* send: Send the bytes passed in "packet" as a packet on the wire
* recv: Check if the hardware received a packet. If so, set the pointer to the
* packet buffer in the packetp parameter. If not, return an error or 0 to
- * indicate that the hardware receive FIFO is empty
+ * indicate that the hardware receive FIFO is empty. If 0 is returned, the
+ * network stack will not process the empty packet, but free_pkt() will be
+ * called if supplied
+ * free_pkt: Give the driver an opportunity to manage its packet buffer memory
+ * when the network stack is finished processing it. This will only be
+ * called when no error was returned from recv - optional
* stop: Stop the hardware from looking for packets - may be called even if
* state == PASSIVE
* mcast: Join or leave a multicast group (for TFTP) - optional
int (*start)(struct udevice *dev);
int (*send)(struct udevice *dev, void *packet, int length);
int (*recv)(struct udevice *dev, uchar **packetp);
+ int (*free_pkt)(struct udevice *dev, uchar *packet, int length);
void (*stop)(struct udevice *dev);
#ifdef CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
int (*mcast)(struct udevice *dev, const u8 *enetaddr, int join);
void NetStop(void);
/* Load failed. Start again. */
-void NetStartAgain(void);
+int NetStartAgain(void);
/* Get size of the ethernet header when we send */
int NetEthHdrSize(void);
/* Transmit a packet */
static inline void NetSendPacket(uchar *pkt, int len)
{
+ /* Currently no way to return errors from eth_send() */
(void) eth_send(pkt, len);
}