-----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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
