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--- a/Documentation/networking/phonet.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/phonet.txt
@@ -154,9 +154,28 @@ connections, one per accept()'d socket.
write(cfd, msg, msglen);
}
-Connections are established between two endpoints by a "third party"
-application. This means that both endpoints are passive; so connect()
-is not possible.
+Connections are traditionally established between two endpoints by a
+"third party" application. This means that both endpoints are passive.
+
+
+As of Linux kernel version 2.6.39, it is also possible to connect
+two endpoints directly, using connect() on the active side. This is
+intended to support the newer Nokia Wireless Modem API, as found in
+e.g. the Nokia Slim Modem in the ST-Ericsson U8500 platform:
+
+ struct sockaddr_spn spn;
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = socket(PF_PHONET, SOCK_SEQPACKET, PN_PROTO_PIPE);
+ memset(&spn, 0, sizeof(spn));
+ spn.spn_family = AF_PHONET;
+ spn.spn_obj = ...;
+ spn.spn_dev = ...;
+ spn.spn_resource = 0xD9;
+ connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&spn, sizeof(spn));
+ /* normal I/O here ... */
+ close(fd);
+
WARNING:
When polling a connected pipe socket for writability, there is an
@@ -181,45 +200,9 @@ The pipe protocol provides two socket options at the SOL_PNPIPE level:
interface index of the network interface created by PNPIPE_ENCAP,
or zero if encapsulation is off.
-
-Phonet Pipe-controller Implementation
--------------------------------------
-
-Phonet Pipe-controller is enabled by selecting the CONFIG_PHONET_PIPECTRLR Kconfig
-option. It is useful when communicating with those Nokia Modems which do not
-implement Pipe controller in them e.g. Nokia Slim Modem used in ST-Ericsson
-U8500 platform.
-
-The implementation is based on the Data Connection Establishment Sequence
-depicted in 'Nokia Wireless Modem API - Wireless_modem_user_guide.pdf'
-document.
-
-It allows a phonet sequenced socket (host-pep) to initiate a Pipe connection
-between itself and a remote pipe-end point (e.g. modem).
-
-The implementation adds socket options at SOL_PNPIPE level:
-
- PNPIPE_PIPE_HANDLE
- It accepts an integer argument for setting value of pipe handle.
-
- PNPIPE_ENABLE accepts one integer value (int). If set to zero, the pipe
- is disabled. If the value is non-zero, the pipe is enabled. If the pipe
- is not (yet) connected, ENOTCONN is error is returned.
-
-The implementation also adds socket 'connect'. On calling the 'connect', pipe
-will be created between the source socket and the destination, and the pipe
-state will be set to PIPE_DISABLED.
-
-After a pipe has been created and enabled successfully, the Pipe data can be
-exchanged between the host-pep and remote-pep (modem).
-
-User-space would typically follow below sequence with Pipe controller:-
--socket
--bind
--setsockopt for PNPIPE_PIPE_HANDLE
--connect
--setsockopt for PNPIPE_ENCAP_IP
--setsockopt for PNPIPE_ENABLE
+ PNPIPE_HANDLE is a read-only integer value. It contains the underlying
+ identifier ("pipe handle") of the pipe. This is only defined for
+ socket descriptors that are already connected or being connected.
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