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From: "Nicolas de Pesloüan" <nicolas.2p.debian@gmail•com>
To: Alexander Smirnov <alex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail•com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft•net>,
	linux-zigbee-devel <linux-zigbee-devel@lists•sourceforge.net>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail•com>,
	"open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL]" <netdev@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH series v2] IEEE 802.15.4 MAC layer basic implementation
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:57:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EF8B578.6050201@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJmB2rBMVvw_TV-mT2-jT7=H0adfMWaYFC0Q908pc_ND+PLD_g@mail.gmail.com>

Le 26/12/2011 17:01, Alexander Smirnov a écrit :
> Dear David, colleagues,
>
> I'm very sorry for the flood with my previous messages, problems with
> mail client :-(
>
> This is the second version of patch series which adds basic support for
> IEEE 802.15.4 Medium Access Control layer.
>
> The IEEE 802.15.4 Working Group focuses on the standardization of the
> bottom two layers of ISO/OSI protocol stack: Physical (PHY) and MAC.
> The MAC layer provides access control to a shared channel and reliable
> data delivery.
>
> This series provide only basic features:
>   - interface for drivers registration
>   - RX/TX datapaths
>   - reduced mlme operations
>   - monitor device type support (used by network sniffers, e.g. Wireshark)
>   - IEEE 802.15.4 loopback driver
>   - documentation update

Is the word "slave" used by IEEE 802.15.4 or by the kernel part you expand?

I remember a few years ago someone advocating against the usage of the word "slave", due to its 
meaning outside of IT. I know it is used many time in the kernel (in particular in bonding), but if 
people advocate against this usage, we should use "port" instead, if and when possible.

(Yes, I know, I just posted a patch to document the active_slave option for bonding... :-/ ).

	Nicolas.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2011-12-26 17:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-26 16:01 [PATCH series v2] IEEE 802.15.4 MAC layer basic implementation Alexander Smirnov
     [not found] ` <CAJmB2rBMVvw_TV-mT2-jT7=H0adfMWaYFC0Q908pc_ND+PLD_g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-26 17:02   ` [PATCH 01/14 v2] mac802154: basic ieee802.15.4 device structures Alexander Smirnov
     [not found]     ` <1324918953-14813-1-git-send-email-alex.bluesman.smirnov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-26 20:07       ` David Miller
2011-12-26 17:04   ` [PATCH 02/14 v2] mac802154: allocation of ieee802154 device Alexander Smirnov
     [not found]     ` <1324919047-14851-1-git-send-email-alex.bluesman.smirnov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-26 20:09       ` David Miller
2011-12-28  7:19         ` Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-28  7:31           ` David Miller
2012-01-05 14:11             ` Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-26 17:04   ` [PATCH 03/14 v2] mac802154: RX data path Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-26 17:10   ` [PATCH 09/14 v2] ieee802154: remove ieee802154 policy from globals Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-26 17:12   ` [PATCH 13/14 v2] drivers/ieee802154: IEEE 802.15.4 loopback driver Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-26 17:13   ` [PATCH 14/14 v2] Documentation/networking/ieee802154: update MAC chapter Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-26 17:05 ` [PATCH 04/14 v2] mac802154: TX data path Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-26 17:06 ` [PATCH 05/14 v2] mac802154: define reduced mlme operations Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-26 17:07 ` [PATCH 06/14 v2] mac802154: slave interfaces definition Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-26 17:09 ` [PATCH 07/14 v2] mac802154: reduced mlme operations Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-26 17:09 ` [PATCH 08/14 v2] mac802154: basic mib support Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-26 17:11 ` [PATCH 10/14 v2] ieee802154: interface type to be added Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-26 17:11 ` [PATCH 11/14 v2] mac802154: slaves manipulation routine Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-26 17:12 ` [PATCH 12/14 v2] mac802154: monitor device support Alexander Smirnov
2011-12-26 17:57 ` Nicolas de Pesloüan [this message]

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