GP2X Creating Sockets

[Parkydr]

Would it be possible to set up enough networking (just a loopback device will do) to be able to create sockets without requiring a custom kernel?

 

[RiX0R]

My guess would be yes, since there are applications like ifconfig and thttpd on there already.

But you never know until you try, of course.

Are you planning on using it for IPC? (which would be a pretty neat thing, come to think of it)

 

[Parkydr]

My guess would be yes, since there are applications like ifconfig and thttpd on there already.

But you never know until you try, of course.

Are you planning on using it for IPC? (which would be a pretty neat thing, come to think of it)

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ifconfig is available but there are no address families available and even the loopback interface is not defined.

I've been looking at porting Nano-X which has an X compatibility library which could open up a lot of games/apps.

It would be possible to replace the socket code with a different IPC method such as pipes but if sockets worked this would be less effort.

 

[theoddbot]

The next version of cramfs will at least support loopback network, and probably gadget ethernet as well. I've got g_ether talking to a windows host fine, but mac and linux make the gp2x crash in entertaining ways.

 

[BBTroll]

Parkydr: No, GPH's kernel doesn't have networking, even "ifconfig lo up 127.0.0.1" doesn't work.

theoddbot: Yeah, I was getting kernel panics after the first incoming packet using the CDC Ethernet part of the driver.

 

[theoddbot]

BBTroll: I've asked PLX to take a look at the driver, hopefully they'll come up with something.

 

[BBTroll]

It will be nice if they fix it. Hopefully they will not fall back to "move to 2.6".