Hi Stefan, Thank you so much for taking time and helping to clarify this. Indeed the SLIP option is available but not so attractive :) Cheers, -- David > On 19 Sep 2017, at 14:37, Stefan Schmidt <stefan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello. > > On 09/19/2017 12:06 PM, David Palma wrote: >> Hi, >> I have a couple questions about how to use 6LoWPAN over a VHF radio[1], which has a serial interface and supports a few radio operating modes[2] but not 802.15.4. > Is it possible to use the kernel's IEEE 802.15.4 implementation to do > this? > > There exists a variety of IPv6 adaption, often grouped under the the term 6lo by IETF, in the Linux Kernel we use it for 802.15.4 and Bluetooth only so far. > > If you can use our 802.15.4 mac implementation over a phy that was not designed for 15.4 depends on what the phy does offer. Address length, CRC, PDU size, etc. > >> If possible, where should I start? I believe this would a SoftMAC situation, but am not sure. > > I had a brief look at the user manual of the device you have been referring to and with the normal serial interface over UART there is no way of using the mac802154. > > The serial interface communication is on a very high level already and does abstract all kind of phy details which would be needed (hardMAC - MAC layer inside the hardware or firmware). If there is a different firmware version which exposes the phy details over the serial link this can be thought about. But with the docs I have seen this would not be possible. > > They offer a SLIP approach to use the device under linux, but I guess that is not what you are after. :) > > regards > Stefan Schmidt > -- > 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 -- 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
