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+Switchable Termination Resistors
+--------------------------------
+
+CAN bus requires a specific impedance across the differential pair,
+typically provided by two 120Ohm resistors on the farthest nodes of
+the bus. Some CAN controllers support activating / deactivating a
+termination resistor(s) to provide the correct impedance.
+
+Query the available resistances::
+
+ $ ip -details link show can0
+ ...
+ termination 120 [ 0, 120 ]
+
+Activate the terminating resistor::
+
+ $ ip link set dev can0 type can termination 120
+
+Deactivate the terminating resistor::
+
+ $ ip link set dev can0 type can termination 0
+
+To enable termination resistor support to a can-controller, either
+implement in the controller's struct can-priv::
+
+ termination_const
+ termination_const_cnt
+ do_set_termination
+
+or add gpio control with the device tree entries from
+Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/can-controller.yaml
+
+
The Virtual CAN Driver (vcan)
-----------------------------