Ответ: [PATCH 10/10] ieee802154: add at86rf230/rf231 spi driver

2009/6/2, Marcel Holtmann [off-list ref]:

Hi Holger,

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I thought about drivers/net as about ip (well, more or less)
network drivers. We have drivers/atm or drivers/bluetooth (and
bluetooth is 802.15.1...).

I actually like that this is drivers/bluetooth and not
drivers/ieee802151. Would you consider drivers/zigbee instead of
drivers/ieee802154 ???

I fully agree here.

Please use "zigbee" instead of "ieee*" names since that can become messy
and confusing. I know that in theory the IEEE part of ZigBee is more
low-level radio and could be used by non-ZigBee devices, but that is not
gonna happen anyway. Especially with Bluetooth Low Energy pushing into
the turf of ZigBee. So please use proper names and not confuse people
with IEEE numbers ;)

This gonna happen, as we are most probably going to implement 6lowpan
on top of our stack. 6lowpan is a way to encapsulate IPv6 frames into
IEEE 802.15.4 and has nothing in common with ZigBee. Moreover
ZigBee is a trademark with strict rules upon it's usage. Our lawyers are
currently investigating if it's possible to use this name in projects like
Linux kernel which are open-source, non-related to any project but
OTOH can be encapsulated in any commercial project.

IEEE 802.15.4 is a term like IEEE 802.11. We do have mac80211,
we have had (until recently) ieee80211 dir, so why bother?

For Bluetooth naming directories 'bluetooth' is logical, as 802.15.1
standard is a less known name, doesn't incorporate latest changes
from Bluetooth, etc.

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With best wishes
Dmitry
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