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author | Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram@gmail.com> | 2015-04-30 17:44:52 +0200 |
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committer | Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> | 2015-04-30 18:48:09 +0200 |
commit | 42fb23e2f57accbed69804e6d72ea3a88b8a84c4 (patch) | |
tree | 780189b21be26317592e31ed14c07e19979b2c7f /include/net/mac802154.h | |
parent | c57ddfaea6ec8b1d96f863f7fcfc5554b5dc44c7 (diff) | |
download | linux-42fb23e2f57accbed69804e6d72ea3a88b8a84c4.tar.bz2 |
mac802154: add description to mac802154 APIs
This patch adds the proper description to the mac802154 core APIs.
Signed-off-by: Varka Bhadram <varkab@cdac.in>
Acked-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/mac802154.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac802154.h | 94 |
1 files changed, 92 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac802154.h b/include/net/mac802154.h index e18e7fd43f47..7df28a4c23f9 100644 --- a/include/net/mac802154.h +++ b/include/net/mac802154.h @@ -247,19 +247,109 @@ static inline void ieee802154_le64_to_be64(void *be64_dst, const void *le64_src) __put_unaligned_memmove64(swab64p(le64_src), be64_dst); } -/* Basic interface to register ieee802154 device */ +/** + * ieee802154_alloc_hw - Allocate a new hardware device + * + * This must be called once for each hardware device. The returned pointer + * must be used to refer to this device when calling other functions. + * mac802154 allocates a private data area for the driver pointed to by + * @priv in &struct ieee802154_hw, the size of this area is given as + * @priv_data_len. + * + * @priv_data_len: length of private data + * @ops: callbacks for this device + * + * Return: A pointer to the new hardware device, or %NULL on error. + */ struct ieee802154_hw * ieee802154_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len, const struct ieee802154_ops *ops); + +/** + * ieee802154_free_hw - free hardware descriptor + * + * This function frees everything that was allocated, including the + * private data for the driver. You must call ieee802154_unregister_hw() + * before calling this function. + * + * @hw: the hardware to free + */ void ieee802154_free_hw(struct ieee802154_hw *hw); + +/** + * ieee802154_register_hw - Register hardware device + * + * You must call this function before any other functions in + * mac802154. Note that before a hardware can be registered, you + * need to fill the contained wpan_phy's information. + * + * @hw: the device to register as returned by ieee802154_alloc_hw() + * + * Return: 0 on success. An error code otherwise. + */ int ieee802154_register_hw(struct ieee802154_hw *hw); + +/** + * ieee802154_unregister_hw - Unregister a hardware device + * + * This function instructs mac802154 to free allocated resources + * and unregister netdevices from the networking subsystem. + * + * @hw: the hardware to unregister + */ void ieee802154_unregister_hw(struct ieee802154_hw *hw); +/** + * ieee802154_rx - receive frame + * + * Use this function to hand received frames to mac802154. The receive + * buffer in @skb must start with an IEEE 802.15.4 header. In case of a + * paged @skb is used, the driver is recommended to put the ieee802154 + * header of the frame on the linear part of the @skb to avoid memory + * allocation and/or memcpy by the stack. + * + * This function may not be called in IRQ context. Calls to this function + * for a single hardware must be synchronized against each other. + * + * @hw: the hardware this frame came in on + * @skb: the buffer to receive, owned by mac802154 after this call + */ void ieee802154_rx(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb); + +/** + * ieee802154_rx_irqsafe - receive frame + * + * Like ieee802154_rx() but can be called in IRQ context + * (internally defers to a tasklet.) + * + * @hw: the hardware this frame came in on + * @skb: the buffer to receive, owned by mac802154 after this call + * @lqi: link quality indicator + */ void ieee802154_rx_irqsafe(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb, u8 lqi); - +/** + * ieee802154_wake_queue - wake ieee802154 queue + * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee802154_alloc_hw(). + * + * Drivers should use this function instead of netif_wake_queue. + */ void ieee802154_wake_queue(struct ieee802154_hw *hw); + +/** + * ieee802154_stop_queue - stop ieee802154 queue + * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee802154_alloc_hw(). + * + * Drivers should use this function instead of netif_stop_queue. + */ void ieee802154_stop_queue(struct ieee802154_hw *hw); + +/** + * ieee802154_xmit_complete - frame transmission complete + * + * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee802154_alloc_hw(). + * @skb: buffer for transmission + * @ifs_handling: indicate interframe space handling + */ void ieee802154_xmit_complete(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb, bool ifs_handling); |