Loading Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt +7 −2 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ HardMAC See the header include/net/ieee802154_netdev.h. You have to implement Linux net_device, with .type = ARPHRD_IEEE802154. Data is exchanged with socket family code via plain sk_buffs. The control block of sk_buffs will contain additional info as described in the struct ieee802154_mac_cb. code via plain sk_buffs. On skb reception skb->cb must contain additional info as described in the struct ieee802154_mac_cb. During packet transmission the skb->cb is used to provide additional data to device's header_ops->create function. Be aware, that this data can be overriden later (when socket code submits skb to qdisc), so if you need something from that cb later, you should store info in the skb->data on your own. To hook the MLME interface you have to populate the ml_priv field of your net_device with a pointer to struct ieee802154_mlme_ops instance. All fields are Loading @@ -73,3 +77,4 @@ We are going to provide intermediate layer implementing IEEE 802.15.4 MAC in software. This is currently WIP. See header include/net/mac802154.h and several drivers in drivers/ieee802154/. Loading
Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt +7 −2 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ HardMAC See the header include/net/ieee802154_netdev.h. You have to implement Linux net_device, with .type = ARPHRD_IEEE802154. Data is exchanged with socket family code via plain sk_buffs. The control block of sk_buffs will contain additional info as described in the struct ieee802154_mac_cb. code via plain sk_buffs. On skb reception skb->cb must contain additional info as described in the struct ieee802154_mac_cb. During packet transmission the skb->cb is used to provide additional data to device's header_ops->create function. Be aware, that this data can be overriden later (when socket code submits skb to qdisc), so if you need something from that cb later, you should store info in the skb->data on your own. To hook the MLME interface you have to populate the ml_priv field of your net_device with a pointer to struct ieee802154_mlme_ops instance. All fields are Loading @@ -73,3 +77,4 @@ We are going to provide intermediate layer implementing IEEE 802.15.4 MAC in software. This is currently WIP. See header include/net/mac802154.h and several drivers in drivers/ieee802154/.