Re: [ECOS] Ethernet Link status

[Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>]

Emmanuel Coullien wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tryed to know what was the Ethernet link status from the application
> level using ioctl but I think it miss some code in the BSD_TCPIP
> package to pass over this layer.
> In fact, it misses the case for SIOCGSTATUS in the BSD_TCPIP layer, so
>  I had to add the lines below in the if.c file and now we can get the
> link status.
>  	case SIOCGIFSTATUS:
> 	case SIOCGIFSTATS:
> 	case SIOCGIFSTATSUD:
> 		if (ifp->if_ioctl == 0)
> 			{
> 			return (EOPNOTSUPP);
> 			}
> 		return ((*ifp->if_ioctl)(ifp, cmd, data));
> 
> What do you think about these modifications. Is it possible to patch
> it in eCos ?
> 

Emmanuel,

The attached patch is what was applied.  Note the form and
the mailing list address - this is the acceptable way of
applying for patches/changes to eCos.

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Index: net/bsd_tcpip/current/ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /misc/cvsfiles/ecos-opt/net/net/bsd_tcpip/current/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.65
diff -u -5 -p -r1.65 ChangeLog
--- net/bsd_tcpip/current/ChangeLog	11 Sep 2007 16:37:53 -0000	1.65
+++ net/bsd_tcpip/current/ChangeLog	27 Sep 2007 11:13:44 -0000
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+2007-09-27  Gary Thomas  <gary@mlbassoc.com>
+
+	* src/sys/net/if.c (ifioctl): Add missing ioctl functions
+	(SIOCGIFSTATSUD, SIOCGIFSTATS) Reported by Emmanuel Coullien.
+
 2007-09-11  Daniel Néri  <daniel.neri@sigicom.se>
 
 	* include/sys/socketvar.h: Fix very old and subtle macro bug. From
 	FreeBSD revision 1.141.2.3 (RELENG_6 branch): "correctly return an
 	error if M_NOWAIT is passed to sblock() and the operation might
Index: net/bsd_tcpip/current/src/sys/net/if.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /misc/cvsfiles/ecos-opt/net/net/bsd_tcpip/current/src/sys/net/if.c,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -5 -p -r1.7 if.c
--- net/bsd_tcpip/current/src/sys/net/if.c	30 Jul 2005 11:23:30 -0000	1.7
+++ net/bsd_tcpip/current/src/sys/net/if.c	27 Sep 2007 11:13:45 -0000
@@ -1252,10 +1252,12 @@ ifioctl(so, cmd, data, p)
 	case SIOCGIFPSRCADDR:
 	case SIOCGIFPDSTADDR:
 	case SIOCGLIFPHYADDR:
 	case SIOCGIFMEDIA:
 	case SIOCGIFGENERIC:
+        case SIOCGIFSTATS:
+        case SIOCGIFSTATSUD:
 		if (ifp->if_ioctl == 0)
 			return (EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return ((*ifp->if_ioctl)(ifp, cmd, data));
 
 	case SIOCSIFLLADDR: