Hi Stephen,
This is the short (not in depth) code review of kernel component of Wimax.
many thanks for having a look at the source code.
Generic stack: drivers/net/wimax
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5. Stack is using generic netlink instead use newer netlink interface for management of devices: newlink/dellink instead see macvlan
I might have missed something in the latest code, but how it is using generic netlink for device management. The current code is using generic netlink for communication with the user space component. This includes task like scanning and association. The current kernel/user space API might need improvement, but I am not getting your point here. Please explain what you mean.
i2400m hardware driver
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9. Anyway to reuse existing usbnet infrastructure?
I don't think so. WiMAX is not emulating an Ethernet device. It is an IP only networking interface.
10. Since device is USB, Rx is in workqueue, so no need to go through netif_rx() softirq, should be able to go through netif_receive_skb
You could have SDIO or PCI as a different transport.
12. Since this is new code elminate all legacy ifdef's
Don't worry. We will do this before submitting it for mainline inclusion. It is a temporary solutions to help people that wanna test it with older kernels.
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