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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2015-08-17 15:41:21 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2015-08-17 15:41:21 -0700 |
commit | 0aa65cc0c2ca7e3908b1e4ae7946d909a4882249 (patch) | |
tree | a416d69dc0c389e4eade225dff076e4280fc6bb0 /Documentation/networking | |
parent | 863960b4c5c564819b153d53cffdf3f68283eaa2 (diff) | |
parent | c0015bf3a34961342a27b021672049e535ab36a1 (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth-next
Johan Hedberg says:
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pull request: bluetooth-next 2015-08-16
Here's what's likely the last bluetooth-next pull request for 4.3:
- 6lowpan/802.15.4 refactoring, cleanups & fixes
- Document 6lowpan netdev usage in Documentation/networking/6lowpan.txt
- Support for UART based QCA Bluetooth controllers
- Power management support for Broeadcom Bluetooth controllers
- Change LE connection initiation to always use passive scanning first
- Support for new Silicon Wave USB ID
Please let me know if there are any issues pulling. Thanks.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/6lowpan.txt b/Documentation/networking/6lowpan.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a7dc7e939c7a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/6lowpan.txt @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ + +Netdev private dataroom for 6lowpan interfaces: + +All 6lowpan able net devices, means all interfaces with ARPHRD_6LOWPAN, +must have "struct lowpan_priv" placed at beginning of netdev_priv. + +The priv_size of each interface should be calculate by: + + dev->priv_size = LOWPAN_PRIV_SIZE(LL_6LOWPAN_PRIV_DATA); + +Where LL_PRIV_6LOWPAN_DATA is sizeof linklayer 6lowpan private data struct. +To access the LL_PRIV_6LOWPAN_DATA structure you can cast: + + lowpan_priv(dev)-priv; + +to your LL_6LOWPAN_PRIV_DATA structure. + +Before registering the lowpan netdev interface you must run: + + lowpan_netdev_setup(dev, LOWPAN_LLTYPE_FOOBAR); + +wheres LOWPAN_LLTYPE_FOOBAR is a define for your 6LoWPAN linklayer type of +enum lowpan_lltypes. + +Example to evaluate the private usually you can do: + +static inline sturct lowpan_priv_foobar * +lowpan_foobar_priv(struct net_device *dev) +{ + return (sturct lowpan_priv_foobar *)lowpan_priv(dev)->priv; +} + +switch (dev->type) { +case ARPHRD_6LOWPAN: + lowpan_priv = lowpan_priv(dev); + /* do great stuff which is ARPHRD_6LOWPAN related */ + switch (lowpan_priv->lltype) { + case LOWPAN_LLTYPE_FOOBAR: + /* do 802.15.4 6LoWPAN handling here */ + lowpan_foobar_priv(dev)->bar = foo; + break; + ... + } + break; +... +} + +In case of generic 6lowpan branch ("net/6lowpan") you can remove the check +on ARPHRD_6LOWPAN, because you can be sure that these function are called +by ARPHRD_6LOWPAN interfaces. |