Re: [ECOS] ppp the die-hard FAQ

[Jani Monoses <jani at iv dot ro>]

On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 17:39:30 +1200
John Carter <john.carter@tait.co.nz> wrote:

> Searching through the archives, this seems to be one of those
> Frequently Asked Questions, mostly because people don't like the
> Frequently Given Answers!
> 
> >>From what I can gather...
> 1) There is no port of ppp/slip/cslip in eCos.

Not in the public repo.

> 2) There is a port of lwip to eCos which has an experimental port of  
> ppp.

True.

> 3) Someone has ported ppp to eCos, but is prevented by vampire bean
> counters from releasing the port. 

The code is now in the lwip CVS repo at savannah.gnu.org. Thanks go out
to a group of garlic counting hammsters.


> Question 1: Is grafting lwip onto eCos really the easiest / best way
> of getting ppp on eCos? (Especially since eCos has a "native" tcp/ip
> stack.)

Dunno.

> Q1.1: Is lwip better or worse by any metric than the native eCos ip
> stack?

Better by some metrics (simpler code, smaller footprint) worse by
others (less mature and stable, supports fewer acronyms)

> Let's keep this in perspective.
> 
> On the edge of a certain Galaxy, one of many billions of Galaxies, is
> a small yellow star. One of the many billions stars in that Galaxy. 
> 
> Around that star orbits a planet. On the surface of that planet is a
> very very thin scum of carbon based life forms. A very very small
> fraction of that biomass regards themselves as autonomous intelligent
> beings.
> 
> And most of those would rather be watching television.

Sad but true.

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