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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt b/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.rst index e74d8e1da0e2..36ca823a1122 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.rst @@ -1,54 +1,79 @@ - - Linux IEEE 802.15.4 implementation - +=============================== +IEEE 802.15.4 Developer's Guide +=============================== Introduction ============ The IEEE 802.15.4 working group focuses on standardization of the bottom two layers: Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical access (PHY). And there are mainly two options available for upper layers: - - ZigBee - proprietary protocol from the 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 goal of the Linux-wpan 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: - - IEEE 802.15.4 layer; We have chosen to use plain Berkeley socket API, - the generic Linux networking stack to transfer IEEE 802.15.4 data - messages and a special protocol over netlink for configuration/management - - MAC - provides access to shared channel and reliable data delivery - - PHY - represents device drivers +- IEEE 802.15.4 layer; We have chosen to use plain Berkeley socket API, + the generic Linux networking stack to transfer IEEE 802.15.4 data + messages and a special protocol over netlink for configuration/management +- MAC - provides access to shared channel and reliable data delivery +- PHY - represents device drivers Socket API ========== -int sd = socket(PF_IEEE802154, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); -..... +.. c:function:: 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 the userspace package (see either http://wpan.cakelab.org/ or the git tree at https://github.com/linux-wpan/wpan-tools). +6LoWPAN Linux implementation +============================ + +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, +taking into account limited bandwidth, memory, or energy resources that are +expected in applications such as wireless Sensor Networks. [RFC4944] defines +a Mesh Addressing header to support sub-IP forwarding, a Fragmentation header +to support the IPv6 minimum MTU requirement [RFC2460], and stateless header +compression for IPv6 datagrams (LOWPAN_HC1 and LOWPAN_HC2) to reduce the +relatively large IPv6 and UDP headers down to (in the best case) several bytes. + +In September 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/6lowpan/* +and net/ieee802154/6lowpan/* + +To setup a 6LoWPAN interface you need: +1. Add IEEE802.15.4 interface and set channel and PAN ID; +2. Add 6lowpan interface by command like: +# ip link add link wpan0 name lowpan0 type lowpan +3. Bring up 'lowpan0' interface -Kernel side -============= +Drivers +======= Like with WiFi, there are several types of devices implementing IEEE 802.15.4. 1) 'HardMAC'. The MAC layer is implemented in the device itself, the device - exports a management (e.g. MLME) and data API. +exports a management (e.g. MLME) and data API. 2) 'SoftMAC' or just radio. These types of devices are just radio transceivers - possibly with some kinds of acceleration like automatic CRC computation and - comparation, automagic ACK handling, address matching, etc. +possibly with some kinds of acceleration like automatic CRC computation and +comparation, automagic ACK handling, address matching, etc. Those types of devices require different approach to be hooked into Linux kernel. - 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 @@ -64,9 +89,8 @@ 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. - SoftMAC -======= +------- The MAC is the middle layer in the IEEE 802.15.4 Linux stack. This moment it provides interface for drivers registration and management of slave interfaces. @@ -79,99 +103,78 @@ This layer is going to be extended soon. See header include/net/mac802154.h and several drivers in drivers/net/ieee802154/. +Fake drivers +------------ + +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 a possibility to test and debug the stack without usage of real hardware. Device drivers API ================== The include/net/mac802154.h defines following functions: - - struct ieee802154_hw * - ieee802154_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len, const struct ieee802154_ops *ops): - allocation of IEEE 802.15.4 compatible hardware device - - void ieee802154_free_hw(struct ieee802154_hw *hw): - freeing allocated hardware device +.. c:function:: struct ieee802154_dev *ieee802154_alloc_device (size_t priv_size, struct ieee802154_ops *ops) - - int ieee802154_register_hw(struct ieee802154_hw *hw): - register PHY which is the allocated hardware device, in the system +Allocation of IEEE 802.15.4 compatible device. - - void ieee802154_unregister_hw(struct ieee802154_hw *hw): - freeing registered PHY +.. c:function:: void ieee802154_free_device(struct ieee802154_dev *dev) - - void ieee802154_rx_irqsafe(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb, - u8 lqi): - telling 802.15.4 module there is a new received frame in the skb with - the RF Link Quality Indicator (LQI) from the hardware device +Freeing allocated