[openbeosnetteam] Networking status

Hi there,

the basic networking infrastructure should be more or less complete 
now. Also, when booted, and an interface is up, the stack should also 
respond to ARP requests. However, that it is more or less complete 
doesn't necessarily mean it will work fine - when implementing the 
protocols, we'll definitely find some rough or even missing edges, I'm 
sure.

Basically, there are a receiving path and a sending path - both are not 
completely implemented yet, and must be filled when implementing the 
actual protocols. To register a protocol for incoming traffic, you have 
to register yourself as a receiving protocol, or, in case your a 
datalink_protocol, as a device handler. For sending, you also need to 
register your protocol with type information. By registering your 
protocols, the equivalent of the "bone.conf" settings file is created. 
It pretty much works in the same way.
Tomorrow, I'll write up a more detailed article which should explain 
the complete architecture as far as it exists. If you're familiar with 
BONE, you should feel almost at home, even though there are some 
differences.

I've set up some open tasks at:
http://haiku.jansson.be/trac

Feel free to choose one of them, or even add some more tasks.

Bye,
   Axel.

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