linux-kernel - RE: [char-misc-next 0/3 V6] Support NFC Device on MEI CL Bus

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Message-ID: <5B8DA87D05A7694D9FA63FD143655C1B01EFB6B8@HASMSX106.ger.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:12:48 +0000
From:	"Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Samuel Ortiz (sameo@...ux.intel.com)" <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	"arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [char-misc-next 0/3 V6] Support NFC Device on MEI CL Bus

> 
> On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 02:41:32AM +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> > v5 -> v6
> >  1. include/linux/uapi/mei/nfc.h - provides API also for pure
> >     user space implementation as found under Android.
> >  2. Removed INTEL_MEI_BUS_NFC Kconfig option.
> >     The NFC info client is disconnected as soon as we
> >     get the FW info and the regular client is connected only when
> >     mei_cl_enable_device() is explicitly called from an nfc driver.
> >     The mei cl bus now doesn't connect NFC  exclusively.
> >  3. Added pn544 to the possibly detected NFC chipsets.
> >
> > Depends on:
> > 	mei: bus: Add device enabling and disabling API
> 
> If this is a nfc device, why isn't it using the nfc_register_device() and
> nfc_unregister_device() calls?  Shouldn't you be using the in-kernel nfc api
> we already have?
> 

Adding Samuel.

Thanks
Tomas
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