Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f218.google.com ([209.85.220.218]:56140 "EHLO mail-fx0-f218.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750792AbZFFHMf (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jun 2009 03:12:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: maxim@mox.ru In-Reply-To: <1244211945.23850.53.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1244168990-28355-1-git-send-email-dbaryshkov@gmail.com> <1244168990-28355-2-git-send-email-dbaryshkov@gmail.com> <1244168990-28355-3-git-send-email-dbaryshkov@gmail.com> <1244168990-28355-4-git-send-email-dbaryshkov@gmail.com> <1244168990-28355-5-git-send-email-dbaryshkov@gmail.com> <1244207921.23850.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1244211945.23850.53.camel@localhost.localdomain> Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 11:12:35 +0400 Message-ID: <6097c490906060012s4f1965d1sd29eabab2040f02b@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] ieee802154: add documentation about our stack From: Maxim Osipov To: Marcel Holtmann Cc: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, slapin@ossfans.org, davem@davemloft.net, Stephen Rothwell Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Marcel Holtmann wrote: >> Hmm. AX.25, AppleTalk, CAN, DecNet, most of other procotols sitting inside >> Linux kernel do use net_device structure, why should we differ? > > Don't know about CAN since I never looked deep enough into it. However > for the other, they do transport some sort of networking packets over > it. So my point is as long as I can use ifconfig of ip to set an address > on these interfaces and route them it makes sense to. Just to reuse > net_device because it is convenient for a control interface sounds wrong > to me. The IrDA stuff is one big example of this. > ieee802154 does actually transport networking packets. It is networking and not just another peer-to-peer interface, so I guess it shall be implemented as a network. Kind regards, Maxim