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soc:nikhil:under_construction [2006/06/15 06:29] nikhilcrao added network processing |
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| struct rtl8139_tx tx;\\ | struct rtl8139_tx tx;\\ | ||
| struct rtl8139_rx rx;\\ | struct rtl8139_rx rx;\\ | ||
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| There are a bunch of functions to perform various tasks, such as opening the NIC, reading the MAC address, resetting the NIC, closing the NIC, etc. static void rtl_poll(struct net_device *netdev) is used to poll RTL8139 to check for received packets. This function takes a network device as an argument. The private data of the network device stores the rtl8139_nic structure. If data is available, it allocates a packet buffer of the appropriate size and copies the data from the driver into the packet buffer. It then calls void netdev_rx(struct net_device *netdev, struct pk_buff *pkb) passing the network device and packet buffer as arguments. The function netdev_rx() performs a very simple task. It fills up ll_protocol of the packet buffer with information from netdev and then adds the packet buffer to the rx_queue. The packet is picked up for processing by the link layer protocol (IPv4) when int net_rx_process() is called. | There are a bunch of functions to perform various tasks, such as opening the NIC, reading the MAC address, resetting the NIC, closing the NIC, etc. static void rtl_poll(struct net_device *netdev) is used to poll RTL8139 to check for received packets. This function takes a network device as an argument. The private data of the network device stores the rtl8139_nic structure. If data is available, it allocates a packet buffer of the appropriate size and copies the data from the driver into the packet buffer. It then calls void netdev_rx(struct net_device *netdev, struct pk_buff *pkb) passing the network device and packet buffer as arguments. The function netdev_rx() performs a very simple task. It fills up ll_protocol of the packet buffer with information from netdev and then adds the packet buffer to the rx_queue. The packet is picked up for processing by the link layer protocol (IPv4) when int net_rx_process() is called. | ||
