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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ieee802154.rst | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac802154/ieee802154_i.h | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac802154/tx.c | 13 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 23 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). diff --git a/net/mac802154/ieee802154_i.h b/net/mac802154/ieee802154_i.h index 08dd521a51a5..8f2bff268392 100644 --- a/net/mac802154/ieee802154_i.h +++ b/net/mac802154/ieee802154_i.h @@ -194,9 +194,6 @@ int ieee802154_mlme_tx_locked(struct ieee802154_local *local, struct ieee802154_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sk_buff *skb); void ieee802154_mlme_op_post(struct ieee802154_local *local); -int ieee802154_mlme_tx_one(struct ieee802154_local *local, - struct ieee802154_sub_if_data *sdata, - struct sk_buff *skb); int ieee802154_mlme_tx_one_locked(struct ieee802154_local *local, struct ieee802154_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sk_buff *skb); diff --git a/net/mac802154/tx.c b/net/mac802154/tx.c index 337d6faf0d2a..4d13f18f6f2c 100644 --- a/net/mac802154/tx.c +++ b/net/mac802154/tx.c @@ -178,19 +178,6 @@ void ieee802154_mlme_op_post(struct ieee802154_local *local) ieee802154_release_queue(local); } -int ieee802154_mlme_tx_one(struct ieee802154_local *local, - struct ieee802154_sub_if_data *sdata, - struct sk_buff *skb) -{ - int ret; - - ieee802154_mlme_op_pre(local); - ret = ieee802154_mlme_tx(local, sdata, skb); - ieee802154_mlme_op_post(local); - - return ret; -} - int ieee802154_mlme_tx_one_locked(struct ieee802154_local *local, struct ieee802154_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sk_buff *skb) |