From 8f5f6dcacdc67911927eeba95f46eb588f796da1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martine Lenders Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 13:47:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] nordic_softdevice_ble: document working Linux versions It is not 100% clear if 4.12 is the last version the softdevice is able to interact with, but newer kernel versions than 4.12 definitely don't work (we tried 4.15 on Ubuntu 18.04 and 4.20 on a quite recent Arch). The reason I believe it's the 4.12 that last worked is that in the documentation of the nRF5 SDK it is mentioned for something called "legacy mode" [1]. However, we are using the nRF5 *IoT* SDK which doesn't mention this legacy mode at all. I don't know if we can update the `pkg` to the other SDK, so I just updated the documentation accordingly for now. [1]: https://www.nordicsemi.com/DocLib/Content/SDK_Doc/nRF5_SDK/v15-2-0/group__ble__6lowpan__config?9932#ga5285fd3eaf403092286f607cd66850f3 --- pkg/nordic_softdevice_ble/README-BLE-6LoWPAN.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pkg/nordic_softdevice_ble/README-BLE-6LoWPAN.md b/pkg/nordic_softdevice_ble/README-BLE-6LoWPAN.md index 3ac4442369..cd5f1dbb52 100644 --- a/pkg/nordic_softdevice_ble/README-BLE-6LoWPAN.md +++ b/pkg/nordic_softdevice_ble/README-BLE-6LoWPAN.md @@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ Prerequisites In general, any device capable of running Linux operating system, can be used as a BLE router provided the following conditions are met: -* Linux Kernel >3.18 is used +* Linux Kernel >3.18 and <=4.12 is used * bluez, libcap-ng0, radvd tools are present. If a built-in Bluetooth device is not available then Bluetooth 4.0 compatible USB dongle can be used. -The following procedures have been tested on Ubuntu 15.10. +The following procedures have been tested on Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 16.04. Establishing an IPv6 connection ===============================