From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavan Savoy Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFC: Driver for Inside Secure MicroRead NFC chip Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:30:42 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1300444824-13713-1-git-send-email-waldemar.rymarkiewicz@tieto.com> <20110325142648.GC3879@sortiz-mobl> <99B09243E1A5DA4898CDD8B7001114481085E2375D@EXMB04.eu.tieto.com> <201103291305.02293.arnd@arndb.de> <20110331141650.GB2704@sortiz-mobl> <99B09243E1A5DA4898CDD8B7001114481085F0FE7C@EXMB04.eu.tieto.com> <20110331153010.GD2704@sortiz-mobl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-i2c-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Samuel Ortiz Cc: Waldemar.Rymarkiewicz-++hxYGjEMp0AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org, linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, hthebaud-Umy9UjvE/gtWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, matti.j.aaltonen-xNZwKgViW5gAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, alan-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org, Sebastian.Chlad-++hxYGjEMp0AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Pavan Savoy wrot= e: > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Samuel Ortiz = wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 06:24:50PM +0300, Waldemar.Rymarkiewicz@tiet= o.com wrote: >>> Hi Samuel, >>> >>> >That's the Bluetooth approach, and it works just fine as well. >>> >However, the netlink option for sending commands and receiving >>> >answers to/from a subsystem sounds more appropriate, at least to m= e. >>> >>> I haven't used netlink in practice, so just wondering why netlink. = I assume, then, it's more suitable :) >>> >> Have a look at the wireless nl80211.c implementation. It's a good ex= ample for >> that sort of usage. > > So, why was the network interface 'ala eth0 or the netlink interface = dropped? > I saw these patches recently "NFC: add nfc subsystem core" - which > seem to add just the device /dev/nfc - am I correct ? > Or missing something ? Yes apparently I did miss a whole of patches in the series. So, for anyone who is interested on the list - this is the proposed architecture, http://code.openbossa.org/?p=3Dnfc/linux-nfc.git;a=3Dblob;f=3DDocumenta= tion/networking/nfc.txt;h=3De17ac191ca958235db99da23786c46c4c60082e9;hb= =3Df8d3349352063626240ad1c1a15e2361dab81ef4 >> Cheers, >> Samuel. >> >> -- >> Intel Open Source Technology Centre >> http://oss.intel.com/ >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kern= el" in >> the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org >> More majordomo info at =C2=A0http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.h= tml >> Please read the FAQ at =C2=A0http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >> >> >> >