device. - - void ieee802154_xmit_complete(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb, - bool ifs_handling): - telling 802.15.4 module the frame in the skb is or going to be - transmitted through the hardware device +.. c:function:: int ieee802154_register_device(struct ieee802154_dev *dev) + +Register PHY in the system. + +.. c:function:: void ieee802154_unregister_device(struct ieee802154_dev *dev) + +Freeing registered PHY. + +.. c:function:: void ieee802154_rx_irqsafe(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb, u8 lqi): + +Telling 802.15.4 module there is a new received frame in the skb with +the RF Link Quality Indicator (LQI) from the hardware device. + +.. c:function:: void ieee802154_xmit_complete(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb, bool ifs_handling): + +Telling 802.15.4 module the frame in the skb is or going to be +transmitted through the hardware device The device driver must implement the following callbacks in the IEEE 802.15.4 -operations structure at least: -struct ieee802154_ops { - ... - int (*start)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw); - void (*stop)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw); - ... - int (*xmit_async)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb); - int (*ed)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, u8 *level); - int (*set_channel)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, u8 page, u8 channel); - ... -}; - - - int start(struct ieee802154_hw *hw): - handler that 802.15.4 module calls for the hardware device initialization. - - - void stop(struct ieee802154_hw *hw): - handler that 802.15.4 module calls for the hardware device cleanup. - - - int xmit_async(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb): - handler that 802.15.4 module calls for each frame in the skb going to be - transmitted through the hardware device. - - - int ed(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, u8 *level): - handler that 802.15.4 module calls for Energy Detection from the hardware - device. - - - int set_channel(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, u8 page, u8 channel): - set radio for listening on specific channel of the hardware device. +operations structure at least:: -Moreover IEEE 802.15.4 device operations structure should be filled. + struct ieee802154_ops { + ... + int (*start)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw); + void (*stop)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw); + ... + int (*xmit_async)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb); + int (*ed)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, u8 *level); + int (*set_channel)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, u8 page, u8 channel); + ... + }; -Fake drivers -============ +.. c:function:: int start(struct ieee802154_hw *hw): -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 a possibility to test and debug the stack without usage of real hardware. +Handler that 802.15.4 module calls for the hardware device initialization. -See sources in drivers/net/ieee802154 folder for more details. +.. c:function:: void stop(struct ieee802154_hw *hw): +Handler that 802.15.4 module calls for the hardware device cleanup. -6LoWPAN Linux implementation -============================ +.. c:function:: int xmit_async(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb): -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, -taking into account limited bandwidth, memory, or energy resources that are -expected in applications such as wireless Sensor Networks. [RFC4944] defines -a Mesh Addressing header to support sub-IP forwarding, a Fragmentation header -to support the IPv6 minimum MTU requirement [RFC2460], and stateless header -compression for IPv6 datagrams (LOWPAN_HC1 and LOWPAN_HC2) to reduce the -relatively large IPv6 and UDP headers down to (in the best case) several bytes. +Handler that 802.15.4 module calls for each frame in the skb going to be +transmitted through the hardware device. -In September 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. +.. c:function:: int ed(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, u8 *level): -All the code related to 6lowpan you may find in files: net/6lowpan/* -and net/ieee802154/6lowpan/* +Handler that 802.15.4 module calls for Energy Detection from the hardware +device. -To setup a 6LoWPAN interface you need: -1. Add IEEE802.15.4 interface and set channel and PAN ID; -2. Add 6lowpan interface by command like: - # ip link add link wpan0 name lowpan0 type lowpan -3. Bring up 'lowpan0' interface +.. c:function:: int set_channel(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, u8 page, u8 channel): + +Set radio for listening on specific channel of the hardware device. + +Moreover IEEE 802.15.4 device operations structure should be filled. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst index b08cf145d5eb..f0da1b001514 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Contents: device_drivers/intel/iavf device_drivers/intel/ice devlink-info-versions + ieee802154 kapi z8530book msg_zerocopy |