[U-Boot] standalone application export eth_receive: undefined index
Hi all
I have a little problem. I need to access the eth_receive function in my standalone application. The U-boot version is 1.3.3 (I know it is old but it is a requirement). Also I have seen that I need to enable #define CONFIG_API but building with this option fails. Current platfom is a AT91RM9200, 16MB sdram, 16MB flash. If I comment out the switches in the net/eth.c net/net.c and include/net.h. It could work. I exported also eth_send. This function doesn't give me any problems when compiling the application.
Is this a dummy problem? Or something else?
Thanks
Robin Theunis
Dear Robin Theunis,
In message CAMeaXtydvu2yd3Bxr7ny0v+uLMKp0Dzhapxzdt7t1FY7pkKB0g@mail.gmail.com you wrote:
I have a little problem. I need to access the eth_receive function in my standalone application. The U-boot version is 1.3.3 (I know it is old but it is a requirement).
eth_receive is (intentionally) not an exported interface for standalone applications.
Is this a dummy problem? Or something else?
It's policy. Keep in mind that standalone applications allow youto create proprietary code. We accept that this is sometimes needed or evenuseful, so we provide a mechanism for it, on the other hand we strongly discourage closed source software, so we intentionally provide not too much of the U-Boot features to such code.
If you write Free Software, then just link it with the U-Boot image (and distribut eit under GPL). If you write proprietary software, then please implement your own, proprietary network drivers and network stack as well.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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