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authorMichael Brown2006-04-19 13:32:24 +0200
committerMichael Brown2006-04-19 13:32:24 +0200
commitbdc8190c8dea79b0d72f5b80654269836964e5b8 (patch)
tree4f9e76186afde789b988fb1d9c14d39e2fc7f7ed /src/include/gpxe
parentUpdated to remove obsolete constants (diff)
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Remove the concept of the media-independent link-layer header and replace
it with metadata in the pkb structure. This is required since UNDI will want to be able to parse the link-layer header without destroying it.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/include/gpxe')
-rw-r--r--src/include/gpxe/arp.h2
-rw-r--r--src/include/gpxe/llh.h63
-rw-r--r--src/include/gpxe/netdevice.h62
-rw-r--r--src/include/gpxe/pkbuff.h32
4 files changed, 59 insertions, 100 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/gpxe/arp.h b/src/include/gpxe/arp.h
index 64e6c2723..f6ec47af7 100644
--- a/src/include/gpxe/arp.h
+++ b/src/include/gpxe/arp.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ struct net_interface;
struct pk_buff;
extern int arp_resolve ( struct net_device *netdev, struct pk_buff *pkb,
- void *ll_addr );
+ const void **ll_addr );
extern int arp_process ( struct net_interface *arp_netif,
struct pk_buff *pkb );
diff --git a/src/include/gpxe/llh.h b/src/include/gpxe/llh.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f60078149..000000000
--- a/src/include/gpxe/llh.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _LLH_H
-#define _LLH_H
-
-/** @file
- *
- * Link-layer headers
- *
- * This file defines a media-independent link-layer header, used for
- * communication between the network and link layers of the stack.
- *
- */
-
-#include <stdint.h>
-
-/** Maximum length of a link-layer address */
-#define MAX_LLH_ADDR_LEN 6
-
-/** Maximum length of a network-layer address */
-#define MAX_NET_ADDR_LEN 4
-
-/* Network-layer address may be required to contain a raw link-layer address */
-#if MAX_NET_ADDR_LEN < MAX_LLH_ADDR_LEN
-#undef MAX_NET_ADDR_LEN
-#define MAX_NET_ADDR_LEN MAX_LLH_ADDR_LEN
-#endif
-
-/** A media-independent link-layer header
- *
- * This structure represents a generic link-layer header. It never
- * appears on the wire, but is used to communicate between different
- * layers within the gPXE protocol stack.
- */
-struct gpxehdr {
- /** The network-layer protocol
- *
- * This is the network-layer protocol expressed as an
- * ETH_P_XXX constant, in network-byte order.
- */
- uint16_t net_proto;
- /** Flags
- *
- * Filled in only on outgoing packets. Value is the
- * bitwise-OR of zero or more GPXE_FL_XXX constants.
- */
- uint8_t flags;
- /** Network-layer address length
- *
- * Filled in only on outgoing packets.
- */
- uint8_t net_addr_len;
- /** Network-layer address
- *
- * Filled in only on outgoing packets.
- */
- uint8_t net_addr[MAX_NET_ADDR_LEN];
-} __attribute__ (( packed ));
-
-/* Media-independent link-layer header flags */
-#define GPXE_FL_BROADCAST 0x01
-#define GPXE_FL_MULTICAST 0x02
-#define GPXE_FL_RAW 0x04
-
-#endif /* _LLH_H */
diff --git a/src/include/gpxe/netdevice.h b/src/include/gpxe/netdevice.h
index dbb6be84a..7517c3e71 100644
--- a/src/include/gpxe/netdevice.h
+++ b/src/include/gpxe/netdevice.h
@@ -8,13 +8,18 @@
*/
#include <stdint.h>
-#include <gpxe/llh.h>
#include <gpxe/list.h>
struct net_device;
struct net_interface;
struct pk_buff;
+/** Maximum length of a link-layer address */
+#define MAX_LLH_ADDR_LEN 6
+
+/** Maximum length of a network-layer address */
+#define MAX_NET_ADDR_LEN 4
+
/**
* A network device
*
@@ -45,7 +50,6 @@ struct net_device {
/** Poll for received packet
*
* @v netdev Network device
- * @v retrieve Flag indicating whether or not to retrieve packet
* @v pkb Packet buffer to contain received packet
* @ret rc Return status code
*
@@ -53,55 +57,42 @@ struct net_device {
* received packet. If no packet is available, the method
* should return -EAGAIN (i.e. this method is *always*
* considered to be a non-blocking read). If a packet is
- * available, but @c retrieve is false, the method should
- * return zero for success. If a packet is available and @c
- * retrieve is true, the method should fill the packet buffer
- * and return zero for success.
