[openbeosnetteam] Re: Network overview

On 7/20/06, Oliver Tappe <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
Hi Axel,

On 2006-07-19 at 12:40:06 [+0200], Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I've put a short document together that should explain how the stack
> works (more or less), and what data structures are in use:
> http://www.pinc-software.de/files/Network%20Stack.html

Many thanks for that! It helped me completing the picture in my mind. 

Yeah, this helped me as well.  There are a few things I'm not sure
about yet, but looking through the code and this description is much
more helpful than the code alone.

> If you have any questions, enhancement requests, etc. please shout.
> The only thing I intentionally left out is the locking strategy, as
> this is far from final yet.
>
> At least in some places, I also put some function documentation into
> the source files.
> If you need more insight, please tell me.

I probably will, very soon >;o)

cheers,
        Oliver


Is it in an operational state now, or does it still need some more?

If I can get this working on my dev box, I'll start working on the IP
portion.  If we get the stack working at least to the point of being
able to send UDP packets, then we could fine-tune it and finalize the
structure.  The rest of the protocols should then fall into place -
the hardest part being implementing TCP.

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