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RE: [lwip-users] Patch for IGMP V1/V2 and raw multicast support


From: Mace Gael
Subject: RE: [lwip-users] Patch for IGMP V1/V2 and raw multicast support
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:33:26 +0200

Christiaan Simons:

> The contributed IGMP + Altera code won't work out of the box for the raw
> API + NO_SYS case.

Okay. I'll try to make the modification against the official release version 
1.1.0.

> There are a few assumptions on having a sys_arch
> ( sys_timeout() in igmp.c and etharp.c ),
> therefore it isn't entirely "in the spirit of LWIP".

Do you have any advice to implement a timeout handler?

> Also I miss some return value checks on mem_malloc().

Could you point out to me the various issues you noticed.

> It would be nice if these issues are solved first.

I'll try to do my best.

> >From my perspective "the spirit of LWIP" is:
> 
> * Raw-API first, additional layers and API's can be
> nice but should not collide or invade in the basic API.
> * Robust, portable code.

Except the issues you noticed, what it's your feeling about the implementation 
of IGMP/Multicast layer I propose, in term of integration
in LWIP?
What do you mean by additional layers? Because I don't see what could be 
qualify as "additional layers" in the code I propose.

Gaƫl





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