ethernetif.h File Reference

#include "lwip/err.h"
#include "lwip/netif.h"

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Functions
err_t	ethernetif_init (struct netif *netif)
void	ethernetif_input (void *pvParameters)
void	User_notification (struct netif *netif)

Function Documentation

ethernetif_init()

err_t ethernetif_init

(

struct netif *

netif

)

Should be called at the beginning of the program to set up the network interface. It calls the function low_level_init() to do the actual setup of the hardware.

This function should be passed as a parameter to netif_add().

Parameters

netif

the lwip network interface structure for this ethernetif

Returns

ERR_OK if the loopif is initialized ERR_MEM if private data couldn't be allocated any other err_t on error

ethernetif_input()

void ethernetif_input

(

void *

pvParameters

)

This function is the ethernetif_input task, it is processed when a packet is ready to be read from the interface. It uses the function low_level_input() that should handle the actual reception of bytes from the network interface. Then the type of the received packet is determined and the appropriate input function is called.

Parameters

netif

the lwip network interface structure for this ethernetif

User_notification()

void User_notification

(

struct netif *

netif

)