From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pd0-f178.google.com ([209.85.192.178]:35483 "EHLO mail-pd0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755523AbbCRL7y (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Mar 2015 07:59:54 -0400 Received: by pdbop1 with SMTP id op1so41226943pdb.2 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2015 04:59:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <550968A4.5050908@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:29:32 +0530 From: Varka Bhadram MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH bluetooth-next 0/2] nl802154: implement new SET commands References: <1426678822-26644-1-git-send-email-alex.aring@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1426678822-26644-1-git-send-email-alex.aring@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-wpan-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Alexander Aring , linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org Cc: kernel@pengutronix.de, mkl@pengutronix.de Hi Alex, On 03/18/2015 05:10 PM, Alexander Aring wrote: > Hi, > > this patch-series implement the already existed SET commands of an interface > and a wpan-phy. Currently we have one CMD for each setting which was a mistake > by me to implement it in this way. So we aren't currently a "real" UAPI header > for nl802154 and it's still under development. I decide now to change to > implement these setting in this way now. Currently I let these commands in > coexistens with the old commands but _NOTE_ I will remove the other commands > from the nl802154 later. > > So please use the new commands. When these patches are mainline I also want to > release a new wpan-tools release which use this new interface. Then everybody > has some time to change to the new wpan-tools release. After this "time" I will Its better to send the patches along with wpan-tools, so that we can do the testing.. > remove the obsolete nl802154 commands from the header. This means older > wpan-tools releases doesn't work any more with new kernels. Also this means > newer wpan-tools releases doesn't work with older kernels. That will end in > some kind of chaos and I will note this on the website. > > This beahviour to do it in only one command is much easier to handle in > userspace, like clicking an "apply button". > > - Alex > > Alexander Aring (2): > nl802154: add set wpan phy cmd > nl802154: add set interface cmd > > net/ieee802154/nl802154.c | 162 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 162 insertions(+) > -- Varka Bhadram