From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Alok <alokbarsode@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Questions regarding NetLink APIs.
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:48:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1224737318.9386.167.camel@californication> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1224255091.6175.18.camel@greatbear>
Hi Alok,
> I had a few queries regarding the netlink APIs. I have been referring to
> net/wireless/nl80211.c for reference.
>
> 1. Would the ioctls on raw sock(BTPROTO_HCI), be converted into netlink
> commands?
> eg HCIGETDEVLIST (NLBLUETOOTH_CMD_GET_DEVLIST),
> HCIGETDEVINFO (NLBLUETOOTH_CMD_GET_DEV_INFO),
> HCIDEVUP (NLBLUETOOTH_CMD_DEVUP) .. etc
yes.
> 2. Would the netlink attributes consist of HCI Ioctl requests
> structures ? or individual structure members?
> eg:
>
> [NLBLUETOOTH_ATTR_DEV_INFO] = {.len = sizeof(struct hci_dev_info)}
No. We will have the parameters inside the structure as direct
attributes.
> 3. Would it be a separate kernel module?
No. It will be within bluetooth.ko.
Regards
Marcel
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2008-10-17 14:51 Questions regarding NetLink APIs Alok
2008-10-23 4:48 ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
2008-10-30 13:10 ` [PATCH] NetLink patches Alok
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