[hipl-dev] Re: [Merge] lp:~hipl-core/hipl/libhip into lp:hipl

Hi,

On 02/21/2012 03:24 PM, Diego Biurrun wrote:

  review needs-info

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 08:34:18AM +0000, Xin wrote:

Xin has proposed merging lp:~hipl-core/hipl/libhip into lp:hipl.

Libhip merge proposal:

The libhip branch mainly aims to provide a convenient way for system
test of HIPL without full installation and configuration. In addition
to this purpose, it also provides a socket API alike library approach
for application to use HIP. Last by not least, since vanilla Linux TCP
does not yet support long periods of disconnectivity [1] , libhip can
be a solution in this condition.

In the libhip branch, we build a library version of HIP for upper
applications, which only exposes traditional socket like API. when
using the libhip, hip control messages are transmitted over TCP or
UDP, which is similar to TLS/DTLS but we have a unified protocol to
handle both datagram and streaming traffic[2]. Compared to TLS/DTLS,
this is a big advantage and it may be better use case for HIP[3].

In the libhip, most of code of hipd has been moved to lib/hipdaemon
which then becomes a library for both hipd and libhip. By this way,
the libhip can reuse the code of hipd to the max extend. This is
also the reason why libhip can be a system test approach for hipd,
especially in the process of base exchange, the libhip and hipd
share the same code base. Meanwhile, the hip daemon, and other
functionalities previous exist in the trunk, are kept unchanged and
functioning after this merge.


Why is the library called libhipdaemon?


would something else (e.g. "lib/hipl" and "libhipl") be more suitable?

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