Working with Controller Area Network (CAN) on your Linux PC? Through the SocketCAN kernel modules, Linux supports CAN quite well.
It can be a bit tricky though, to get your USB-to-CAN adapter configured and up and running. This tutorial not only explains how to bring up your SocketCAN network interface, it also show you how to configure your Linux system to automatically bring up your SocketCAN network interface, each time you plug it in or boot up your Linux system.
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