[RFC v2 00/16] barebox picotcp integration (2015.07.19)

[Antony Pavlov]

On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:10:13 +0200
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de> wrote:

> Hi Antony,
> 
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 11:07:07PM +0300, Antony Pavlov wrote:
> > I have just published latest picotcp-enabled barebox.
> > Please see my 20150719.picotcp branch in my github barebox repo
> > (https://github.com/frantony/barebox/tree/20150719.picotcp).
> > 
> > This version is based on the latest barebox-next and picotcp v1.5.0
> > (there is also picotcp v1.5.1, but is has no interested
> > for barebox changes since v1.5.0).
> > 
> > 
> > Changes since 2015.07.15 (see http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/barebox/2015-June/024174.html):
> > 
> >     * net: UDP API changed to satisfy the picotcp integration needs;
> >     * nfs, tftp and dns subsystems have no picotcp-related stuff anymore.
> >     * netconsole works on top of picotcp with no additional changes.
> > 
> > 
> > Here are some notes:
> > 
> >   1. just now tftp/nfs file transfer on top of picotcp is slower than
> >      the same transfer on top of legacy network stack;
> > 
> >   2. there is no $<current network interface> anymore,
> >      so dhcp, tftp and ifup commands don't work on top of picotcp.
> >      The ifconfig command is used for network interfaces setup.
> > 
> >      N.B. There is an old patch for dhcp support on top of picotcp
> >         https://github.com/frantony/barebox/commit/94021b6d7bb933cd50b7ea9e2c55725b5c404205
> > 
> >   3. The picoping command is used insted of traditional ping command.
> 
> First of all I applied patches 1-4 to next.

Sascha!

Please comment patches 5-7!

Probably these patches will be changed in the next picotcp integration patchseries version,
but your comment on them could be very beneficial.

-- 
Best regards,
  Antony Pavlov