From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gary Thomas To: Grant Edwards Cc: ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: RE: [ECOS] TCP/IP stacks Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:31:00 -0000 Message-id: References: <20000215094700.B8330@visi.com> X-SW-Source: 2000-02/msg00061.html On 15-Feb-00 Grant Edwards wrote: > > In the near future, I'll be in need of a TCP/IP stack for eCos > running on an ARM7. > > Something open-source would, of course, be best. > > I spent a little time yesterday looking at Tristan's port of > the RTEMS stack. Any ideas on how much memory it requires? I > haven't yet figured out where to hook the ehternet driver -- > does it sit on top of an eCos device like the tty driver does > on top of a serial driver?. > > I know there are a couple commercial stacks available, but I > need something that can be re-distributed. Are there any other > open-source stacks available? > > -- > Grant Edwards > grante@visi.com > We are indeed working on networking support for eCos. We will be announcing a complete TCP/IP stack and support libraries, based on the current OpenBSD implementation, within the next few weeks. The networking support will be distributed as an optional package and, like all of eCos, will be completely Open Source and royalty free. This package exists at roughly the same "level" as the current serial I/O package, with it's own device driver interfaces. The device drivers themselves are written using an API which allows them to potentially be reused by other networking packages, not just the one being developed internally. FYI - The initial development is being done using currently supported ARM7 and PowerPC platforms, so you should be off and running as soon as the stack is released.