Maxim Osipov wrote: > Hi Marcel, > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> 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. >> and so is IEEE 802.15.4 hence we propose using "zigbee" here. Using the >> mac80211 has historical reasons and 802.11 is a known name and even used >> on product marketing material. IEEE 802.15.4 is not. We are also using >> the term "wimax" and not its IEEE numbering. > > Actually, ieee802154 is better in this case, because as Dmitry > mentioned, an entire family of standards is implemented on the top of > it, including: > > - ZigBee > - 6LoWPAN > - ISA100.11a > - WirelessHART > - and probably something I don't know about I'll tack on tosmac (the tinyos protocol). The platforms I support have out of kernel support for a cc2420 (802.15.4) radio using that protocol. In the embedded sensors field it seems to be pretty common to use linux nodes as gateways to systems running various realtime / light weight OSes. As Maxim stated there are a lot of protocols out there. Thank you to Dmitry and co for your work on this project, I'll be following your progress with interest (and when I have a sec adding support for the cc2420 if no one else does it first ;) --- Jonathan Cameron -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
