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16 years ago

TCP/IP stack options for Nios II

In the past couple of hours I've been trying to figure out the options available for having a TCP/IP stack on Nios II, taking into account the complexity of the solution as well as its price. Here ar...
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16 years ago

8) Since a TCP/IP stack doesn't usually rely on a large number of kernel interfaces, take the kernel TCP/IP components from one of the BSD unix source trees, modify these and the socket interface and tx/rx packet interfaces to match your system's micro-kernel (aka buffer/timer/kernel thread) interfaces.

Use the BSD sources (not the linux ones) to avoid problems with the GPL.