Hello Joakim, netdev (`drivers/netdev/` + `drivers/include/netdev/`), netapi (`sys/net/crosslayer/netapi/` + `sys/net/include/netapi.h`), and pktbuf (`sys/net/crosslayer/pktbuf/` + `sys/net/include/pktbuf.h`) are new unified APIs to network devices (netdev), the network stack (netapi) and a new module for a centralized packet buffer (pktbuf). They that are bound to replace the old transceiver API (`sys/transceiver/` + `sys/include/transceiver.h` which did not allow for multiple devices and had code that had just became unmanagable over time) and the old network stack (basically everything else that currently resides in `sys/net/*_layer/` which had no common API or buffering to begin with).
Related PRs are currently amongst others #1454 [1], #1680 [2] #1733 [3], #1968 [4], and #2003 [5]. Some will hopefully make it into the 2014.12 release, some won't simply due to time constraints. We'll release a paper next year describing the new API in detail, but the general idea is, that netdev is a function-based interface to the network devices, while netapi is a compatible IPC-based interface to the network stack. Hope this was helpful, if not just ask. Cheers, Martine [1] https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/1454 [2] https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/1680 [3] https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/1733 [4] https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/1968 [5] https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/2003 2014-12-07 11:14 GMT+01:00 Joakim Gebart <joakim.geb...@eistec.se>: > I see the terms netdev, netapi, pktbuf and more around the mailing > lists and issue tracker, and I have understood that some of these > terms refer to deprecated APIs and modules in RIOT, and some of them > are referring to new APIs and modules. > The page at > https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/wiki/Model-for-the-network-stack > describes some classes and use cases, and I believe it applies to the > newer implementation. > > Could someone explain briefly some of the most used terms and what are > the different APIs for network in RIOT and how they relate to each > other? > What documentation/source code files and directories are relevant? > Which parts are deprecated/obsolete/on its way out? > > Best regards, > Joakim Gebart > Managing Director > Eistec AB > > Aurorum 1C > 977 75 Luleå > Tel: +46(0)730-65 13 83 > joakim.geb...@eistec.se > www.eistec.se > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > devel@riot-os.org > http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel >
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