Hello all, Long term RIOT maintainer here. On 30-05-2020 17:08, Christopher Friedt wrote: > On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 7:33 AM Stefan Schmidt > <stefan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 29.05.20 21:33, Christopher Friedt wrote: >>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 3:38 PM Stefan Schmidt >>> <stefan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On 25.05.20 14:39, Christopher Friedt wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> Bouncing around a bit, but in Zephyr, there is reference to a >>>>> "wpanusb" Linux kernel driver here: >>>>> >>>>> https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/samples/net/wpanusb/README.html >>>>> >>>>> This *might* be the driver in question: >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/finikorg/wpanusb >>>>> >>>>> Just wondering if anyone has made any attempts to submit that, or >>>>> would that go directly upstream these days? >>>> I had a chance to talk to the author a while back. Not much activity >>>> from his side. >>> I was chatting with him as well on Zephyr Slack and let him know that >>> there was significant interest in it going upstream. I worry though >>> that it might not be a high priority for his employer. Most of our developers have of-the-shelve development boards such as the nrf52840dk and the samr21-xplained pro. For us a generic firmware + Linux kernel driver would be a very welcome addition to the tool set. >>>> For me this needs to be designed in a way where we could have bare >>>> metal, Zephyr, RIOT or Contiki based firmware implementing the interface >>>> and the driver would just work. The code available is a good start but >>>> needs more work. >>> I'll bring it up in the Zephyr Slack. They want to incorporate it into >>> their "tools" repository, but it really should go into Linux at some >>> point. I'm willing to work on this for a RIOT implementation, assuming there is some documentation available on the USB protocol side :) I think I should be able to get a relative generic firmware application able to run on any of our hardware boards as long as they have a radio and a USB interface. Koen
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