diff --git a/sys/include/net/gnrc/netif2/ieee802154.h b/sys/include/net/gnrc/netif2/ieee802154.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..80b73ae3a1d01c51f7beff5615d07eb4da5f1c45
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+++ b/sys/include/net/gnrc/netif2/ieee802154.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup net_gnrc_netif2
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief IEEE 802.15.4 adaption for @ref net_gnrc_netif2
+ *
+ * @author Martine Lenders <m.lenders@fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+#ifndef NET_GNRC_NETIF2_IEEE802154_H
+#define NET_GNRC_NETIF2_IEEE802154_H
+
+#include "net/gnrc/netif2.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief Creates an IEEE 802.15.4 network interface
+ *
+ * @param[in] stack The stack for the network interface's thread.
+ * @param[in] stacksize Size of @p stack.
+ * @param[in] priority Priority for the network interface's thread.
+ * @param[in] name Name for the network interface. May be NULL.
+ * @param[in] dev Device for the interface
+ *
+ * @see @ref gnrc_netif2_create()
+ *
+ * @return The network interface on success.
+ * @return NULL, on error.
+ */
+gnrc_netif2_t *gnrc_netif2_ieee802154_create(char *stack, int stacksize,
+ char priority, char *name,
+ netdev_t *dev);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* NET_GNRC_NETIF2_IEEE802154_H */
+/** @} */
diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/netif2/gnrc_netif2_ieee802154.c b/sys/net/gnrc/netif2/gnrc_netif2_ieee802154.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ffad686c39aa6053d087d49f49dc9603fbf64471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/netif2/gnrc_netif2_ieee802154.c
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @author Martine Lenders <m.lenders@fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+
+#include "net/gnrc.h"
+#include "net/gnrc/netif2/ieee802154.h"
+#include "net/netdev/ieee802154.h"
+
+#ifdef MODULE_GNRC_IPV6
+#include "net/ipv6/hdr.h"
+#endif
+
+#define ENABLE_DEBUG (0)
+#include "debug.h"
+
+#ifdef MODULE_NETDEV_IEEE802154
+static int _send(gnrc_netif2_t *netif, gnrc_pktsnip_t *pkt);
+static gnrc_pktsnip_t *_recv(gnrc_netif2_t *netif);
+
+static const gnrc_netif2_ops_t ieee802154_ops = {
+ .send = _send,
+ .recv = _recv,
+ .get = gnrc_netif2_get_from_netdev,
+ .set = gnrc_netif2_set_from_netdev,
+};
+
+gnrc_netif2_t *gnrc_netif2_ieee802154_create(char *stack, int stacksize,
+ char priority, char *name,
+ netdev_t *dev)
+{
+ return gnrc_netif2_create(stack, stacksize, priority, name, dev,
+ &ieee802154_ops);
+}
+
+static gnrc_pktsnip_t *_make_netif_hdr(uint8_t *mhr)
+{
+ gnrc_pktsnip_t *snip;
+ uint8_t src[IEEE802154_LONG_ADDRESS_LEN], dst[IEEE802154_LONG_ADDRESS_LEN];
+ int src_len, dst_len;
+ le_uint16_t _pan_tmp; /* TODO: hand-up PAN IDs to GNRC? */
+
+ dst_len = ieee802154_get_dst(mhr, dst, &_pan_tmp);
+ src_len = ieee802154_get_src(mhr, src, &_pan_tmp);
