netdev - Re: [linux-nfc] [PATCH 3/8] NFC: NCI: Adds NCI init and reset API for drivers

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Message-ID: <CAFPB+YcvZReLRsv5dYh=jTwASa1vo-0pK5T1AS-eGmzO=arDLQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:05:53 +0300
From:	Robert Dolca <robert.dolca@...il.com>
To:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Robert Dolca <robert.dolca@...el.com>, linux-nfc@...ts.01.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [linux-nfc] [PATCH 3/8] NFC: NCI: Adds NCI init and reset API for drivers

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 2:29 AM, Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:01:47PM +0200, Robert Dolca wrote:
>> In order to communicate with the device during the setup
>> phase, the driver may need to initialize the device. After
>> the setup is done the driver should reset the device to leave
>> it in the same state that it was before the setup function
>> call.
> I would prefer not to export those symbols, but instead introduce a
> quirk bitmap to let the NCI core know that your device expects the core
> to be initialized before calling the setup ops.
> That would be done from nci_open_device().

As part of the initialization / firmware upgrade procedure the driver
needs to reset and initialize the NCI connection multiple times.
Having the connection initialized before calling setup is not enough.

Regards,
Robert
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