Re: [RFC bluetooth-next 0/4] ieee802154: add support for phy capabilities

[Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram@gmail.com>]

On 04/08/2015 04:48 PM, Alexander Aring wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this patches introduce a mechanism to get phy capabilities. We simple add
> some additional pib values like "channels_supported" information. These
> information also includes mib values which are phy dependent like frame_retries
> or csma_backoffs, this is necessary because the phy doing a little bit mac
> stuff. We simple extend the pib according these phy dependent mac values.
>
> These capabilities are by default full 802.15.4 complaint, if some transceiver
> supports less functionality only then these values need to be overwritten inside
> the driver-layer.
>
> Fruthermore we also add functionality to dump these values via
> NL802154_CMD_GET_WPAN_PHY.
>
> - Alex
>
> Cc: Phoebe Buckheister <phoebe.buckheister@itwm.fraunhofer.de>
> Cc: Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram@gmail.com>
>
> Alexander Aring (4):
>   ieee802154: introduce wpan_phy_supported struct
>   ieee802154: move channels supported out of softmac
>   ieee802154: add several phy supported handling
>   at86rf230: set cca_modes supported flags
>
>  drivers/net/ieee802154/at86rf230.c | 14 ++++++++++----
>  drivers/net/ieee802154/cc2520.c    |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/ieee802154/fakelb.c    | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
>  drivers/net/ieee802154/mrf24j40.c  |  2 +-
>  include/net/cfg802154.h            | 11 ++++++++++-
>  net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c            |  4 ++--
>  net/ieee802154/nl802154.c          | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  net/mac802154/cfg.c                |  4 ----
>  net/mac802154/main.c               | 10 ++++++++++
>  9 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>
And also we need to look into expose available power level (supported by transeiver)
to the user space by iwpan. Then user can configure the particular power level. 

If not user don't know the power levels that the transceiver support.

-- 
Thanks
Varka Bhadram