[Tinyos-devel] Sniffer

[Kevin Klues]

If we go with the Makefile option, Make it clear in the documentation
for the app (maybe even in the makefile itself) what the options are
for compiling.

Kevin

On 7/5/07, David Moss <dmm at rincon.com> wrote:
> You're right - the difference is just Makefile stuff.  The question is would
> people prefer the two main types of basestation/sniffer behaviors to be
> pre-setup and separated, or would it make sense to leave everything alone
> and let the user decide based on how they edit the Makefile?
>
> Sounds like you're suggesting we lean more towards letting the user decide
> based on how they edit the Makefile options, and there's no problem with
> that.  Less apps to maintain.  Any other opinions?
>
> -David
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chieh-Jan (Mike) Liang [mailto:cliang4 at cs.jhu.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 11:32 AM
> To: David Moss
> Cc: tinyos-devel at Millennium.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject: Re: [Tinyos-devel] Sniffer
>
> Just my two cents. What if we have just one application, and the user
> can include the flags they want in the Makefile? Since
> CC2420_NO_ADDRESS_RECOGNITION has been added, it seems to me the code
> for both SnifferCC2420 and BaseStationCC2420 are (almost) identical.
> Maybe I am missing something?
>
> Thank you
>
> Mike
>
> David Moss wrote:
> > Any objections to making a SnifferCC2420 application separate from
> > BaseStationCC2420?  Or should we just leave well enough alone?
> >
> >
> >
> > SnifferCC2420:
> >
> > .         Does not acknowledge anything
> >
> > .         Address recognition is disabled so it receives all packets
> >
> > .         Takes on the behavior that BaseStationCC2420 has right now
> >
> >
> >
> > BaseStationCC2420:
> >
> > .         Acknowledges packets
> >
> > .         Address recognition is enabled
> >
> > .         Point is to serve as a simple gateway between the PC and the
> > rest of the network.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Of course, one could create a third application out of either one of
> > these, where address recognition is disabled and software
> > acknowledgements are enabled.
> >
> >
> >
> > -David
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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~Kevin