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| author | Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org> | 2016-03-13 09:00:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org> | 2016-03-13 09:02:46 +0100 |
| commit | c0ac414ac65f4bc63fd3bb37bfc6b79fae4b005d (patch) | |
| tree | 3e7033b1112e93f12d72ac3d29f330d5d3162bc7 /hw | |
| parent | 5475549989339e6ad21d503bbc14bfc8927a1cd2 (diff) | |
Note that newer Pi models don't work yet
Diffstat (limited to 'hw')
| -rw-r--r-- | hw/rpi6lowpan.mdwn | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/hw/rpi6lowpan.mdwn b/hw/rpi6lowpan.mdwn index f47b472..e42a623 100644 --- a/hw/rpi6lowpan.mdwn +++ b/hw/rpi6lowpan.mdwn @@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ at86rf233) so we can later use it as a e.g. border router. [[!img rpiradio.jpg size="x150" alt="Raspberry Pi with 802.15.4 radio"]] -The default Raspberry Pi kernel lacks support for recent -[wpan-tools][3]. So we cross build a custom -built kernel via tftp. - -In the following we assume the Raspberry Pi is at IP address 192.168.1.2 and -does DHCP during boot. +The default Raspberry Pi kernel used to lack support for recent +[wpan-tools][3]. So we cross build akernel and boot it via tftp. +Newer kernels have basic support so you only need to do this if you +want to hack on the kernel's [6LoWPAN][1] parts. + +In the following we assume the Raspberry Pi is at IP +address 192.168.1.2 and does DHCP during boot. It has been tested on a +Raspberry Pi B+, the model 2 and model 3 Pis have issues. If you get +it working on these, let me know. This is mostly a combination of information from different sites like [linux-wpan][3], [openlabs][4] and [eLinux.org][5]. For details head over to |