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| author |   Leo Stone <leocstone@gmail.com> | 2024-10-22 21:12:01 -0700 |
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| committer |   Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org> | 2024-10-28 21:14:27 +0100 |
| commit | aad4b41a34191b07ad0cb78b4009b46fd23382f7 (patch) | |
| tree | 46e42eeffcc766ee723fa0514fd0ff33566398ec | |
| parent | net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: fix unreleased fwnode_handle in setup_port() (diff) | |
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Documentation: ieee802154: fix grammar
Fix grammar where it improves readability.
Signed-off-by: Leo Stone <leocstone@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20241023041203.35313-1-leocstone@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ieee802154.rst | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.rst b/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.rst index c652d383fe10..743c0a80e309 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.rst @@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ exports a management (e.g. MLME) and data API. possibly with some kinds of acceleration like automatic CRC computation and comparison, automagic ACK handling, address matching, etc. -Those types of devices require different approach to be hooked into Linux kernel. +Each type of device requires a different approach to be hooked into the Linux +kernel. HardMAC ------- @@ -81,10 +82,10 @@ See the header include/net/ieee802154_netdev.h. You have to implement Linux net_device, with .type = ARPHRD_IEEE802154. Data is exchanged with socket family code via plain sk_buffs. On skb reception skb->cb must contain additional info as described in the struct ieee802154_mac_cb. During packet transmission -the skb->cb is used to provide additional data to device's header_ops->create -function. Be aware that this data can be overridden later (when socket code -submits skb to qdisc), so if you need something from that cb later, you should -store info in the skb->data on your own. +the skb->cb is used to provide additional data to the device's +header_ops->create function. Be aware that this data can be overridden later +(when socket code submits skb to qdisc), so if you need something from that cb +later, you should store info in the skb->data on your own. To hook the MLME interface you have to populate the ml_priv field of your net_device with a pointer to struct ieee802154_mlme_ops instance. The fields @@ -94,8 +95,9 @@ All other fields are required. SoftMAC ------- -The MAC is the middle layer in the IEEE 802.15.4 Linux stack. This moment it -provides interface for drivers registration and management of slave interfaces. +The MAC is the middle layer in the IEEE 802.15.4 Linux stack. At the moment, it +provides an interface for driver registration and management of slave +interfaces. NOTE: Currently the only monitor device type is supported - it's IEEE 802.15.4 stack interface for network sniffers (e.g. WireShark). |