netdev - Re: [PATCH 00/14] [RFC] Phonet protocol stack

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Message-Id: <200809171652.27066.remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:52:26 +0300
From:	"Rémi Denis-Courmont" 
	<remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
To:	"ext Marcel Holtmann" <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] [RFC] Phonet protocol stack

	Hello,

On Tuesday 16 September 2008 23:09:04 ext Marcel Holtmann, you wrote:
> > This patchset provides a simple datagram socket
> > independent of the underlying hardware (network interface) through
> > which the modem is attached. We are in the process of contributing
> > a lower-layer driver through Linux OMAP.
>
> We are using PhoNet over Bluetooth and IrDA inside the Gnokii project
> and if we have a common PhoNet stack inside the Linux kernel that is
> supported by Nokia, I do wanna use that. What are your plans for this?

Our current plan is to add GPRS data support to the Maemo Software platform. 
As the Nokia modems talk PhoNet, we plan to use this PhoNet stack to control 
GPRS functionality and to carry IP datagrams. Underneath the PhoNet stack, a 
Linux network device driver would be required. In our case, Carlos Chinea is 
publishing the OMAP SSI bus, on linux-omap.

If I understand correctly, you want to use PhoNet with S40 and/or Symbian/S60 
phones. The architecture of the PhoNet stack allows this - running on a Linux 
PC. Additional network device drivers would be needed to support the IrDA and 
Bluetooth link-layers. We are investigating the possibility to contribute 
other drivers in the future, but we have no immediate plans to do so.

Best regards,

-- 
Rémi Denis-Courmont
Maemo Software, Nokia Devices R&D
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