Question Regarding Networking Middleware for Ethernet interface

Hello, I'm using the same basis like you suggested. For example I have used followed code:

/* The following values are read from EEPROM */
const char mac_addr[]  = { "4c-52-62-32-3c-46" };
const char ip_addr[]   = { "192.168.1.250"     };
const char def_gw[]    = { "192.168.1.1"       };
const char net_mask[]  = { "255.255.255.0"     };
const char pri_dns[]   = { "8.8.8.8"      };
const char sec_dns[]   = { "8.8.4.4"      };
const char host_name[] = { "Keil_MCB"          };
bool DHCP_enabled      = false;

uint32_t tcp_cb_func (int32_t socket, netTCP_Event event,
                      const NET_ADDR *addr, const uint8_t *buf, uint32_t len) {
  switch (event) {
    case netTCP_EventConnect:
      // Connect request received in server mode
      if (addr->addr_type == NET_ADDR_IP4) {
        // IPv4 client
//        if (addr->addr[0] == 192  &&
//            addr->addr[1] == 168  &&
//            addr->addr[2] == 0    &&
//            addr->addr[3] == 1) 
				{
          // Accept connection from client at 192.168.0.1
          return (1);
        }
      }
//      else {
//        // IPv6 client
//        const uint8_t ip6_addr[NET_ADDR_IP6_LEN] = { 
//                         0xfe, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
//                         0x1c, 0x30, 0x6c, 0xff, 0xfe, 0xa2, 0x45, 0x5e };
//        if (memcmp (addr->addr, ip6_addr, NET_ADDR_IP6_LEN) == 0) {
//          // Accept connection from client at [fe80::1c30:6cff:fea2:455e]
//          return (1);
//        }
//      }
      // Deny connection.
      return (0);
 
    case netTCP_EventEstablished:
      // Connection established
      break;
 
    case netTCP_EventClosed:
      // Connection was properly closed
      break;
 
    case netTCP_EventAborted:
      // Connection is for some reason aborted
      break;
 
    case netTCP_EventACK:
      // Previously sent data acknowledged
      break;
 
    case netTCP_EventData:
      // Data received
      if ((buf[0] == 0x01) && (len == 2)) {
        // Switch LEDs on and off
        // LED_SetOut (buf[1]);
      }
      break;
  }
  return (0);
}

int main(void)
{

  /* USER CODE BEGIN 1 */
	SystemCoreClock = 200000000;
	SystemCoreClockUpdate();
  /* USER CODE END 1 */

  /* MCU Configuration--------------------------------------------------------*/

  /* Reset of all peripherals, Initializes the Flash interface and the Systick. */
  HAL_Init();
	
	SystemClock_Config();
	
	HAL_SYSTICK_CLKSourceConfig(SYSTICK_CLKSOURCE_HCLK);
	
	uint8_t buf[28];
	
  netInitialize ();
	
	extern ARM_DRIVER_ETH_PHY Driver_ETH_PHY0;
	static ARM_DRIVER_ETH_PHY *phy;
	phy = &Driver_ETH_PHY0;
	phy->SetMode (ARM_ETH_PHY_SPEED_100M | ARM_ETH_PHY_ISOLATE | ARM_ETH_PHY_AUTO_NEGOTIATE | ARM_ETH_PHY_DUPLEX_FULL);

  /* Change host name */
  netSYS_SetHostName (&host_name[0]);
 
  /* Change MAC address */
  netMAC_aton (mac_addr, &buf[0]);
  netIF_SetOption (NET_IF_CLASS_ETH | 0, netIF_OptionMAC_Address, &buf[0], NET_ADDR_ETH_LEN);
 
  if (DHCP_enabled == false) {
    /* Static configuration mode */ 
    netDHCP_Disable (NET_IF_CLASS_ETH | 0);
 
    /* Change IP address */
    netIP_aton (ip_addr, NET_ADDR_IP4, &buf[0]);
    netIF_SetOption (NET_IF_CLASS_ETH | 0, netIF_OptionIP4_Address, &buf[0], NET_ADDR_IP4_LEN);
 
    /* Change Network mask */
    netIP_aton (net_mask, NET_ADDR_IP4, &buf[0]);
    netIF_SetOption (NET_IF_CLASS_ETH | 0, netIF_OptionIP4_SubnetMask, &buf[0], NET_ADDR_IP4_LEN);
 
    /* Change Default Gateway address */
    netIP_aton (def_gw, NET_ADDR_IP4, &buf[0]);
    netIF_SetOption (NET_IF_CLASS_ETH | 0, netIF_OptionIP4_DefaultGateway, &buf[0], NET_ADDR_IP4_LEN);
 
    /* Change Primary DNS Server address */
    netIP_aton (pri_dns, NET_ADDR_IP4, &buf[0]);
    netIF_SetOption (NET_IF_CLASS_ETH | 0, netIF_OptionIP4_PrimaryDNS, &buf[0], NET_ADDR_IP4_LEN);
 
    /* Change Secondary DNS Server address */
    netIP_aton (sec_dns, NET_ADDR_IP4, &buf[0]);
    netIF_SetOption (NET_IF_CLASS_ETH | 0, netIF_OptionIP4_SecondaryDNS, &buf[0], NET_ADDR_IP4_LEN);
		
		int32_t tcp_sock;
 
		// Initialize TCP Socket and start listening on port 2000
		tcp_sock = netTCP_GetSocket (tcp_cb_func);
		if (tcp_sock >= 0) {
			netTCP_Listen (tcp_sock, 2000);
		}
		
		
  }
	else
	{
		netDHCP_Enable (NET_IF_CLASS_ETH | 0);
		
		int32_t tcp_sock;
 
		// Initialize TCP Socket and start listening on port 2000
		tcp_sock = netTCP_GetSocket (tcp_cb_func);
		if (tcp_sock >= 0) {
			netTCP_Listen (tcp_sock, 2000);
		}
	}
	uint32_t tick;
	while (1) {
    // Run main Network Core 'thread'
    tick = HAL_GetTick();
	}
}

Hi, first, you should start a simple Network program.

1)Did you run RTOS in your mentioned code? Before netInitialize (); you should start RTOS for the OS can handle the network PHY.

2)Please disable DHCP and set a static IP to check the ping command. via   Net_Config_ETH_0.h file.

3)Disable all configuration network settings that you have set by netIP_aton  and netIF_SetOption.

Something like this:

__NO_RETURN static void app_main (void *argument){	
 int32_t Socket;
	
	netInitialize();
	
		Socket = netUDP_GetSocket (udp_cb_func);
			
		if (Socket>= 0) 
		{
		netUDP_Open(Socket,54321);
							
		}

		
		while(1)
		{

			
		}
	
}
int main (void){

  osKernelInitialize();                 // Initialize CMSIS-RTOS
  osThreadNew(app_main, NULL, NULL);    // Create application main thread
  osKernelStart(); 
	
	while(1);
}

My collegs want to have a solution without RTOS. Is it possible to get running without RTOS usage?

That means that we should apply RTOS functionality and thus we can not use that - meanly due to memory fragmentation.

Hi again,

You can use old version of Network( I don't recommend) or use LWIP.