From: David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
To: alex.aring-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-wpan-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bluetooth-next] netdevice: add ieee802154_ptr to net_device
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 12:20:24 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141103.122024.541066618529355652.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1414907094-9623-1-git-send-email-alex.aring-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
From: Alexander Aring <alex.aring-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 06:44:54 +0100
> This patch adds an ieee802154_ptr to the net_device structure.
> Furthermore the 802.15.4 subsystem will introduce a nl802154 framework
> which is similar like the nl80211 framework and a wpan_dev structure.
> The wpan_dev structure will hold additional net_device attributes like
> address options which are 802.15.4 specific. In the upcoming nl802154
> implementation we will introduce a NL802154_FLAG_NEED_WPAN_DEV like
> NL80211_FLAG_NEED_WDEV. For this flag an ieee802154_ptr in net_device is
> needed. Additional we can access the wpan_dev attributes in upper layers
> like IEEE 802.15.4 6LoWPAN easily. Current solution is a complicated
> callback interface and getting these values over subif data structure
> in mac802154.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
No objections, and you can merge this via the bluetooth tree:
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
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2014-11-02 5:44 [PATCH bluetooth-next] netdevice: add ieee802154_ptr to net_device Alexander Aring
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2014-11-03 17:20 ` David Miller [this message]
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2014-11-03 21:35 ` Marcel Holtmann
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