Add a platform independent way to access architecture details. Currently only
macros to query word size, word sized integer types, and a type qualifier for
aligning variables to word boundaries are provided.
Non-routing 6LNs do not have to join the solicited nodes address, so
probing for a neighbor using that address may be in vain and only
spamming the LLN with unnecessary messages. RFC 6775 basically assumes
this in section 5.2:
> There is no need to join the solicited-node multicast address, since
> nobody multicasts NSs in this type of network.
Using `gnrc_border_router` with `uhcp` is quite noisy.
uhcpc will regularly refresh the prefix and print a bunch of status messages.
Allow the user to tone it down by setting a higher `LOG_LEVEL`.
For this, convert calls to `printf()` and `puts()` to `LOG_xxx()`.
This requires a dummy header for `uhcpd`.
In accordance with RFC 6775, section 5.2 an NCE should be set STALE
when an ARO renews the address registration for the address:
> The routers SHOULD NOT garbage-collect Registered NCEs (see
> Section 3.4), since they need to retain them until the Registration
> Lifetime expires. Similarly, if NUD on the router determines that
> the host is UNREACHABLE (based on the logic in [RFC4861]), the NCE
> SHOULD NOT be deleted but rather retained until the Registration
> Lifetime expires. A renewed ARO should mark the cache entry as
> STALE. Thus, for 6LoWPAN routers, the Neighbor Cache doesn't behave
> like a cache. Instead, it behaves as a registry of all the host
> addresses that are attached to the router.
Callbacks from evtimer are still executed in interrupt context.
While xtimer warns about this, evtimer leaves the user unsuspecting.
Copy the warning from xtimer to keep users vigilant.
Place a verbatim copy of `_mutex_lock()` as `static` in `xtimer`, so internal
mutex function can be optimized one step at a time without breaking `xtimer`.
xtimer.h must not be included, when the xtimer module is not use. Otherwise
compilation on the waspmote-pro with https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/14799
will not longer work. gnrc_netif_pktq includes xtimer.h and uses xtimer, but
gnrc_netif includes gnrc_netif_pktq.h regardless of whether gnrc_netif_pktq
is used. This makes sure that gnrc_netif_pktq.h is only included when actually
used.
Previously, the function would always return the max_len parameter.
This poses two issues:
1. the API requires to return the actual packet size
2. the API requires that if the packet is larger than max_len, the
packet is flushed and -ENOBUFS is returned
3. this basically bypasses the packet flushing, consequtive _recv()
would return the last packet again
This commit fixes those issues.
