Fwd: basic questions about LiS

Since I am no longer maintaining LiS I am referring this to the 
group.  Perhaps someone can help Mr Wang.
-- Dave

>From: "Hongbin Wang" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: basic questions about LiS
>Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 19:28:33 -0800
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>Dear David Grothe,
>
>This is Henry Wang, a consultant working on a project using embedded Linux 
>for PPC8260 based broadband access product.
>I came across LiS just a few days ago when I started on porting the 
>Ethernet switch driver we got from the chip vendor.
>What we learned is that the driver is using the STREAMS model. Since I 
>have no expertise in this area, I'm resorting to your help.
>
>(1) we're currently using yellowdog linux 2.4.24 for powerpc, is there any 
>risk in using LiS 2.16?
>(2) since the regular network drivers in linux use BSD socket model, is 
>there any conflicts between the BSD model and STREAM model? can the two 
>models coexist?
>(3) when adding LiS library to the linux kernel, does it mean that we're 
>adding STREAMS based TCP/IP protocol stack into the kernel? I have no clue 
>about how much bigger the footprint will become for the new kernel, but it 
>seems to me that it is unnecessary to have both BSD model and STREAM model 
>at the same time;
>(4) for application development, how much learning curve will it require 
>to get familiar with STREAMS (such as learning the DLPI)
>
>Your help and input is highly appreciated in advance.
>
>Sincerely
>
>Henry Wang