The IEEE 802.15.4 standard uses the 0xFFFF short address (2 bytes) for message
broadcasting.
Signed-off-by: Tony Cheneau <tony.chen...@amnesiak.org>
---
net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
index e7f61de..0eebb96 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
@@ -572,21 +572,28 @@ static int lowpan_header_create(struct sk_buff *skb,
* this isn't implemented in mainline yet, so currently we assign 0xff
*/
{
+ mac_cb(skb)->flags = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
+
/* prepare wpan address data */
sa.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
sa.pan_id = 0xff;
-
- da.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
- da.pan_id = 0xff;
-
- memcpy(&(da.hwaddr), daddr, 8);
memcpy(&(sa.hwaddr), saddr, 8);
- mac_cb(skb)->flags = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
+ da.pan_id = 0xff;
+ /*
+ * if the destination address is the broadcast address, use the
+ * corresponding short address
+ */
+ if (lowpan_is_addr_broadcast(daddr)) {
+ da.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_SHORT;
+ da.short_addr = IEEE802154_ADDR_BROADCAST;
+ } else {
+ da.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
+ memcpy(&(da.hwaddr), daddr, 8);
- /* request acknowledgment when possible */
- if (!lowpan_is_addr_broadcast(daddr))
+ /* request acknowledgment */
mac_cb(skb)->flags |= MAC_CB_FLAG_ACKREQ;
+ }
return dev_hard_header(skb, lowpan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev,
type, (void *)&da, (void *)&sa, skb->len);
--
1.7.12.4
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