Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758760AbcLPSVi (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2016 13:21:38 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:53274 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758490AbcLPSU7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2016 13:20:59 -0500 Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 13:20:57 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20161216.132057.1771215556712298530.davem@davemloft.net> To: gvrose8192@gmail.com Cc: henrik@austad.us, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, richardcochran@gmail.com, haustad@cisco.com, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, alsa-devel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [TSN RFC v2 0/9] TSN driver for the kernel From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1481911964.3572.1.camel@gmail.com> References: <1481911153-549-1-git-send-email-henrik@austad.us> <1481911964.3572.1.camel@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 25.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Fri, 16 Dec 2016 09:21:40 -0800 (PST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 642 Lines: 18 From: Greg Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:12:44 -0800 > On Fri, 2016-12-16 at 18:59 +0100, henrik@austad.us wrote: >> From: Henrik Austad >> >> >> The driver is directed via ConfigFS as we need userspace to handle >> stream-reservation (MSRP), discovery and enumeration (IEEE 1722.1) and >> whatever other management is needed. This also includes running an >> appropriate PTP daemon (TSN favors gPTP). > > I suggest using a generic netlink interface to communicate with the > driver to set up and/or configure your drivers. > > I think configfs is frowned upon for network drivers. YMMV. Agreed.