Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757970Ab1FFUWG (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:22:06 -0400 Received: from mail-ww0-f44.google.com ([74.125.82.44]:53101 "EHLO mail-ww0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756081Ab1FFUWE convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:22:04 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [192.91.75.30] In-Reply-To: <20110331153010.GD2704@sortiz-mobl> References: <1300444824-13713-1-git-send-email-waldemar.rymarkiewicz@tieto.com> <20110325142648.GC3879@sortiz-mobl> <99B09243E1A5DA4898CDD8B7001114481085E2375D@EXMB04.eu.tieto.com> <201103291305.02293.arnd@arndb.de> <20110331141650.GB2704@sortiz-mobl> <99B09243E1A5DA4898CDD8B7001114481085F0FE7C@EXMB04.eu.tieto.com> <20110331153010.GD2704@sortiz-mobl> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:22:01 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFC: Driver for Inside Secure MicroRead NFC chip From: Pavan Savoy To: Samuel Ortiz Cc: Waldemar.Rymarkiewicz@tieto.com, arnd@arndb.de, linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hthebaud@insidefr.com, matti.j.aaltonen@nokia.com, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Sebastian.Chlad@tieto.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1421 Lines: 37 On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Samuel Ortiz wrote: > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 06:24:50PM +0300, Waldemar.Rymarkiewicz@tieto.com wrote: >> Hi Samuel, >> >> >That's the Bluetooth approach, and it works just fine as well. >> >However, the netlink option for sending commands and receiving >> >answers to/from a subsystem sounds more appropriate, at least to me. >> >> I haven't used netlink in practice, so just wondering why netlink. I assume, then, it's more suitable :) >> > Have a look at the wireless nl80211.c implementation. It's a good example for > that sort of usage. So, why was the network interface 'ala eth0 or the netlink interface dropped? I saw these patches recently "NFC: add nfc subsystem core" - which seem to add just the device /dev/nfc - am I correct ? Or missing something ? > Cheers, > Samuel. > > -- > Intel Open Source Technology Centre > http://oss.intel.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/