Opened 15 years ago

Closed 14 years ago

#5240 closed enhancement (fixed)

[PATCH] Add TCP support

Reported by: andreasf Owned by: andreasf
Priority: normal Milestone: R1
Component: System/Boot Loader Version: R1/Development
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked By: #5234, #6061 Blocking: #5319
Platform: All

Description

To date, the boot net stack only has support for UDP and therefore uses a home-grown protocol for remote disk access.

The attached patch adds initial support for TCP sockets, allowing to connect to and disconnect from a remote server.

Other parts like receiving and sending data are still WIP.

Attachments (5)

tcp-draft-01.diff​ (22.6 KB ) - added by andreasf 15 years ago.
draft patch
tcp-test-1.diff​ (1.3 KB ) - added by andreasf 15 years ago.
test code for ppc
tcpserver.cs​ (553 bytes ) - added by andreasf 15 years ago.
test server
tcp-draft-02.diff​ (26.0 KB ) - added by andreasf 15 years ago.
updated draft patch
0001-Add-boot-loader-TCP-support.patch​ (26.8 KB ) - added by andreasf 14 years ago.
proposed patch

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Change History (14)

by andreasf, 15 years ago

Attachment: tcp-draft-01.diff​ added

draft patch

by andreasf, 15 years ago

Attachment: tcp-test-1.diff​ added

test code for ppc

by andreasf, 15 years ago

Attachment: tcpserver.cs​ added

test server

comment:1 by andreasf, 15 years ago

To test the above, compile and run the test server: 

gmcs tcpserver.cs
mono tcpserver.exe

Change the hexadecimal IP address in the test code to match your server and boot boot_loader_openfirmware via a TFTP server.

I tested it between an OpenSolaris/amd64 host and my PowerMac G3 b&w.

comment:2 by andreasf, 15 years ago

Reads spanning multiple packets are now fixed. Not having heard any comments, I hope it is approaching mergeable state.

comment:3 by andreasf, 15 years ago

Blocking: 5319 added

by andreasf, 15 years ago

Attachment: tcp-draft-02.diff​ added

updated draft patch

comment:4 by andreasf, 14 years ago

Blocked By: 6061 added

by andreasf, 14 years ago

Attachment: 0001-Add-boot-loader-TCP-support.patch​ added

proposed patch

comment:5 by andreasf, 14 years ago

patch: 0 → 1

comment:6 by andreasf, 14 years ago

Summary: [RFC] Add TCP support → [PATCH] Add TCP support

I've rebased my branch that contained some improvements on the last draft, and modified the random number generator according to Endre's suggestion and did some Coding Style fixes. I believe it could be merged now.

comment:7 by andreasf, 14 years ago

Owner: changed from axeld to andreasf
Status: new → assigned

comment:8 by andreasf, 14 years ago

patch: 1 → 0

comment:9 by andreasf, 14 years ago

Resolution: → fixed
Status: assigned → closed

Applied slightly differently in hrev38434 and hrev38472.

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