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--- a/kernel/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ Introduction
The IEEE 802.15.4 working group focuses on standardization of bottom
two layers: Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical (PHY). And there
are mainly two options available for upper layers:
- - ZigBee - proprietary protocol from ZigBee Alliance
- - 6LowPAN - IPv6 networking over low rate personal area networks
+ - ZigBee - proprietary protocol from the ZigBee Alliance
+ - 6LoWPAN - IPv6 networking over low rate personal area networks
-The Linux-ZigBee project goal is to provide complete implementation
-of IEEE 802.15.4 and 6LoWPAN protocols. IEEE 802.15.4 is a stack
+The linux-wpan project goal is to provide a complete implementation
+of the IEEE 802.15.4 and 6LoWPAN protocols. IEEE 802.15.4 is a stack
of protocols for organizing Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks.
The stack is composed of three main parts:
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ int sd = socket(PF_IEEE802154, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
The address family, socket addresses etc. are defined in the
include/net/af_ieee802154.h header or in the special header
-in our userspace package (see either linux-zigbee sourceforge download page
-or git tree at git://linux-zigbee.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/linux-zigbee).
+in the userspace package (see either http://wpan.cakelab.org/ or the
+git tree at https://github.com/linux-wpan/wpan-tools).
One can use SOCK_RAW for passing raw data towards device xmit function. YMMV.
@@ -49,15 +49,6 @@ Like with WiFi, there are several types of devices implementing IEEE 802.15.4.
Those types of devices require different approach to be hooked into Linux kernel.
-MLME - MAC Level Management
-============================
-
-Most of IEEE 802.15.4 MLME interfaces are directly mapped on netlink commands.
-See the include/net/nl802154.h header. Our userspace tools package
-(see above) provides CLI configuration utility for radio interfaces and simple
-coordinator for IEEE 802.15.4 networks as an example users of MLME protocol.
-
-
HardMAC
=======
@@ -75,8 +66,6 @@ net_device with a pointer to struct ieee802154_mlme_ops instance. The fields
assoc_req, assoc_resp, disassoc_req, start_req, and scan_req are optional.
All other fields are required.
-We provide an example of simple HardMAC driver at drivers/ieee802154/fakehard.c
-
SoftMAC
=======
@@ -89,7 +78,8 @@ stack interface for network sniffers (e.g. WireShark).
This layer is going to be extended soon.
-See header include/net/mac802154.h and several drivers in drivers/ieee802154/.
+See header include/net/mac802154.h and several drivers in
+drivers/net/ieee802154/.
Device drivers API
@@ -114,18 +104,17 @@ Moreover IEEE 802.15.4 device operations structure should be filled.
Fake drivers
============
-In addition there are two drivers available which simulate real devices with
-HardMAC (fakehard) and SoftMAC (fakelb - IEEE 802.15.4 loopback driver)
-interfaces. This option provides possibility to test and debug stack without
-usage of real hardware.
+In addition there is a driver available which simulates a real device with
+SoftMAC (fakelb - IEEE 802.15.4 loopback driver) interface. This option
+provides possibility to test and debug stack without usage of real hardware.
-See sources in drivers/ieee802154 folder for more details.
+See sources in drivers/net/ieee802154 folder for more details.
6LoWPAN Linux implementation
============================
-The IEEE 802.15.4 standard specifies an MTU of 128 bytes, yielding about 80
+The IEEE 802.15.4 standard specifies an MTU of 127 bytes, yielding about 80
octets of actual MAC payload once security is turned on, on a wireless link
with a link throughput of 250 kbps or less. The 6LoWPAN adaptation format
[RFC4944] was specified to carry IPv6 datagrams over such constrained links,
@@ -140,7 +129,8 @@ In Semptember 2011 the standard update was published - [RFC6282].
It deprecates HC1 and HC2 compression and defines IPHC encoding format which is
used in this Linux implementation.
-All the code related to 6lowpan you may find in files: net/ieee802154/6lowpan.*
+All the code related to 6lowpan you may find in files: net/6lowpan/*
+and net/ieee802154/6lowpan/*
To setup 6lowpan interface you need (busybox release > 1.17.0):
1. Add IEEE802.15.4 interface and initialize PANid;