Re: wpanusb?

[Koen Zandberg <koen@bergzand.net>]

[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2075 bytes --]

Hello all,

Long term RIOT maintainer here.

On 30-05-2020 17:08, Christopher Friedt wrote:
> On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 7:33 AM Stefan Schmidt
> <stefan@datenfreihafen.org> wrote:
>> On 29.05.20 21:33, Christopher Friedt wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 3:38 PM Stefan Schmidt
>>> <stefan@datenfreihafen.org> wrote:
>>>> On 25.05.20 14:39, Christopher Friedt wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Bouncing around a bit, but in Zephyr, there is reference to a
>>>>> "wpanusb" Linux kernel driver here:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/samples/net/wpanusb/README.html
>>>>>
>>>>> This *might* be the driver in question:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/finikorg/wpanusb
>>>>>
>>>>> Just wondering if anyone has made any attempts to submit that, or
>>>>> would that go directly upstream these days?
>>>> I had a chance to talk to the author a while back. Not much activity
>>>> from his side.
>>> I was chatting with him as well on Zephyr Slack and let him know that
>>> there was significant interest in it going upstream. I worry though
>>> that it might not be a high priority for his employer.
Most of our developers have of-the-shelve development boards such as the
nrf52840dk and the samr21-xplained pro. For us a generic firmware +
Linux kernel driver would be a very welcome addition to the tool set.
>>>> For me this needs to be designed in a way where we could have bare
>>>> metal, Zephyr, RIOT or Contiki based firmware implementing the interface
>>>> and the driver would just work. The code available is a good start but
>>>> needs more work.
>>> I'll bring it up in the Zephyr Slack. They want to incorporate it into
>>> their "tools" repository, but it really should go into Linux at some
>>> point.

I'm willing to work on this for a RIOT implementation, assuming there is
some documentation available on the USB protocol side :)
I think I should be able to get a relative generic firmware application
able to run on any of our hardware boards as long as they have a radio
and a USB interface.

Koen



[-- Attachment #2: OpenPGP digital signature --]
[-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 833 bytes --]