rpl: use global ip addresses instead of link-local ones

examples/rpl_udp/rpl.c

@@ -96,42 +96,46 @@ void rpl_udp_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
         printf("Channel set to %" PRIi32 "\n", chan);
 
+        /* global address */
+        ipv6_addr_t global_addr, global_prefix;
+        ipv6_addr_init(&global_prefix, 0xabcd, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0);
+        ipv6_addr_set_by_eui64(&global_addr, 0, &global_prefix);
+
         if (command != 'h') {
             DEBUGF("Initializing RPL for interface 0\n");
-            uint8_t state = rpl_init(0);
+
+            uint8_t state;
+            if (command == 'n') {
+                /*
+                 * no global address specified, we'll use auto address config
+                 * initiated by the root node
+                 */
+                state = rpl_init(0, NULL);
+            }
+            else if (command == 'r') {
+                rpl_options_t rpl_opts = {
+                    .instance_id = 0,
+                    .prefix = global_prefix,
+                    .prefix_len = 64,
+                    .prefix_flags = RPL_PREFIX_INFO_AUTO_ADDR_CONF,
+                    /* autonomous address-configuration */
+                };
+
+                /* use specific global address */
+                state = rpl_init(0, &global_addr);
+                rpl_init_root(&rpl_opts);
+                is_root = 1;
+            }
 
             if (state != SIXLOWERROR_SUCCESS) {
-                printf("Error initializing RPL\n");
+                puts("Error initializing RPL");
             }
             else {
                 puts("6LoWPAN and RPL initialized.");
             }
 
-            if (command == 'r') {
+            ipv6_iface_set_routing_provider(rpl_get_next_hop);
-                /* add global address */
-                ipv6_addr_t tmp;
-                /* initialize prefix */
-                ipv6_addr_init(&tmp, 0xabcd, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0);
 
-                rpl_options_t rpl_opts = {
-                    .instance_id = 0,
-                    .prefix = tmp,
-                    .prefix_len = 64,
-                    .prefix_flags = RPL_PREFIX_INFO_AUTO_ADDR_CONF, /* autonomous address-configuration */
-                };
-
-                tmp.uint16[7] = HTONS(id);
-                /* set host suffix */
-                ipv6_addr_set_by_eui64(&tmp, 0, &tmp);
-                ipv6_net_if_add_addr(0, &tmp, NDP_ADDR_STATE_PREFERRED, 0, 0, 0);
-
-                rpl_init_root(&rpl_opts);
-                ipv6_iface_set_routing_provider(rpl_get_next_hop);
-                is_root = 1;
-            }
-            else {
-                ipv6_iface_set_routing_provider(rpl_get_next_hop);
-            }
         }
         else {
             puts("6LoWPAN initialized.");

sys/net/include/rpl.h

@@ -73,12 +73,13 @@ void rpl_send(ipv6_addr_t *destination, uint8_t *payload, uint16_t p_len, uint8_
  * corresponding objective functions and sixlowpan (including own address).
  *
  * @param[in] if_id             ID of the interface, which correspond to the network under RPL-control
+ * @param[in] address           Global IPv6 address to use
  *
  * @return 1 if initialization was successful
  * @return 0 if initialization was not successful
  *
  */
-uint8_t rpl_init(int if_id);
+uint8_t rpl_init(int if_id, ipv6_addr_t *address);
 
 /**
  * @brief Initialization of RPL-root.

sys/net/routing/rpl/rpl.c

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ ipv6_addr_t my_address;
 /* IPv6 message buffer */
 static ipv6_hdr_t *ipv6_buf;
 
-uint8_t rpl_init(int if_id)
+uint8_t rpl_init(int if_id, ipv6_addr_t *address)
 {
     rpl_if_id = if_id;
     rpl_instances_init();
@@ -89,12 +89,13 @@ uint8_t rpl_init(int if_id)
                                     rpl_process, NULL, "rpl_process");
 
     sixlowpan_lowpan_init_interface(if_id);
-    /* need link local prefix to query _our_ corresponding address  */
-    ipv6_addr_t ll_address;
-    ipv6_addr_set_link_local_prefix(&ll_address);
-    ipv6_net_if_get_best_src_addr(&my_address, &ll_address);
     ipv6_register_rpl_handler(rpl_process_pid);
 
+    if (address) {
+        my_address = *address;
+        ipv6_net_if_add_addr(if_id, &my_address, NDP_ADDR_STATE_PREFERRED, 0, 0, 0);
+    }
+
     /* add all-RPL-nodes address */
     ipv6_addr_t all_rpl_nodes;
     ipv6_addr_set_all_rpl_nodes_addr(&all_rpl_nodes);

sys/net/routing/rpl/rpl_control_messages.c

@@ -426,7 +426,14 @@ void rpl_send_DAO(ipv6_addr_t *destination, uint8_t lifetime, bool default_lifet
     rpl_send_opt_target_buf->length = RPL_OPT_TARGET_LEN;
     rpl_send_opt_target_buf->flags = 0x00;
     rpl_send_opt_target_buf->prefix_length = RPL_DODAG_ID_LEN;
-    memcpy(&rpl_send_opt_target_buf->target, &my_address, sizeof(ipv6_addr_t));
+    if (!ipv6_addr_is_unspecified(&my_dodag->prefix)) {
+        ipv6_addr_t tmp;
+        ipv6_addr_set_by_eui64(&tmp, rpl_if_id, &my_dodag->prefix);
+        memcpy(&rpl_send_opt_target_buf->target, &tmp, sizeof(ipv6_addr_t));
+    }
+    else {
+        memcpy(&rpl_send_opt_target_buf->target, &my_address, sizeof(ipv6_addr_t));
+    }
     opt_len += RPL_OPT_TARGET_LEN_WITH_OPT_LEN;
 
     rpl_send_opt_transit_buf = get_rpl_send_opt_transit_buf(DAO_BASE_LEN + opt_len);