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Re: TCP/IP stacks
On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 10:31:36AM -0700, Gary Thomas 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.
[...]
> 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.
Great! Will the stack be available then, or is that just an
announcement?
> 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.
Any possibility of a peek at the device driver API so that I
can get a head start on the driver for my Ethernet controller?
> 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.
--
Grant Edwards
grante@visi.com