linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NFC: Driver for Inside Secure MicroRead NFC chip

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Date:	Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:22:01 -0500
From:	Pavan Savoy <pavan_savoy@...y.com>
To:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Waldemar.Rymarkiewicz@...to.com, arnd@...db.de,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hthebaud@...idefr.com, matti.j.aaltonen@...ia.com,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Sebastian.Chlad@...to.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFC: Driver for Inside Secure MicroRead NFC chip

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 06:24:50PM +0300, Waldemar.Rymarkiewicz@...to.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 me.
>>
>> 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 example 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 ?

> Cheers,
> Samuel.
>
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