netdev - Re: [wpan-next 0/4] ieee802154: General preparation to scan support

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:31:04 +0100
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>
Cc:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
        Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>,
        linux-wpan - ML <linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL]" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org Wireless" 
        <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Girault <david.girault@...vo.com>,
        Romuald Despres <romuald.despres@...vo.com>,
        Frederic Blain <frederic.blain@...vo.com>,
        Nicolas Schodet <nico@...fr.eu.org>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [wpan-next 0/4] ieee802154: General preparation to scan support

Hi Alexander,

alex.aring@...il.com wrote on Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:31:58 -0500:

> Hi Kalle and Miquel,
> 
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 at 08:10, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com> writes:
> >  
> > > These few patches are preparation patches and light cleanups before the
> > > introduction of scan support.
> > >
> > > David Girault (4):
> > >   net: ieee802154: Move IEEE 802.15.4 Kconfig main entry
> > >   net: mac802154: Include the softMAC stack inside the IEEE 802.15.4
> > >     menu
> > >   net: ieee802154: Move the address structure earlier
> > >   net: ieee802154: Add a kernel doc header to the ieee802154_addr
> > >     structure
> > >
> > >  include/net/cfg802154.h | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
> > >  net/Kconfig             |  3 +--
> > >  net/ieee802154/Kconfig  |  1 +
> > >  3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)  
> >
> > Is there a reason why you cc linux-wireless? It looks like there's a
> > separate linux-wpan list now and people who are interested about wpan
> > can join that list, right?
> >  
> 
> I thought it would make sense to cc wireless as they have similar
> paradigms constructs (probably due the fact both are IEEE standards?).
> As well we took some ideas from wireless as base. Moreover we were
> talking about things which wireless already solved.
> I was hoping to get some feedback if somebody knows the right do's and
> don'ts of managing a wireless subsystem and I am pretty sure some
> 802.11 developers have more knowledge about it than some 802.15.4
> developers (including myself).
> 
> I apologise for this. Please Miquel drop wireless for your future patch-series.

Ok, no problem!
 
> Miquel please slow down the amount of patches. First sending the
> fixes, then new features in small series one by one. And with one by
> one I mean after they are applied.

Yes no problem, I didn't want to flood you, but I was eager to share
the new sync tx implementation that we discussed earlier this week,
which meant I also needed to share the two 'small' series in between.

Thanks,
Miquèl