The lack of IPv6 is the main reason we decided not to use lwIP on our project (also, our embedded project is entirely C++, and we didn't want to write wrappers). The 'experimental' code is (as I remember) just replacing "IP4" with "IP6" and changing the address sizes.
IPv6 has some major architectural differences (like multiple IP addresses and "zones" per network interface, as well as multicast group memberships) that make porting lwIP more than a trivial matter. Jared -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frédéric BERNON Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:32 To: Mailing list for lwIP users Subject: RE : [lwip-users] IPv6 support in lwIP >Well my question is how much experimental is this code? Very experimental (I don't think it's used by anyone >Any chances of this getting stabilized in the near future? One day, we will have to support IPv6, but since IPv4 will still live during some years, I'm not sure that "lot" of developers will work on it. I think we will have to support both stack in the same build, like here : http://wiki.virtualsquare.org/index.php/LWIPV6 Some links http://lwip.scribblewiki.com/LwIP_IPv4/IPv6_stacks http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lwip-users/2007-07/msg00094.html ==================================== Frédéric BERNON HYMATOM SA Chef de projet informatique Microsoft Certified Professional Tél. : +33 (0)4-67-87-61-10 Fax. : +33 (0)4-67-70-85-44 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site : http://www.hymatom.fr ==================================== P Avant d'imprimer, penser à l'environnement -----Message d'origine----- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de Ranjan Sinha Envoyé : mardi 1 avril 2008 20:20 À : [email protected] Objet : [lwip-users] IPv6 support in lwIP Hi, I am currently evaluating lwIP for usage in one of my project. A critical decision point is IPv6 support. I checked the source tree and the readme in core/ipv6 directory says that IPv6 support is "very experimental". Well my question is how much experimental is this code? Any chances of this getting stabilized in the near future? -- Thanks in advance, Ranjan Sinha _______________________________________________ lwip-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lwip-users _______________________________________________ lwip-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lwip-users
