Re: [lwip-users] lwIP on TI C55 processor

[Kieran Mansley]

On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 10:47 +0100, Jamie Granger wrote:
> Hi,
> I am a new member of this list and new to lwIP.  I have a question
> regarding using lwip with a Texas Instruments C55 DSP.
> 
> Searching through the archives I found several posts back in 2004
> referring to the C55 processor and that people were porting lwip for
> this processor and other 16-bit processors.  (The main problem with the
> C55 seems to be that this processor does not have an 8-bit type, or
> 8-bit addressing, therefore using u8_t pointers does not work
> correctly.)
> 
> The question is, have these problems been fixed in the current version
> of lwip ?  So, can I use the current version as it is, or do I need a
> special port for the C55 ?  If I do need a port, then does anyone know
> where I can get hold of one ?

I'm pretty sure the stack still uses u8_t types and pointers, so you
will unlikely be able to use it out of the box.  I'm not aware of a
recent port.

Kieran