+ if ((dst_len < 0) || (src_len < 0)) {
+ DEBUG("_make_netif_hdr: unable to get addresses\n");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ /* allocate space for header */
+ snip = gnrc_netif_hdr_build(src, (size_t)src_len, dst, (size_t)dst_len);
+ if (snip == NULL) {
+ DEBUG("_make_netif_hdr: no space left in packet buffer\n");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ /* set broadcast flag for broadcast destination */
+ if ((dst_len == 2) && (dst[0] == 0xff) && (dst[1] == 0xff)) {
+ gnrc_netif_hdr_t *hdr = snip->data;
+ hdr->flags |= GNRC_NETIF_HDR_FLAGS_BROADCAST;
+ }
+ return snip;
+}
+
+static gnrc_pktsnip_t *_recv(gnrc_netif2_t *netif)
+{
+ netdev_t *dev = netif->dev;
+ netdev_ieee802154_rx_info_t rx_info;
+ netdev_ieee802154_t *state = (netdev_ieee802154_t *)netif->dev;
+ gnrc_pktsnip_t *pkt = NULL;
+ int bytes_expected = dev->driver->recv(dev, NULL, 0, NULL);
+
+ if (bytes_expected > 0) {
+ int nread;
+
+ pkt = gnrc_pktbuf_add(NULL, NULL, bytes_expected, GNRC_NETTYPE_UNDEF);
+ if (pkt == NULL) {
+ DEBUG("_recv_ieee802154: cannot allocate pktsnip.\n");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ nread = dev->driver->recv(dev, pkt->data, bytes_expected, &rx_info);
+ if (nread <= 0) {
+ gnrc_pktbuf_release(pkt);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ if (!(state->flags & NETDEV_IEEE802154_RAW)) {
+ gnrc_pktsnip_t *ieee802154_hdr, *netif_hdr;
+ gnrc_netif_hdr_t *hdr;
+#if ENABLE_DEBUG
+ char src_str[GNRC_NETIF_HDR_L2ADDR_PRINT_LEN];
+#endif
+ size_t mhr_len = ieee802154_get_frame_hdr_len(pkt->data);
+
+ if (mhr_len == 0) {
+ DEBUG("_recv_ieee802154: illegally formatted frame received\n");
+ gnrc_pktbuf_release(pkt);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ nread -= mhr_len;
+ /* mark IEEE 802.15.4 header */
+ ieee802154_hdr = gnrc_pktbuf_mark(pkt, mhr_len, GNRC_NETTYPE_UNDEF);
+ if (ieee802154_hdr == NULL) {
+ DEBUG("_recv_ieee802154: no space left in packet buffer\n");
+ gnrc_pktbuf_release(pkt);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ netif_hdr = _make_netif_hdr(ieee802154_hdr->data);
+ if (netif_hdr == NULL) {
+ DEBUG("_recv_ieee802154: no space left in packet buffer\n");
+ gnrc_pktbuf_release(pkt);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ hdr = netif_hdr->data;
+
+#ifdef MODULE_L2FILTER
+ if (!l2filter_pass(dev->filter, gnrc_netif_hdr_get_src_addr(hdr),
+ hdr->src_l2addr_len)) {
+ gnrc_pktbuf_release(pkt);
+ gnrc_pktbuf_release(netif_hdr);
+ DEBUG("_recv_ieee802154: packet dropped by l2filter\n");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+#endif
+
+ hdr->lqi = rx_info.lqi;
+ hdr->rssi = rx_info.rssi;
+ hdr->if_pid = thread_getpid();
+ pkt->type = state->proto;
+#if ENABLE_DEBUG
+ DEBUG("_recv_ieee802154: received packet from %s of length %u\n",
+ gnrc_netif_addr_to_str(src_str, sizeof(src_str),
+ gnrc_netif_hdr_get_src_addr(hdr),
+ hdr->src_l2addr_len),
+ nread);
