From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Edwards To: Gary Thomas Cc: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [ECOS] RedBoot: __eth_install_handler? Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:53:00 -0000 Message-id: <20010122145740.A24763@visi.com> References: <20010122135829.A24681@visi.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-01/msg00371.html > > In RedBoot's net.h file, there's a declaration for > > __eth_install_handler(), which would seem from the declaration to > > do exactly what I want to do: set a call-back to handle packets > > with Ethernet protocol type . > > > > That functionality hasn't been implemented, so I'm about to > > implement it. > > > > Were I doing this just for myself, I would probably just use > > CYG_HAL_TABLE_xxxx to set up handlers at compile/link time and > > not bother with run-time handler set up. It's a bit simpler, > > and you don't to guess ahead of time how many different handler > > need to be allowed. [I really like the HAL_TABLE mechanism: > > it's quite clever, and it's something that I've needed on a > > number of occasions.] > > > > However, if people think run-time handler set-up is useful, > > I'll go ahead and implement the existing API instead of using > > the HAL_TABLE method. > > Setting up the handler at runtime is much better IMHO. Done. -- Grant Edwards grante@visi.com