Added a note to README that MAC interface naming deviates from TEP3 recommended pract...

[tinyos-2.x.git] / tos / lib / mac / tkn154 / README.txt

diff --git a/tos/lib/mac/tkn154/README.txt b/tos/lib/mac/tkn154/README.txt
index c94d0190bfcc5139cf59f98c17b22df01a1ec716..e9b4bd3eada666177d43854da421047b5f87d882 100644 (file)
--- a/tos/lib/mac/tkn154/README.txt
+++ b/tos/lib/mac/tkn154/README.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ missing functionality:
 
 missing documentation:
 - overview on the architecture of TKN15.4
-- porting TKN15.4 to a new platform
+- guidance on porting TKN15.4 to a new platform
 - ...
 
 Implementation 
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ CC2420 driver: tinyos-2.x/tos/chips/cc2420_tkn154
 TelosB "platform glue" code: tinyos-2.x/tos/platforms/telosb/mac/tkn154
 Example applications: tinyos-2.x/apps/tests/tkn154
 
+Note: TEP3 recommends that interface names "should be mixed case, starting
+upper case". To match the syntax used in the IEEE 802.15.4 standard the
+interfaces provided by the MAC to the next higher layer deviate from this
+convention (they are all caps, e.g. MLME_START).
+
 Copyright
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