[lwip-users] Re: [lwip] arp_query() and network drivers design

[leon . woestenberg]

Hello Adam,

On Friday 18 January 2002 10.39, you wrote:
> > considering ARP and network device drivers.
> I'm not quite sure I get your point. The current design is as follows:
> ...
> * netif->output() uses arp_lookup() to find the MAC address of an IP
address.
> ...
>
What I meant to say is that the netif->output() is IP dependent, i.e. it
accepts
an IP packet. I thought of using netif->output() to send my arp query but
that
approach won't work :)

> Since your DHCP client needs to send an ARP query, I guess the best way
would
> be (just as you suggest) to add a netif->linkoutput() and send the pbuf
> returned by arp_query().
>
Will do just that.

Bye, Leon.

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