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Re: [lwip-users] regarding lwip, loopif and ip_route
From: |
K.J. Mansley |
Subject: |
Re: [lwip-users] regarding lwip, loopif and ip_route |
Date: |
12 Oct 2004 09:03:42 +0100 |
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