Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757991Ab1FFUaq (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:30:46 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:40706 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753834Ab1FFUao convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:30:44 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [192.94.94.105] In-Reply-To: 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 15:30:42 -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: 1853 Lines: 45 On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Pavan Savoy wrote: > 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 ? Yes apparently I did miss a whole of patches in the series. So, for anyone who is interested on the list - this is the proposed architecture, http://code.openbossa.org/?p=nfc/linux-nfc.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/networking/nfc.txt;h=e17ac191ca958235db99da23786c46c4c60082e9;hb=f8d3349352063626240ad1c1a15e2361dab81ef4 >> 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/