[lwip-devel] Re: [task #7068] lwIP docs: Update, improve, add documentation about using lwIP

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Looks great!

Since I don't know if you've finished working on ARP or not, I'm writing 
you this instead of changing it myself:

"A network interface that supports ARP will set a flag in its netif 
<http://lwip.scribblewiki.com/Network_interfaces_management> structure, 
and all IP packets will first be given to the ARP protocol automatically."

Should be more like:

"A network interface that supports ARP will have set its 'output' 
function pointer to etharp_output, which automatically calls the netif's 
'linkoutput' function pointer to send a complete packet with the correct 
MAC header"

Or something like that. The flag NETIF_FLAG_ETHARP is really only used 
to send a "gratuitous ARP" packet (if configured) when the netif goes 
up, and doesn't control the output.

Other than that, it's fine, although I think RFCs 903 and 2390 are 
something completely different, but I really don't know since I don't 
know them... My additions to etharp followed RFC 826, at least.

Great to see lwIP documentation coming so fast!

Simon

Jared Grubb schrieb:
> Follow-up Comment #30, task #7068 (project lwip):
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> We've been making good progress on the doc project at the Wiki. If you havent
> looked at it in a few days, check it out. I have started to go through the
> protocols, starting with ARP:
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> http://lwip.scribblewiki.com/ARP
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> I have put up a similar outline on all the protocols. I need your help to
> describe the "status" of each of these protocols in recent lwIP history. I am
> proposing that we have one or two lines about each protocol, as it stands in
> both CVS HEAD and in 1.2. If you are ambitious and want to give more history
> for 1.1.1, etc, please do! 
>
> For example, ARP is marked "STABLE". We could also use language like
> "Untested", "Incomplete", etc, for various protocols.
>
> Look around the Wiki, and chime in on some of these protocols. If you want to
> chime in but don't want to learn how to edit the pages, you can email me with
> your thoughts on the protocols.
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