From: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>
To: Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram@gmail.com>
Cc: Simon Vincent <simon.vincent@xsilon.com>,
linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org, jukka.rissanen@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: ICMPv6 Redirects
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 11:43:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140930094320.GC28060@omega> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <542A7953.5080306@gmail.com>
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 03:05:15PM +0530, Varka Bhadram wrote:
....
> >>Enabling address filtering is in drivers hand..
> >no, drivers doesn't parse anything. Address filtering "CAN" done on phy.
> >But afterwards we set PACKET_FOO in mac802154 this is another address filtering.
> >
> >Dropping frames when PACKET_OTHERHOST is part of next layer like (IPv6/6LoWPAN).
>
> For enabling filtering, driver has to update one of the radio chip register.
>
yep, for enable the filter on phy level it's driver handling.
> >>Few hardware devices may not be handling the address filtering (SOftMAC devices).
> >>So we need take care of this at Software layers.
> >>
> >Yes that's what we do mac802154 set PACKET_FOO and next layer will drop
...
>
> May be IEEE-802.11 packets send to IPv6 Layer. In that case Its not dead code.
>
802.11 data frames will be converted to ethernet frames.
Why we now talking about 802.11? 6LoWPAN set always PACKET_HOST and then
we never have PACKET_BROADCAST set in IPv6 Layer. Then matching pkt_type
with PACKET_BROADCAST is dead code.
- Alex
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-30 9:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-26 15:16 ICMPv6 Redirects Simon Vincent
2014-09-26 15:35 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-26 16:26 ` Simon Vincent
2014-09-27 1:42 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 10:20 ` Simon Vincent
2014-09-29 10:58 ` Varka Bhadram
2014-09-29 11:09 ` Simon Vincent
[not found] ` <5429441C.5000302@gmail.com>
[not found] ` <5429466F.4080506@gmail.com>
2014-09-29 11:53 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 11:57 ` Alexander Aring
[not found] ` <542949AE.30701@gmail.com>
2014-09-29 12:14 ` Alexander Aring
[not found] ` <54294BE7.7040501@gmail.com>
2014-09-29 12:14 ` Alexander Aring
[not found] ` <54295556.3030800@xsilon.com>
2014-09-29 13:12 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 13:30 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 13:33 ` Simon Vincent
2014-09-29 13:38 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 13:41 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 13:51 ` Simon Vincent
2014-09-29 13:54 ` Varka Bhadram
2014-09-29 14:12 ` Simon Vincent
2014-09-29 13:58 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 14:05 ` Varka Bhadram
2014-09-29 14:12 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 14:15 ` Varka Bhadram
2014-09-29 14:19 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 14:12 ` Simon Vincent
2014-09-29 14:17 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 14:39 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 14:51 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 16:41 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-30 8:34 ` Simon Vincent
2014-09-30 8:34 ` Varka Bhadram
2014-09-30 8:39 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-30 8:46 ` Varka Bhadram
2014-09-30 8:53 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-30 9:10 ` Varka Bhadram
2014-09-30 9:25 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-30 9:35 ` Varka Bhadram
2014-09-30 9:43 ` Alexander Aring [this message]
[not found] ` <542A7D85.8050608@gmail.com>
2014-09-30 10:03 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-30 10:55 ` Jukka Rissanen
2014-09-30 11:13 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-30 11:35 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 11:13 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 11:23 ` Alexander Aring
2014-09-29 11:37 ` Alexander Aring
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