In fact, the sizes were the same the whole time, but by using
the same enum in both cases to instantiate the Packet_stream_tx
and Packet_stream_rx members of the e.g. RPC object, it allows
for more flexible generalization between e.g. source or, sink
objects, when programming event-driven, and implementing generic
handlers for their signals.
'Gratuitous ARP' broadcast messages are used to announce newly created
IP<->MAC address mappings to other hosts. nic_bridge-internal hosts
would expect a nic_bridge-internal MAC address in this message, whereas
external hosts would expect the NIC's MAC address in this message.
The simplest solution to this problem is to just drop those messages,
since they are not really necessary.
Fixes#709.
This patch simplifies the way of how Genode's base libraries are
organized. Originally, the base API was implemented in the form of many
small libraries such as 'thread', 'env', 'server', etc. Most of them
used to consist of only a small number of files. Because those libraries
are incorporated in any build, the checking of their inter-dependencies
made the build process more verbose than desired. Also, the number of
libraries and their roles (core only, non-core only, shared by both core
and non-core) were not easy to capture.
Hereby, the base libraries have been reduced to the following few
libraries:
- startup.mk contains the startup code for normal Genode processes.
On some platform, core is able to use the library as well.
- base-common.mk contains the parts of the base library that are
identical by core and non-core processes.
- base.mk contains the complete base API implementation for non-core
processes
Consequently, the 'LIBS' declaration in 'target.mk' files becomes
simpler as well. In the most simple case, only the 'base' library must
be mentioned.
Fixes#18
By adding a "mac=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX" attribute/value pair to the nic_bridge's
configuration one can define the first MAC address from which the nic_brigde
will allocate MACs for it's clients. Note: that the least relevant byte will
be ignored, and ranges from 0-255. Fixes#424.
