Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:13:23 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Experimental wireless network |
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On 19 Mar 1999 nbecker@fred.net wrote:
> I'm working on a wireless network experiment. The hub is running > linux. I want to route packets from the ethernet via a proprietary > PCI card. > > I'm looking for ideas on the software architecture. > > I'm assuming that most of the protocol is running in user mode (tell > me if that's a bad assumption). The data rates are not very high - > only up to 100's of kbit/s. One approach I think is to route to a new > network interface. A kernel driver is then needed to pass data to the > usermode program. The usermode program will pass data to the PCI card > via another driver. > > Do any other approaches come to mind? Any examples? Can I route the > data directly to my usermode program from the ethernet? >
You simply make a device driver like all the other ethernet cards... /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/.....(chose one)... Instead of talking to a ne3210, it talks to your hardware on your board.
Cheers, Dick Johnson ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** Penguin : Linux version 2.2.3 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips). Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
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