan4
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library sources from http://www.kvaser.com instead of use the CD software shipped with the device.
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NOTES ABOUT WINDOWS
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Sadly, Kvaser's Win32 CANLIB is not provided with sources, so CANLIB cannot be build with GNU
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tools. LIB files for MSVC and BCC are provided with the DLL but the DLL itself is stripped and
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I've tried an entire day to compile this driver under Cygwin without success, despite 
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Wu Yongwei's hints (http://www.geocities.com/yongweiwu/dllfaq.htm).
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This does not mean that it's an impossible task, but probably I left out something important. 
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Temporary KO.
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