On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Andrew Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Jon Smirl <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Andrew Webster <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I have been working on a serial mac driver similar to the serial phy >>> driver except that it issues mac commands to the hardware rather than >>> phy commands. I did this to sidestep some of the performance issues I >>> was having and because I needed an 802.15.4 compliant implementation >>> quickly. The firmware for the radio uses the 802.15.4 stack provided >>> by Freescale (unfortunately in binary form only). I can provide a >>> patch if anyone is interested once I clean it up and bring it up to >>> date (I'm still on an old kernel). >> >> Are you using the ROM on the mc13224? > > Actually, I've been using the mc13213. I don't have a 13224 dev kit > and haven't looked into what's available just yet. I imagine that the > MAC interface is quite similar between the two parts.
Cheap dev boards: http://www.redwirellc.com/store/ Mar already has the mc13224 running with the in-kernel 802.15.4 support using those boards. > >> >> I believe an open source link wrapper for the ROM exists. Is having >> access to the ROM enough, or do you need more code from the Freescale >> kit. > > I'm trying to stick within the bounds of the 802.15.4 standard, so > accessing the ROM should be acceptable. > >> Join the bandwagon of people complaining to Freescale to release >> the source for the ROM or at least make an open source friendly dev >> kit. > > Similar problem with the 13213 except that there is no ROM with the > MAC in it, the MAC is just a library you link to. > >> >> There is work going one here; >> http://mc1322x.devl.org/ >> http://code.google.com/p/open-mc13224v/ > > Thanks, I'll check it out. > > > Andrew > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, > a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. > Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Linux-zigbee-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-zigbee-devel > -- Jon Smirl [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Linux-zigbee-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-zigbee-devel
