On 11/22/2012 04:00 AM, Markus Becker wrote: > Hi, > > just some small typo fixes in the documentation, that I stumbled over while > reading. > > -- > Markus > > > Signed-off-by: Markus Becker <m...@comnets.uni-bremen.de> > --- > Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt > b/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt > index 703cf43..d8fefb3 100644 > --- a/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt > +++ b/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt > @@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ > > Introduction > ============ > -The IEEE 802.15.4 working group focuses on standartization of bottom > -two layers: Medium Accsess Control (MAC) and Physical (PHY). And there > -are mainly two options available for upper layers: > +The IEEE 802.15.4 working group focuses on standardization of the Medium > +Access Control (MAC) and Physical (PHY) (sub-)layers. And there > +are mainly two options available for the upper layers: > - ZigBee - proprietary protocol from ZigBee Alliance > - 6LowPAN - IPv6 networking over low rate personal area networks > > -The Linux-ZigBee project goal is to provide complete implementation > +The Linux-ZigBee project goal is to provide a complete implementation > of IEEE 802.15.4 and 6LoWPAN protocols. IEEE 802.15.4 is a stack > of protocols for organizing Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks. > > @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Like with WiFi, there are several types of devices > implementing IEEE 802.15.4. > possibly with some kinds of acceleration like automatic CRC computation > and > comparation, automagic ACK handling, address matching, etc. > > -Those types of devices require different approach to be hooked into Linux > kernel. > +Those types of devices require different approaches to be hooked into Linux > kernel. > > > MLME - MAC Level Management > @@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ We provide an example of simple HardMAC driver at > drivers/ieee802154/fakehard.c > SoftMAC > ======= > > -The MAC is the middle layer in the IEEE 802.15.4 Linux stack. This moment it > -provides interface for drivers registration and management of slave > interfaces. > +The MAC is the middle layer in the IEEE 802.15.4 Linux stack. At the moment > it > +provides interface for driver registration and management of slave > interfaces. > > NOTE: Currently the only monitor device type is supported - it's IEEE > 802.15.4 > stack interface for network sniffers (e.g. WireShark). > @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ See header include/net/mac802154.h and several drivers in > drivers/ieee802154/. > Device drivers API > ================== > > -The include/net/mac802154.h defines following functions: > +The include/net/mac802154.h defines the following functions: > - struct ieee802154_dev *ieee802154_alloc_device > (size_t priv_size, struct ieee802154_ops *ops): > allocation of IEEE 802.15.4 compatible device > @@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ Fake drivers > > In addition there are two drivers available which simulate real devices with > HardMAC (fakehard) and SoftMAC (fakelb - IEEE 802.15.4 loopback driver) > -interfaces. This option provides possibility to test and debug stack without > -usage of real hardware. > +interfaces. This option provides a possibility to test and debug the stack > +without usage of real hardware. > > See sources in drivers/ieee802154 folder for more details. > > @@ -129,22 +129,22 @@ octets of actual MAC payload once security is turned > on, on a wireless link > with a link throughput of 250 kbps or less. The 6LoWPAN adaptation format > [RFC4944] was specified to carry IPv6 datagrams over such constrained links, > taking into account limited bandwidth, memory, or energy resources that are > -expected in applications such as wireless Sensor Networks. [RFC4944] defines > +expected in applications such as Wireless Sensor Networks. [RFC4944] defines
"Wireless Sensor Networks" shouldn't be capitalized. > a Mesh Addressing header to support sub-IP forwarding, a Fragmentation > header > to support the IPv6 minimum MTU requirement [RFC2460], and stateless header > compression for IPv6 datagrams (LOWPAN_HC1 and LOWPAN_HC2) to reduce the > relatively large IPv6 and UDP headers down to (in the best case) several > bytes. > > -In Semptember 2011 the standard update was published - [RFC6282]. > +In September 2011 the standard update was published - [RFC6282]. > It deprecates HC1 and HC2 compression and defines IPHC encoding format > which is > used in this Linux implementation. > > All the code related to 6lowpan you may find in files: > net/ieee802154/6lowpan.* > > -To setup 6lowpan interface you need (busybox release > 1.17.0): > +To setup a 6lowpan interface you need (busybox release > 1.17.0): > 1. Add IEEE802.15.4 interface and initialize PANid; > 2. Add 6lowpan interface by command like: > # ip link add link wpan0 name lowpan0 type lowpan > -3. Set MAC (if needs): > +3. Set MAC (if needed): > # ip link set lowpan0 address de:ad:be:ef:ca:fe:ba:be > 4. Bring up 'lowpan0' interface Send this to the netdev mailing list. Also, use scripts/get_maintainer.pl to get a list of the people and mailing lists it should go to. Alan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Linux-zigbee-devel mailing list Linux-zigbee-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-zigbee-devel
