netdev - Ответ: [PATCH 10/10] ieee802154: add at86rf230/rf231 spi driver

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Date:	Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:29:55 +0400
From:	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>
To:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:	Holger Schurig <hs4233@...l.mn-solutions.de>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	slapin@...fans.org, maxim.osipov@...mens.com,
	dmitry.baryshkov@...mens.com, oliver.fendt@...mens.com
Subject: Ответ: [PATCH 10/10] ieee802154: add at86rf230/rf231 spi driver

2009/6/2, Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>:
> Hi Holger,
>
>> > I thought about drivers/net as about ip (well, more or less)
>> > network drivers. We have drivers/atm or drivers/bluetooth (and
>> > bluetooth is 802.15.1...).
>>
>> I actually like that this is drivers/bluetooth and not
>> drivers/ieee802151. Would you consider drivers/zigbee instead of
>> drivers/ieee802154 ???
>
> I fully agree here.
>
> Please use "zigbee" instead of "ieee*" names since that can become messy
> and confusing. I know that in theory the IEEE part of ZigBee is more
> low-level radio and could be used by non-ZigBee devices, but that is not
> gonna happen anyway. Especially with Bluetooth Low Energy pushing into
> the turf of ZigBee. So please use proper names and not confuse people
> with IEEE numbers ;)

This gonna happen, as we are most probably going to implement 6lowpan
on top of our stack. 6lowpan is a way to encapsulate IPv6 frames into
IEEE 802.15.4 and has nothing in common with ZigBee. Moreover
ZigBee is a trademark with strict rules upon it's usage. Our lawyers are
currently investigating if it's possible to use this name in projects like
Linux kernel which are open-source, non-related to any project but
OTOH can be encapsulated in any commercial project.

IEEE 802.15.4 is a term like IEEE 802.11. We do have mac80211,
we have had (until recently) ieee80211 dir, so why bother?

For Bluetooth naming directories 'bluetooth' is logical, as 802.15.1
standard is a less known name, doesn't incorporate latest changes
from Bluetooth, etc.

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry
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