Once again my overflow of gratitude: while (1) { Mateusz++; }
Alain, maybe we could update LIDOS with Mateusz picoTCP Kind Regards, Geraldo Netto Sapere Aude => Non dvcor, dvco http://exdev.sf.net/ On 19 November 2015 at 17:00, Mateusz Viste <mate...@viste.fr> wrote: > Hello group, > > I write this message to share a little news about what I was doing in my > spare time these last two months: porting picoTCP to DOS. > > picoTCP is a modern, dual-stack, open-source TCP/IP stack. It has been > created by the good people at Intelligent Systems (Altran), primarily as > a stack designed for embedded computing (hence hardware with very > limited horse power). It is backed by a well established corporation and > it's actively maintained. > > I played with the stack for some times now, and ended up building an > entire DOS compatibility layer around it. A few patches were required to > the stack, a few days of development, many hours of debugging - but here > it is - the first public release of picoTCP for DOS! > > http://picotcp4dos.sourceforge.net > > The project contains three major parts: > > - ipcfg: a little tool that allows to configure networking on your DOS > machine (IP, DNS, etc). No, it's not a text file - I wanted to avoid the > complexity of parsing a text file, and opted for a binary configuration > file that is manipulated via ipcfg. It's much more flexible that a text > config file, while being much easier/faster to load at runtime. > > - ping: no need to explain, I guess... my ping tool for DOS, based on > picoTCP - crucial when it comes to testing your networking > > - an OpenWatcom library package (openwatcom, large memory model) - this > is for the fellow developers that would like to use the DOS version of > picoTCP inside their network-enabled, 16-bit DOS programs. I integrated > a packet driver schim, a DOS-compatible timer, as well as the whole IP > configuration logic, so it is now a simple (2 functions!) public API > that allows to load picoTCP, use it, and unload it. > > > *** Short how-to *** > > 1. Download picotcp4dos and unzip it on your drive > 2. Set the location where the config file will be stored, for example: > SET PICOTCP=C:\PICOTCP.DAT > 3. Bind picoTCP to the interrupt vector of your packet driver, example: > ipcfg int 60 > 4. Configure your IP settings using ipcfg, or use DHCP (ipcfg dhcp) > > enjoy! > > Mateusz > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user