From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12707 invoked by alias); 28 Jun 2007 13:49:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 12697 invoked by uid 22791); 28 Jun 2007 13:49:14 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from 204-133-123-27.dia.static.slbbi.com (HELO mail.chez-thomas.org) (204.133.123.27) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:49:10 +0000 Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 999) id 2627219500F0; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:49:08 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (hermes_local [192.168.1.101]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78A1119500CD; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:49:06 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <4683BC51.5030502@mlbassoc.com> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:31:00 -0000 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070530) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michele Paselli CC: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org References: <19489034.1182961244153.JavaMail.root@ps22> <4682ECF0.2010303@mlbassoc.com> <68185b500706280123td8b1f42ib855ab4d511ba68a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <68185b500706280123td8b1f42ib855ab4d511ba68a@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] Interfacing directly to the low level ethernet driver, how?? X-SW-Source: 2007-06/txt/msg00271.txt.bz2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michele Paselli wrote: > Could you plase be more precise? I don't thing I got your question, I > thought that the version of FreeBSD on eCos didn't implement RAW > sockets. Or at least that's what I understood from previous threads > here. Am I wrong? Indeed, RAW sockets are not [currently] implemented. My question was what do you need that RAW sockets cannot provide? I think it would be a *much* simpler task to get RAW sockets working within the existing stack than to write your own networking layer. > > On 6/28/07, Gary Thomas wrote: > Michele Paselli wrote: >> Hi , > >> I'm about to develop a raw ethernet driver. After spending quite a lot >> of time reading the forum and analyzing the code I finally decide to >> implement a raw I/O API as suggested by Grant Edwards here: > >> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/ecos-discuss/2003-06/msg00017.html > > What's the point of this? Couldn't you solve your problem by > using RAW sockets? > > The reason for asking is just to point out that your ethernet > "wire" will be pretty useless except for whatever raw traffic > you push across it. > >> - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world - ------------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGg7xRmaKbSsQGV8ARAixZAKCvC0Q8NUZ4is6Ij/x1i7LuPkwiWACgl2UX WSej9b3NaFdEGNQkWVswKk0= =b1KI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss