Re: [lwip-users] Getting started with an ethernet driver for linux

[Sylvain Rochet]

Hi,

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 08:51:13PM +1200, A G wrote:
> 
> Thanks, where you say it "uses a pseudo network interface that somehow 
> passes raw ethernet packets", what do you mean by "somehow"; is this 
> functionality provided by lwip, or do I need to do the lwip to raw 
> ethernet packet interface?

The unix port uses the TUN/TAP virtual Ethernet interfaces facility of 
the Linux(and others) kernel.

But this is mostly for tests purpose, debugging is easier and we don't 
have to wait for uC flash.

Sylvain

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