On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 06:58:24PM +0200, Alexandre Bailon wrote: > Currently, the only hd controller supported by Greybus is the es2 > controller which only support is mainly a bridge between USB and UniPro. > In order to use Greybus on devices that do not support UniPro, > add a the Greybus netlink hd controller. > > By using Generic Netlink, userspace can act as a bridge between Greybus > and any kind of bus supported by the platform (e.g. Bluetooth). > In addition, this add an easy way to implement some component such as > SVC which is required by Greybus though it may not be available on > every platforms.
Very cool stuff, any hints on how to use this over netlink? Will the network developers get mad at this as an abuse of the transport? > > Signed-off-by: Alexandre Bailon <abai...@baylibre.com> > --- > drivers/staging/greybus/Kconfig | 9 ++ > drivers/staging/greybus/Makefile | 2 + > drivers/staging/greybus/gb_netlink.h | 37 ++++++ > drivers/staging/greybus/netlink.c | 221 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 4 files changed, 269 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 drivers/staging/greybus/gb_netlink.h > create mode 100644 drivers/staging/greybus/netlink.c > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/greybus/Kconfig > index 50de2d7..f9f3526 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/Kconfig > @@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ config GREYBUS_ES2 > To compile this code as a module, chose M here: the module > will be called gb-es2.ko > > +config GREYBUS_NETLINK > + tristate "Greybus netlink host controller" > + ---help--- > + Select this option if you want to implement a Greybus > + "host controller" in userspace. > + > + To compile this code as a module, chose M here: the module > + will be called gb-netlink.ko Doesn't this need to depend on netlink to build properly? thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
