Hi Alexander, aahringo@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on Mon, 20 Feb 2023 21:54:41 -0500: > Hi, > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 3:53 AM Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ... > > > > > > ok, I am curious. Probably it is very driver/device specific but yea, > > > HardMAC needs to at least support what 802.15.4 says, the rest is > > > optional and result in -ENOTSUPP? > > > > TBH this is still a gray area in my mental model. I'm not sure what > > these devices will really offer in terms of interfaces. > > ca8210 is one. They use those SAP-commands (MCPS-SAP and MLME-SAP) > which are described by 802.15.4 spec... there is this cfg802154_ops > structure which will redirect netlink to either SoftMAC or HardMAC it > should somehow conform to this... Absolutely. > However I think it should be the minimum functionality inside of this, > there might be a lot of optional things which only SoftMAC supports. > Also nl802154 should be oriented to this. > > Are you agreeing here? Yes. That support can also be improved if we ever have to support advanced functionalities with "new" and compatible HardMAC devices. Thanks, Miquèl
