loopif.c File Reference

Functions
void	loopif_poll (struct netif *netif)
err_t	loopif_init (struct netif *netif)

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Detailed Description

Loop Interface

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Function Documentation

err_t loopif_init

(

struct netif *

netif

)

Initialize a lwip network interface structure for a loopback interface

Parameters:

netif

the lwip network interface structure for this loopif

Returns:

ERR_OK if the loopif is initialized ERR_MEM if private data couldn't be allocated

void loopif_poll

(

struct netif *

netif

)

Call loopif_poll() in the main loop of your application. This is to prevent reentering non-reentrant functions like tcp_input(). Packets passed to loopif_output() are put on a list that is passed to netif->input() by loopif_poll().

Parameters:

netif

the lwip network interface structure for this loopif

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