Hi, 2017-09-11 20:47 GMT+08:00 Alexander Aring <aring@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 3:50 AM, Xue Liu <liuxuenetmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello Pan, >> >> From my point of view, it is not a good idea to write sx127x driver >> for IEEE 802154. Because LoRa is not compatible with IEEE 802.15.4 in >> PHY and MAC layer. >> > > This isn't true. The security layer is exactly the same and copied > from IEEE 802.15.4. > The rest of the mac layer is pretty simple. Simpler than IEEE > 802.15.4... for now. That is the first reason why I write this driver. I also found "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over LoRaWAN" on IETF website https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-vilajosana-lpwan-lora-hc/ However, it has been expired since 2017-01-09. It is the second reason why I write this driver. >> I think it is better to make individual Phy and MAC layers for LoRa in >> Linux kernel, where a sx127x driver will make sense. > > What about to introduce a new interface type? Then you can do a > complete different parsing on this interface type and share the code > what you need from 802.15.4 So, will the suggestion be a new interface like "6LoWPAN over LoRaWAN"? Thanks, Jian-Hong Pan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wpan" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