+#if defined(MODULE_OD)
+ od_hex_dump(pkt->data, nread, OD_WIDTH_DEFAULT);
+#endif
+#endif
+ gnrc_pktbuf_remove_snip(pkt, ieee802154_hdr);
+ LL_APPEND(pkt, netif_hdr);
+ }
+
+ DEBUG("_recv_ieee802154: reallocating.\n");
+ gnrc_pktbuf_realloc_data(pkt, nread);
+ }
+
+ return pkt;
+}
+
+static int _send(gnrc_netif2_t *netif, gnrc_pktsnip_t *pkt)
+{
+ netdev_t *dev = netif->dev;
+ netdev_ieee802154_t *state = (netdev_ieee802154_t *)netif->dev;
+ gnrc_netif_hdr_t *netif_hdr;
+ gnrc_pktsnip_t *vec_snip;
+ const uint8_t *src, *dst = NULL;
+ int res = 0;
+ size_t n, src_len, dst_len;
+ uint8_t mhr[IEEE802154_MAX_HDR_LEN];
+ uint8_t flags = (uint8_t)(state->flags & NETDEV_IEEE802154_SEND_MASK);
+ le_uint16_t dev_pan = byteorder_btols(byteorder_htons(state->pan));
+
+ flags |= IEEE802154_FCF_TYPE_DATA;
+ if (pkt == NULL) {
+ DEBUG("_send_ieee802154: pkt was NULL\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (pkt->type != GNRC_NETTYPE_NETIF) {
+ DEBUG("_send_ieee802154: first header is not generic netif header\n");
+ return -EBADMSG;
+ }
+ netif_hdr = pkt->data;
+ /* prepare destination address */
+ if (netif_hdr->flags & /* If any of these flags is set assume broadcast */
+ (GNRC_NETIF_HDR_FLAGS_BROADCAST | GNRC_NETIF_HDR_FLAGS_MULTICAST)) {
+ dst = ieee802154_addr_bcast;
+ dst_len = IEEE802154_ADDR_BCAST_LEN;
+ }
+ else {
+ dst = gnrc_netif_hdr_get_dst_addr(netif_hdr);
+ dst_len = netif_hdr->dst_l2addr_len;
+ }
+ src_len = netif_hdr->src_l2addr_len;
+ if (src_len > 0) {
+ src = gnrc_netif_hdr_get_src_addr(netif_hdr);
+ }
+ else {
+ src_len = netif->l2addr_len;
+ src = netif->l2addr;
+ }
+ /* fill MAC header, seq should be set by device */
+ if ((res = ieee802154_set_frame_hdr(mhr, src, src_len,
+ dst, dst_len, dev_pan,
+ dev_pan, flags, state->seq++)) == 0) {
+ DEBUG("_send_ieee802154: Error preperaring frame\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ /* prepare packet for sending */
+ vec_snip = gnrc_pktbuf_get_iovec(pkt, &n);
+ if (vec_snip != NULL) {
+ struct iovec *vector;
+
+ pkt = vec_snip; /* reassign for later release; vec_snip is prepended to pkt */
+ vector = (struct iovec *)pkt->data;
+ vector[0].iov_base = mhr;
+ vector[0].iov_len = (size_t)res;
+#ifdef MODULE_NETSTATS_L2
+ if (netif_hdr->flags &
+ (GNRC_NETIF_HDR_FLAGS_BROADCAST | GNRC_NETIF_HDR_FLAGS_MULTICAST)) {
+ netif->dev->stats.tx_mcast_count++;
+ }
+ else {
+ netif->dev->stats.tx_unicast_count++;
+ }
+#endif
+#ifdef MODULE_GNRC_MAC
+ if (netif->mac_info & GNRC_NETDEV_MAC_INFO_CSMA_ENABLED) {
+ res = csma_sender_csma_ca_send(dev, vector, n, &netif->csma_conf);
+ }
+ else {
+ res = dev->driver->send(dev, vector, n);
+ }
+#else
+ res = dev->driver->send(dev, vector, n);
+#endif
+ }
+ else {
+ return -ENOBUFS;
+ }
+ /* release old data */
+ gnrc_pktbuf_release(pkt);
+ return res;
+}
+#else /* MODULE_NETDEV_IEEE802154 */
+typedef int dont_be_pedantic;
+#endif /* MODULE_NETDEV_IEEE802154 */
+/** @} */