Somebody asked about a CAN-based bootloader the other day. I don't have one, but
I do plan to get to it eventually (I'm currently working on a routing daemon for
FreeBSD). In the meantime, I've posted a chunk of my personal include files,
including macros for the MCP2510, on my website. Some of the files, picutil.inc
in particular, may be useful for beginners. And no, I didn't redefine any of
Microchip's bit names. :) Maybe someday I'll get around to writing documentation
for this stuff.

The files are available at:
http://www.terrandev.com/~bfoz/pic/index.html

Enjoy.

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