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Re: [lwip-users] Multiple netif interfaces, again.
From: |
Burt |
Subject: |
Re: [lwip-users] Multiple netif interfaces, again. |
Date: |
Thu, 1 May 2008 14:34:37 -0700 |
Thank you, Simon.
Burt
On 5/1/08, address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > [..]
> > Are these lists modified by
> > multiple threads?
> >
> At least they should not be used from multiple threads. The lwIP core
> should only be used by the tcpip thread. Application (socket-using)
> threads communicate with the tcpip thread using mailboxes.
> > More generally, are there known issues with
> > using multiple netif interfaces in lwip that
> > might match what I am experiencing?
> >
> None that I know of: I'm using one normal netif plus the loopback netif
> without problems. Even using 2 netifs (using the win32 port) is no problem.
> > (Unfortunately, I am forced to use the
> > lwip distribution from mid-2003 and
> > cannot simply update it to the current
> > one.)
> >
> Wow, that's really old!!! I'd strongly suggest you to think again about
> that: there have been _numerous_ changes and bugfixes since 2003 (that
> must have been lwIP v0.6.0 or older?). I'm afraid you won't get too much
> support for such an old version here... :-(
>
> Simon
>
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