+ * available, the method should fill the packet buffer and
+ * return zero for success.
*/
- int ( * poll ) ( struct net_device *netdev, int retrieve,
- struct pk_buff *pkb );
- /** Build media-specific link-layer header
+ int ( * poll ) ( struct net_device *netdev, struct pk_buff *pkb );
+ /** Build 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.
+ * This method should fill in the link-layer header based on
+ * the metadata contained in @c pkb.
*
* 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
+ int ( * build_llh ) ( struct net_device *netdev, struct pk_buff *pkb );
+ /** Parse link-layer header
*
* @v netdev Network device
* @v pkb Packet buffer
* @ret rc Return status code
*
- * This method should convert the packet buffer's
- * media-specific link-layer header (e.g. a struct ethhdr)
- * into a generic link-layer header (a struct gpxehdr). It
- * performs the converse function of make_media_header().
- *
- * Note that the gpxehdr::addr and gpxehdr::addrlen fields
- * will not be filled in by this function, since doing so
- * would require understanding the network-layer header.
+ * This method should parse the link-layer header and fill in
+ * the metadata in @c pkb.
*/
- int ( * make_generic_header ) ( struct net_device *netdev,
- struct pk_buff *pkb );
+ int ( * parse_llh ) ( struct net_device *netdev, struct pk_buff *pkb );
/** Link-layer protocol
*
* This is an ARPHRD_XXX constant, in network byte order.
*/
uint16_t ll_proto;
+ /** Link-layer header length */
+ uint8_t ll_hlen;
/** Link-layer address length */
uint8_t ll_addr_len;
/** Link-layer address
@@ -151,17 +142,18 @@ struct net_interface {
*/
int ( * process ) ( struct net_interface *netif,
struct pk_buff *pkb );
- /** Add media-independent link-layer header
+ /** Fill in packet metadata
*
* @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().
+ * This method should fill in the @c pkb metadata with enough
+ * information to enable net_device::build_llh to construct
+ * the link-layer header.
*/
- int ( * add_generic_header ) ( struct net_interface *netif,
- struct pk_buff *pkb );
+ int ( * add_llh_metadata ) ( struct net_interface *netif,
+ struct pk_buff *pkb );
};
/**
@@ -196,9 +188,7 @@ extern struct net_device static_single_netdev;
extern int register_netdevice ( struct net_device *netdev );
-static inline void unregister_netdevice ( struct net_device *netdev __unused ){
- /* Do nothing */
-}
+extern void unregister_netdevice ( struct net_device *netdev );
static inline void free_netdevice ( struct net_device *netdev __unused ) {
/* Do nothing */
diff --git a/src/include/gpxe/pkbuff.h b/src/include/gpxe/pkbuff.h
index bcc304977..f82f508ac 100644
--- a/src/include/gpxe/pkbuff.h
+++ b/src/include/gpxe/pkbuff.h
@@ -26,8 +26,40 @@ struct pk_buff {
void *tail;
/** End of the buffer */
void *end;
+
+ /** The network-layer protocol
+ *
+ * This is the network-layer protocol expressed as an
+ * ETH_P_XXX constant, in network-byte order.
+ */
+ uint16_t net_proto;
+ /** Flags
+ *
+ * Filled in only on outgoing packets. Value is the
+ * bitwise-OR of zero or more PKB_FL_XXX constants.
+ */
+ uint8_t flags;
+ /** Network-layer address length
+ *
+ * Filled in only on outgoing packets.
+ */
+ uint8_t net_addr_len;
+ /** Network-layer address
+ *
+ * Filled in only on outgoing packets.
+ */
+ void *net_addr;
};
+/** Packet is a broadcast packet */
+#define PKB_FL_BROADCAST 0x01
+
+/** Packet is a multicast packet */
+#define PKB_FL_MULTICAST 0x02
+
+/** Network-layer address is a raw hardware address */
+#define PKB_FL_RAW_NET_ADDR 0x04
+
/**
* Add data to start of packet buffer
*