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Added the concept of a network interface (a network-layer concept) as

separate from a network device (a link-layer concept).
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Michael Brown 2006-04-19 02:09:08 +00:00
parent d65a66606b
commit 3ca7dbe7ca
1 changed files with 104 additions and 23 deletions

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/** @file
*
* Net device interface
* Network device and network interface
*
*/
#include <stdint.h>
#include <gpxe/llh.h>
#include <gpxe/list.h>
struct net_device;
struct net_interface;
struct pk_buff;
/**
* A network device
*
* This structure represents a piece of networking hardware. It has
* properties such as a link-layer address and methods for
* transmitting and receiving raw packets. It does not know anything
* about network-layer protocols (e.g. IP) or their addresses; these
* are handled by struct @c net_interface instead.
*
* Note that this structure must represent a generic network device,
* not just an Ethernet device.
*/
struct net_device {
/** Build media-specific link-layer header
*
* @v netdev Network device
* @v pkb Packet buffer
* @ret rc Return status code
*
* This method should convert the packet buffer's generic
* link-layer header (a struct gpxehdr) into a media-specific
* link-layer header (e.g. a struct ethhdr). The generic
* header should be removed from the buffer (via pkb_pull())
* and the media-specific header should be prepended (via
* pkb_push()) in its place.
*
* If a link-layer header cannot be constructed (e.g. because
* of a missing ARP cache entry), then this method should
* replace the contents of the packet buffer with an
* appropriate ARP request or equivalent, and return -ENOENT.
*/
int ( * make_media_header ) ( struct net_device *netdev,
struct pk_buff *pkb );
/** Transmit packet
*
* @v netdev Network device
@ -72,7 +60,27 @@ struct net_device {
*/
int ( * poll ) ( struct net_device *netdev, int retrieve,
struct pk_buff *pkb );
/** Parse link-layer header
/** Build media-specific link-layer header
*
* @v netdev Network device
* @v pkb Packet buffer
* @ret rc Return status code
*
* This method should convert the packet buffer's generic
* link-layer header (a struct gpxehdr) into a media-specific
* link-layer header (e.g. a struct ethhdr). The generic
* header should be removed from the buffer (via pkb_pull())
* and the media-specific header should be prepended (via
* pkb_push()) in its place.
*
* If a link-layer header cannot be constructed (e.g. because
* of a missing ARP cache entry), then this method should
* return an error (after transmitting an ARP request, if
* applicable).
*/
int ( * make_media_header ) ( struct net_device *netdev,
struct pk_buff *pkb );
/** Build media-independent link-layer header
*
* @v netdev Network device
* @v pkb Packet buffer
@ -91,7 +99,7 @@ struct net_device {
struct pk_buff *pkb );
/** Link-layer protocol
*
* This is an ARPHRD_XXX constant, in network-byte order.
* This is an ARPHRD_XXX constant, in network byte order.
*/
uint16_t ll_proto;
/** Link-layer address length */
@ -101,10 +109,83 @@ struct net_device {
* For Ethernet, this is the MAC address.
*/
uint8_t ll_addr[MAX_LLH_ADDR_LEN];
/** List of network interfaces */
struct list_head interfaces;
/** Driver private data */
void *priv;
};
/**
* A network interface
*
* This structure represents a particular network layer protocol's
* interface to a piece of network hardware (a struct @c net_device).
*
*/
struct net_interface {
/** Underlying net device */
struct net_device *netdev;
/** Linked list of interfaces for this device */
struct list_head list;
/** Network-layer protocol
*
* This is an ETH_P_XXX constant, in network byte order.
*/
uint16_t net_proto;
/** Network-layer address length */
uint8_t net_addr_len;
/** Network-layer address */
uint8_t net_addr[MAX_NET_ADDR_LEN];
/** Packet processor
*
* @v netif Network interface
* @v pkb Packet buffer
* @ret rc Return status code
*
* This method is called for packets arriving on the
* associated network device that match this interface's
* network-layer protocol.
*
* When this method is called, the link-layer header will
* already have been stripped from the packet.
*/
int ( * process ) ( struct net_interface *netif,
struct pk_buff *pkb );
/** Add media-independent link-layer header
*
* @v netif Network interface
* @v pkb Packet buffer
* @ret rc Return status code
*
* This method should prepend a generic link-layer header (a
* struct @c gpxehdr) to the packet buffer using pkb_push().
*/
int ( * add_generic_header ) ( struct net_interface *netif,
struct pk_buff *pkb );
};
/**
* Find interface for a specific protocol
*
* @v netdev Network device
* @v net_proto Network-layer protocol, in network byte order
* @ret netif Network interface, or NULL if none found
*
*/
static inline struct net_interface *
netdev_find_netif ( const struct net_device *netdev, uint16_t net_proto ) {
struct net_interface *netif;
list_for_each_entry ( netif, &netdev->interfaces, list ) {
if ( netif->net_proto == net_proto )
return netif;
}
return NULL;
}
extern int netdev_send ( struct net_device *netdev, struct pk_buff *pkb );
extern int netif_send ( struct net_interface *netif, struct pk_buff *pkb );
extern struct net_device static_single_netdev;
/* Must be a macro because priv_data[] is of variable size */