The answer is yes, to both questions :)
Vlado
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Stefano Kismet Lenzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Vlado as you can see I moved the thread to help mailing-list, I hope
> that you can answer me now :)
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 16:26, Jó Ágila Bitsch Link
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Stefano Kismet Lenzi gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 09:56, Vlado Handziski <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> wrote:
> >> > To be precise, we (TUB) have only developed a standard compliant
> >> > 802.15.4
> >> > MAC called TKN154. So we have two 802.15.4 MAC implementations and
> only
> >> > one
> >> > Zigbee.
> >> >
> >> > Back in the days when the net2 group has been formed we had a long
> >> > discussion about the point in the protocol stack where the
> >> > responsibilities
> >> > of core should end and where net2 should take over. We came to a
> >> > reasonable
> >> > conclusion that MAC implementations should remain in core due to the
> >> > tight
> >> > interdependence with the radio chip and timer HW abstractions. I think
> >> > practice has proven that this was a good decision because it helped
> >> > shield
> >> > net2 from the changes we did in core.
> >> >
> >> > Now that we have a proper place in the code tree for different mac
> >> > implementations (tos/lib/mac)
> >>
> >> Which place did you mean? I have just performed an updated and I
> >> couldn't find any /tos/lib/mac folder.
> >
> > Did you use cvs update -d
> > The -d flag is necessary to also get newly created directories (Why
> > again does tinyos development stick with cvs?)
>
> No I forgot it :S, Now I found the folder
>
> But the following questions continue to be open:
>
> - The Porto's zigbee that you are speaking about is the one available
> in the /tos/lib/net/zigbee folder?
> - Is the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC implemented by Porto the one available in
> /tos/lib/net/zigbee/ieee802154 folder?
>
> >>
> >>
> >> I think that the right way to proceed is for
> >> > Porto to factor out the MAC part of their implementation and move it
> >> > into
> >> > this folder, at the same time transferring the responsibility for this
> >> > code
> >> > from net2 to core. To this end, a representative of Porto might join
> >> > core,
> >> > etc. This is completely independent from the decision if the higher
> >> > parts
> >> > of Porto's zigbee implementation remain in net2 or a new WG is formed
> as
> >> > Matt proposed.
> >>
> >> The Porto's zigbee that you are speaking about is the one available in
> >> the /tos/lib/net/zigbee folder?
> >>
> >> But I think that the standard compliant IEEE 802.15.4 MAC
> >> > implementations should remain under core for the above stated reasons.
> >>
> >> Where is the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC located?
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Vlado
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Stefano Lenzi
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