Re: [ECOS] Question about Ethernet Raw Packet communication !!

[Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>]

Tony Ko wrote:
> 
> hi.
> Could you tell me in more detail?

I'm sorry, that's just too much detail to go into for here, unless someone
else wants to. For this level of support I would recommend purchasing a
support contract from Red Hat. Mail ecos-info@redhat.com for details.

Jifl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Larmour [mailto:jlarmour@redhat.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 1:56 AM
> To: Tony Ko
> Cc: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [ECOS] Question about Ethernet Raw Packet communication !!
> 
> Tony Ko wrote:
> >
> > hi.
> > I'd like to transceive Raw Packet via Ethernet on eCos ( platform is
> > MBX860).
> > this Raw Packet dosn't need any protocol stuff, such like IP header.
> > ( It doesn't use general ethernet protocol.    just uses user-defined
> > protocol )
> > So it needs only source-ethernet-MAC-address/destination-ethernet-MAC-
> > address and user-defined data.
> >
> > So I'm confused if I should use socket or something.
> > What parts can I use for this kind of Raw Packet ethernet on eCos
> > package?
> 
> If you have no need of a TCP/IP stack, talk directly to the stuff in
> io/eth
> in the same way the TCP/IP stack does.

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