Re: ping6 doesn't use at86rf230 driver

[Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 07:15:57PM +0200, Alexander Aring wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 06:52:35PM +0200, Baptiste Clenet wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Following is how I configure the network:
> > modprobe at86rf230
> > iwpan phy wpan-phy0 interface add wpan0 type node
> > iwpan dev wpan0 set pan_id 0xbeef
> > ip link set wpan0 up
> > ip link add link wpan0 name lowpan0 type lowpan
> > ip link set lowpan0 up
> > 
> > Then I try to ping6 my second board with:
> > ping6 -I lowpan0 fe80::a8af:ac69:e53e:c7f1
> > 
> > I'm observing no changes over the SPI between my board and the
> > at86rf230. But if I change the channel with:
> > iwpan phy wpan-phy0 set channel 0 0
> 
> this change should not be possible with the at86rf230.
> 

ah, with the at86rf212 it's possible to set page/channel to 0. But I
have still no idea why you having this issues right now.

Everything which you did seems to be correct. Which kernel version do
you use and why you do a:

iwpan phy wpan-phy0 interface add wpan0 type node

there should be a wpan0 node interface by default.

- Alex