[Ns-developers] GSOC application requesting information

[Mathieu Lacage]

hi ali,

On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 01:34 -0400, Ali Ahmed wrote:
> I have going over the information provided thus far and am trying to chalk
> out the steps needed to port the Linux network stack to ns-3 simulator .
> I am new to kernel development in general and would like to ask about the
> scope of the project .
> 
> I am unclear on what comprises the network stack in linux .
> 
> A starting point would be the essential things like  net/core --  skbuff.c

yes.

> 
> along with  the assortment of headers like
> 
> netdevice.h , skbuff.h etc .

yes.

> 
> Form here on in where does the stack extend to .
> 
> All the way to routing cache and table ?

yes.

> I know I may be a bit vague , but  could someone provide some insight  on
> what is required for this project.

The goal is really to pull in a full tcp/udp/ipv4 stack and that
includes, indeed, a full ipv4 routing table/arp implementation and
cache.

Do the above answer your questions ?

Mathieu