netdev - Re: [PATCH bluetooth-next] netdevice: add ieee802154_ptr to net

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Message-Id: <F8A94B2C-4EFE-4867-A447-C98ED5142B3B@holtmann.org>
Date:	Mon, 3 Nov 2014 13:35:02 -0800
From:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>, linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bluetooth-next] netdevice: add ieee802154_ptr to net_device

Hi Alex,

>> 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@...il.com>
> 
> No objections, and you can merge this via the bluetooth tree:
> 
> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

patch has been applied to bluetooth-next tree.

Regards

Marcel

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