RE: [lwip-users] lwIP versus Interniche

[bill]

Thank you Thomas, Micael, and Simon for your replies.  The decision wasn't
hard after considering the learning curve.  Plus, there were a significant
number of serious bugs in version 7.2 most if not all reported fixed in 8.0.
It made me nervous that a version 7-something would have that many issues,
and there was a post about a fix in 8.0 that someone disagreed with.  I was
going to benchmark the 2, but I find it nearly impossible to believe that
Interniche could be faster.  And if it were, it would probably be
insignificant anyway.  We do give up IPv6 but I don't see that as a problem.
As far as I know, IPv4 will be supported indefinitely with the
infrastructure that's in place for it.

Thanks again,
Bill

> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Taranowski, Thomas (SWCOE)
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 6:22 PM
> To: Mailing list for lwIP users
> Subject: RE: [lwip-users] lwIP versus Interniche
> 
> The fact that they deliver the source code is nice.  Make sure that
> their licensing allows you to deploy the inevitable fix or enhancement
> you make to their source code.
> 
> For my purposes, I chose lwIP over a number of other stacks, including
> Interniche, because lwIP had what I thought was the most optimal
> architecture for my platform, and the best porting layer out there.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 11:30 AM
> > To: Mailing list for lwIP users
> > Subject: Re: [lwip-users] lwIP versus Interniche
> >
> > I guess you won't get too many really neutral answers on this list,
> but
> > I'll reply anyway... Only my opinions of course!
> >
> > Altera first used lwIP since they needed an inexpensive (or free)
> TCPIP
> > stack for their users (many TCPIP stacks are quite expensive...).
> They
> > don't seem to have worked too much on this as they did not even fix
> the
> > multithreading bug in ARP present in lwIP 1.2.0 (which they used for
> > NIOS II 5.x, I think - the last version they suggested lwIP).
> >
> > Of course they realized it's cheaper for them to get a partner
> shipping
> > a TCPIP stack is cheaper than having their own developers working on
> > lwIP - and the Interniche license isn't too expensive for their users
> (I
> > think 250 EUR per developer license).
> >
> > The pros for Interniche are the better integration into the NIOS
> suite
> > and the support for IPv6 (although this seems to cost extra) as well
> as
> > some extra modules (that although cost extra) and the possiblity of
> > getting a support contract from Interniche.
> >
> > The pros for lwIP are it is free (and free to be modified) and there
> > might be more additional software available for free (e.g. SNMP
> server
> > included, many in the contrib module).
> >
> > Of course I have to admit lwIP isn't bug-free, but I'll bet my a**
> that
> > the Interniche stack isn't, either...
> >
> >
> > Simon
> >
> > PS: We decided for lwIP, which is what me got here :-) But then
> again,
> > we don't use the OS environment provided by Altera...
> >
> >
> >
> > bill wrote:
> > >
> > > Interestingly - because Interniche has come up on this list before
> -
> > > my new project utilizes the NIOS II which recommends the Interniche
> > > TCP/IP stack while essentially denouncing lwIP. Does anyone have
> > > Interniche experience and lwIP experience to be able share any pros
> > > and cons or comparisons between Interniche and lwIP? I'm leaning
> > > towards lwIP because of the lesser learning curve. I don't have
> much
> > > else to go on at this point so any feedback would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
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