On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 2:19 PM, <exar...@twistedmatrix.com> wrote: > On 06:06 pm, james.voip+twis...@gmail.com wrote: > >On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:58 PM, outcast > ><james.voip+twis...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> > >>I have been working on a kernel module to allow me to get the packets > >>out > >>of kernel land and into user space ATM. Not sure how twisted.pair does > >>that. I will go and google but the ultimate goal is to have a complete > >>network stack in python. So any information would be greatly > >>appreciated. > >>If I can get some good traction I might bring it to the next > >>hack-a-thon > >>just learning ATM but I have purpose in mind. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Just looked at the documentation. it looks like it using libpcap and > >>tun > >interface. No real hooks into ethX type devices. > > How is that different from what you want? Are you looking to get > ethernet frames instead of IP datagrams? You can do that with tun > devices too (perhaps they're called "tap" devices when used in that > context, though there's basically no difference in how they are set up > and used). > > Jean-Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Twisted-Python mailing list > Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com > http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python >
Don't want to use tap type of devices. Want to be able to handle packets natively from the interface with minimal amount of overhead. Basically want my own rx_handler to python call back. Yes I want the raw ethernet frames. Looking at an embedded solution so its a case of less is more.
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