Allow interface renaming on the socketcand protocol side #65
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Summary
There are cases where one might want to present a "bus" (on the socketcand protocol side) which is different from the kernel CAN interface name. For example, making a remote system talk to the socketcand port the same way regardless of the USB2Can adapter on the host.
We have found such a case in a test system we are developing so we have developed this and are contributing it in case it is iseful for someone else.
Usage
The
-i
parameter flag has been augmented, in a backwards compatible way, so now it can include a "bus name" after an equal sign, for every interface. If the "bus name" is not give, then it is equal the the interface name, to keep the current behavior.Example
No renaming:
Renaming: