Re: How to use ixp4xx_hss (or generic-hdlc?)

[Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>]

"Miguel Ángel Álvarez" <gotzoncabanes@gmail.com> writes:

> I have also taken a look to the code of sethdlc to see how the socket
> to the interface was set. He made "sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM,
> IPPROTO_IP);" which I suppose does not care a lot because sethdlc only
> uses the socket to send ioctls, and not any data transfers.

This is a bit different matter, though you may need it to get ifr_index.

> However, in my case, I need to send data in a non-IP world using the
> interface. So... Is this the way I should open the socket? Would this
> encapsulate my data in hdlc before sending it to the interface?
>
> if I open the socket using sock = socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW,
> htons(ETH_P_ALL)); I can send data into the interface, but it is just
> sent as raw data (which is logic).

It should be bit-stuffed and encapsulated in HDLC frames (flags etc),
assuming a real HDLC device.

You may need to prepend some headers, though.

The basic idea is:

        int sock;
        struct ifreq ifr;
        struct sockaddr_ll addr;

        strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, "hdlc0");
        if ((sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP)) < 0)
                error();
        if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr))
                error();
        close(sock);

        if ((sock = socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_ALL))) < 0)
                error();

        memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
        addr.sll_family = AF_PACKET;
        addr.sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_ALL);
        addr.sll_ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
then:
        sendto(sock, packet_data, packet_size, 0, &addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0)

for RX:
        if (bind(sock, &addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0)
                error();
then:
        recvfrom(sock, buffer, max_packet_size, 0, &addr, &addr_len)
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Krzysztof Halasa