Re: lwIP port status

[Simon Kallweit <simon.kallweit@intefo.ch>]

John Dallaway wrote:
> Hi Simon and all
> 
> Simon Kallweit wrote:
> 
>> John Dallaway schrieb:
>>
>>> Having reviewed the lwIP ChangeLog, I think it makes sense to simply
>>> replace the older lwIP port in the eCos CVS trunk (tagging the
>>> repository before the commit). There are known issues with lwIP PPP
>>> which need to be addressed upstream. In the meantime, eCos users wishing
>>> to work with lwIP PPP should be better off hacking on the lwIP 1.3.1
>>> stack where necessary rather than using the older port.
>> I think this is the way to go. There is already some hacking on PPP in
>> my port, which could lead to some confusion, as it is not identical to
>> the lwIP codebase. Also it does only work in a polled environment like
>> mine, so it might not be much use of the broad community. I don't know
>> how we should proceed with this?
> 
> Perhaps it would be preferable to publish your PPP-related changes as a
> patch for the time being and keep the CVS sources as close to the master
> lwIP code as possible.

That sounds like a good idea. I'll look into it.

I'll do the merge with the newest lwip sources tomorrow and release the 
package.

Simon