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ESP-NETIF Custom I/O Driver
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===========================
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This section outlines implementing a new I/O driver with esp-netif connection capabilities.
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By convention the I/O driver has to register itself as an esp-netif driver and thus holds a dependency on esp-netif component
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and is responsible for providing data path functions, post-attach callback and in most cases also default event handlers to define network interface
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actions based on driver's lifecycle transitions.
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Packet input/output
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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As shown in the diagram, the following three API functions for the packet data path must be defined for connecting with esp-netif:
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* :cpp:func:`esp_netif_transmit()`
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* :cpp:func:`esp_netif_free_rx_buffer()`
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* :cpp:func:`esp_netif_receive()`
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The first two functions for transmitting and freeing the rx buffer are provided as callbacks, i.e. they get called from
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esp-netif (and its underlying TCP/IP stack) and I/O driver provides their implementation.
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The receiving function on the other hand gets called from the I/O driver, so that the driver's code simply calls :cpp:func:`esp_netif_receive()`
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on a new data received event.
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Post attach callback
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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A final part of the network interface initialization consists of attaching the esp-netif instance to the I/O driver, by means
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of calling the following API:
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.. code:: c
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    esp_err_t esp_netif_attach(esp_netif_t *esp_netif, esp_netif_iodriver_handle driver_handle);
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It is assumed that the ``esp_netif_iodriver_handle`` is a pointer to driver's object, a struct derived from ``struct esp_netif_driver_base_s``,
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so that the first member of I/O driver structure must be this base structure with pointers to
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* post-attach function callback
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* related esp-netif instance
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As a consequence the I/O driver has to create an instance of the struct per below:
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.. code:: c
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    typedef struct my_netif_driver_s {
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            esp_netif_driver_base_t base;           /*!< base structure reserved as esp-netif driver */
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            driver_impl             *h;             /*!< handle of driver implementation */
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        } my_netif_driver_t;
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with actual values of ``my_netif_driver_t::base.post_attach`` and the actual drivers handle ``my_netif_driver_t::h``.
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So when the :cpp:func:`esp_netif_attach()` gets called from the initialization code, the post-attach callback from I/O driver's code
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gets executed to mutually register callbacks between esp-netif and I/O driver instances. Typically the driver is started
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as well in the post-attach callback. An example of a simple post-attach callback is outlined below:
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.. code:: c
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    static esp_err_t my_post_attach_start(esp_netif_t * esp_netif, void * args)
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    {
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        my_netif_driver_t *driver = args;
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        const esp_netif_driver_ifconfig_t driver_ifconfig = {
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                .driver_free_rx_buffer = my_free_rx_buf,
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                .transmit = my_transmit,
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                .handle = driver->driver_impl
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        };
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        driver->base.netif = esp_netif;
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        ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_netif_set_driver_config(esp_netif, &driver_ifconfig));
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        my_driver_start(driver->driver_impl);
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        return ESP_OK;
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    }
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Default handlers
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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I/O drivers also typically provide default definitions of lifecycle behaviour of related network interfaces based
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on state transitions of I/O drivers. For example *driver start* ``->`` *network start*, etc.
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An example of such a default handler is provided below:
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.. code:: c
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    esp_err_t my_driver_netif_set_default_handlers(my_netif_driver_t *driver, esp_netif_t * esp_netif)
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    {
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        driver_set_event_handler(driver->driver_impl, esp_netif_action_start, MY_DRV_EVENT_START, esp_netif);
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        driver_set_event_handler(driver->driver_impl, esp_netif_action_stop, MY_DRV_EVENT_STOP, esp_netif);
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        return ESP_OK;
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    }
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Network stack connection
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------------------------
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The packet data path functions for transmitting and freeing the rx buffer (defined in the I/O driver) are called from
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the esp-netif, specifically from its TCP/IP stack connecting layer. The following API reference outlines these network stack
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interaction with the esp-netif.
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.. include-build-file:: inc/esp_netif_net_stack.inc
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