On 2007-04-30, Andrew Lunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Obviously, some way to send/receive raw Ethernet packets (akin >> to socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, protoNumer) under Linux) would >> save us a lot of work. > > Have you looked at porting the FreeBSD equivalent of SOCK_RAW. > With any luck you just need to drop in a few files and it > runs.
No, I don't think anybody's looked into that. It would be nice to have standardized support, though it would mean giving up the zero-copy feature of our current implementation. I've always been a little surprised that there wasn't more demand for the ability to support proprietary protocols in eCos embedded devices. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Are you still an at ALCOHOLIC? visi.com -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss