Re: ANN: RTEMS libnetworking relocation

[Vijay Kumar Banerjee via Core-talk <core-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Hi,

Please also let me know if this needs to be posted to the tech talks
mailing list as well.

Thanks,
Vijay

On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 3:43 PM Vijay Kumar Banerjee <vijay at rtems.org> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> In RTEMS 6, there will be no cpukit/libnetworking in the RTEMS
> repository and it will be moved to its own separate repository. There
> are ongoing efforts in this direction and it is very close to
> completion. What's remaining, is to collect feedback from the users of
> the libnetworking stack.
>
> The legacy repo, in its current state, has been tested with pc-qemu
> and it can successfully run the legacy networking tests.
>
> The following are the links to the repositories with the latest
> version of changes:
> RTEMS: https://git.rtems.org/vijay/rtems.git/log/?h=devel-no-libnet
> Legacy Network: https://git.rtems.org/vijay/rtems-net-legacy.git/log/?h=main
>
> The following BSP family in RTEMS has been used with the old legacy
> networking stack:
> Zynq, PC, Motorola Shared, Beatnik, mvme3100, mvme5500, gen68360,
> uc5282, mvme 162/167
>
> If anyone is maintaining/working with one (or more) of these BSPs,
> please let me know if you're able to test the separate legacy-net
> repository and if you have any feedback. If you're planning to test
> it, please add your comments here so that we know someone is going to
> do it and wait for your feedback. The changes will not be pushed right
> away and we'll follow-up for your feedback.
>
> What's next?
>
> The legacy networking repository will stay at git.rtems.org for any
> projects that are still using it. It is recommended that the new
> projects use the libbsd networking stack which is more full-featured.
> There is a strong possibility that we will add lwip next, but no
> timeline has been decided for it yet. We plan to provide a performance
> analysis of lwip and libbsd networking (and maybe legacy networking as
> well)
>
> Thank you for your patient reading. Any suggestion is welcome and I'm
> more than happy to work with you to get it more thoroughly tested.
>
> Best regards,
> Vijay