Re: [lwip-users] regarding lwip, loopif and ip_route

[K.J. Mansley]

On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 03:38, Jim Buteau wrote:

> 1- Somewhere down the call stack shouldn't some routine have seen that the
> dest matched the ethernet ipaddr and directed the packet at the loopif?  I
> am tempted to add this capability to ip_route().  On the other hand I can't
> find any precedent for this on lwip-users or anywhere I've searched.
> 
> 2- Should/Could  the arp_table be initialized with its own ip-hw address
> pair so that an initial query is unnecessary?
> 
> 3- Is there an implicit assumption that ethernet controllers will loop back
> packets?

To be honest, I think that the loop back interface has received little
attention, and so if it doesn't work, it's probably wrong.  If you feel
like taking a look at it, and making the necessary modifications, I'm
sure patches would be welcomed.

Thanks

Kieran