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+### The RF230 "bare bones" driver uses the core MAC layer.
+### It does NOT work with the Jackdaw USB stick.
+### Define RF230BB in the base makefile, or use $make RF230BB=1 ...
+ifeq ($(RF230BB),1)
+#ifdef RF230BB
+  CFLAGS                     += -DRF230BB
+  #Source for AT86RF230 barebones driver using the contiki core MAC
+  include $(CONTIKI)/cpu/avr/radio/rf230bb/Makefile.rf230bb
+else
+ # Source for AT86RF230
+   include $(CONTIKI)/cpu/avr/radio/rf230/Makefile.rf230
+  #Source for Atmel/Cisco 802.15.4'ish MAC
+  include $(CONTIKI)/cpu/avr/radio/mac/Makefile.mac
+  #Source for IEEE 802.15.4 manager interface
+  include $(CONTIKI)/cpu/avr/radio/ieee-manager/Makefile.ieee-manager
+endif