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Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 23:57:26 +0200
From: Bjoern Doebel <doebel@os.inf.tu-dresden.de>
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To: Stefan Scheler <lists@coriena.de>
Subject: Re: TCP/IP between L4Linux and L4 task
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Hi,

> is it possible to connect from an L4Linux process to a FLIPS-based L4
> task using TCP/IP? And if so, how?

Sure. Both, L4Linux and your app need to be compiled without native
hardware support. Instead, use a software network switch like the one
provided by l4/pkg/ore. L4Linux needs to compiled with the ORe driver
and your app needs to send/receive packets through ORe.

ORe also provides a minimal TCP stack in l4/pkg/ore/lib/uip. I don't
know whether Christian Helmuth already finished to add ORe support to
FLIPS - maybe he can give some info about this.

Hope that helps.
Bjoern
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