Re: [lwip-devel] etharp_XX_input questions

[Leon Woestenberg]

Hello Jani,

> I see that etharp_ip_input() and etharp_arp_input() both return only
> NULL and that is stated in their javadoc too. However the ethernet
> drivers still check in their input routine whether the returned pbuf is
> non NULL and send that pbuf out if that's the case. Is that old code
> that can be deleted? Leon?Or is there something in the etharp TODO list
>
Yup, the ARP driver now directly communicates with the link layer
driver, so the return type is obsoleted.

I removed it in DEVEL as it changes the API. It will not hurt in 0.7.0,
correctly written device drivers should not act on a NULL return
anyway.

Regards,

Leon.