Re: [RFC bluetooth-next] mac802154: add description to mac802154 APIs

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On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 03:02:01PM +0530, Varka Bhadram wrote:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Varka Bhadram <varkab@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/net/mac802154.h |   95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 93 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/mac802154.h b/include/net/mac802154.h
> index e18e7fd..474dafb 100644
> --- a/include/net/mac802154.h
> +++ b/include/net/mac802154.h
> @@ -247,19 +247,110 @@ 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

missing lqi param description.

> + */
>  void ieee802154_rx_irqsafe(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  			   u8 lqi);
> -
> +/**
> + * ieee802154_wake_queue - wake specific queue
> + * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee802154_alloc_hw().
> + * @queue: queue number (counted from zero).
> + *
which specific queue? This have wireless only.

> + * Drivers should use this function instead of netif_wake_queue.
> + */
>  void ieee802154_wake_queue(struct ieee802154_hw *hw);
> +
> +/**
> + * ieee802154_stop_queue - stop specific queue
> + * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee802154_alloc_hw().
> + * @queue: queue number (counted from zero).
> + *

same here, we have no fancy multiple queues.

> + * Drivers should use this function instead of netif_stop_queue.
> + */
>  void ieee802154_stop_queue(struct ieee802154_hw *hw);
> +
> +/**
> + * ieee802154_xmit_complete - packet 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);

- Alex
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