[openbeosnetteam] Re: DHCP Stay Alive Question

  • From: "David Enderson" <DEnderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <openbeosnetteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:05:47 -0500

I'm happy to let you guys argue this kernel module issue and I'll do
whatever you decide.

> David, your code is currently using sockets API, which from userland 
> point of view is perfectly fine.
> To move it into a kernel module, where this API is not *currently* 
> available, there is two possibilities:
> 1) change your code so it use Haiku's stack internal API to create, 
> send and receive UDP packets
> 2) write a kernel module exporting the sockets API for every kernel 
> module. That, your code can be move more easily into kernelland.
> 
> 2) is a task we planned to do one day anyway, but 1) may be not that 
> hard, considering the size of your current code.
> 

I'm happy to do #1 or #2, just tell me which you would prefer.

--David

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