Re: [PATCH net-next] nfc: Add a virtual nci device driver

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 08:16:47 +0900 Bongsu Jeon wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 4:48 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > thank you for your answer.
> > > I think that neard(NFC deamon) is necessary to test the NCI subsystem
> > > meaningfully.
> > > The NCI virtual device in user space can communicate with neard
> > > through this driver.
> > > Is it enough to make NCI virtual device at tools/nfc for some test?  
> >
> > I'm not sure if I understand. Are you asking if it's okay for the test
> > or have a dependency on neard?  
> 
> Sorry for confusing you.
> There is no dependency between neard and a NCI virtual device.
> But, To test the NCI module, it is necessary to make an application like neard.
> Is it okay to just make a NCI virtual device as a tool at tools/nfc
> without the application?

Meaning the device will be created but there will be no test cases in
the tree?

What we'd like to see is some form of a test which would exercise the
NFC-related kernel code on such a device and can signal success /
failure. It doesn't have to be very complex.

You can build a more complex user space applications and tests
separately.