Re: lwIP port status

[Simon Kallweit <simon dot kallweit at intefo dot ch>]

John Dallaway wrote:
> Hi Simon and all
>
> Simon Kallweit wrote:
>
> > John Dallaway schrieb:
> >
> > > Having reviewed the lwIP ChangeLog, I think it makes sense to simply
> > > replace the older lwIP port in the eCos CVS trunk (tagging the
> > > repository before the commit). There are known issues with lwIP PPP
> > > which need to be addressed upstream. In the meantime, eCos users wishing
> > > to work with lwIP PPP should be better off hacking on the lwIP 1.3.1
> > > stack where necessary rather than using the older port.
> > I think this is the way to go. There is already some hacking on PPP in
> > my port, which could lead to some confusion, as it is not identical to
> > the lwIP codebase. Also it does only work in a polled environment like
> > mine, so it might not be much use of the broad community. I don't know
> > how we should proceed with this?
>
> Perhaps it would be preferable to publish your PPP-related changes as a
> patch for the time being and keep the CVS sources as close to the master
> lwIP code as possible.

That sounds like a good idea. I'll look into it.

I'll do the merge with the newest lwip sources tomorrow and release the 
package.

Simon