LightWeight IP (lwIP) Application Examples

Application Note: Embedded ProcessingRLightWeight IP (lwIP) Application ExamplesAuthor: Siva VelusamyXAPP1026 (v1.0) April 11, 2008SummaryLightweight IP (lwIP) is an open source TCP/IP networking stack for embedded systems. Xilinx

Embedded Development Kit (EDK) provides lwIP software customized to run on Xilinx

Embedded systems containing either a PowerPC® or a MicroBlaze™ processor. This

application note describes how to utilize the lwIP library to add networking capability to an

embedded system. In particular, lwIP is utilized to develop the following applications: echo

server, web server, and a TFTP ed

SystemsHardware and

Software

RequirementsIncluded with this application note are reference systems for the Xilinx ML505, ML403 and

Spartan®-3AN FPGA Starter Kit boards:/support/documentation/application_notes/ hardware and software requirements are:•••••••One of Xilinx ML505, ML403 or Spartan-3AN Starter Development BoardXilinx Platform USB Cable or Parallel IV CableRS232 CableA crossover ethernet cable connecting the board to a Windows or Linux Communications Utility Program, such as HyperTerminal or TeratermXilinx Platform Studio 10.1iISE® 10.1 design toolsIntroductionlwIP is an open source networking stack designed for embedded systems. It is provided under

a BSD style license. The objective of this application note is to describe how to use lwIP

shipped along with the Xilinx EDK to add networking capability to an embedded system. In

particular, this application note describes the:••EDK hardware system requirements for running lwIPSoftware applications (echo server, web server and TFTP server) utilizing nce

System

SpecificsThe reference design for this application note is structured in the following way. The zip file

contains two folders, “raw” and “socket”, both of which have the structure as shown in Table 1: Structure of raw and socket Folders in the Reference DesignFolderml505ml403s3anContentsEDK design for ML505 board: contains MicroBlaze, xps_ll_temac and design for ML403 board: contains PPC405, xps_ll_temac and xps_ll_ design for Spartan-3AN Starter board: contains MicroBlaze and

xps_ethernetlite.© 2008 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved. XILINX, the Xilinx logo, and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Xilinx, Inc. All other trademarks are the property

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Reference System SpecificsThe raw folder contains applications that use the lwIP raw API. The socket folder contains

software that uses the API of the lwIP socket. Within each design, there is a software folder

(apps/src) containing the source code for all the applications. The same source code is used in

all three re SystemsThree reference hardware systems are present in the reference design. These include designs

for the ML505, ML403 and Spartan-3AN starter kit boards. This section describes the hardware

l Hardware Requirements for lwIPTo run lwIP, the following hardware components are required:

••A processor: In a Xilinx EDK based embedded system, this can be a PowerPC 405

processor, or a MicroBlaze soft-processor, depending on the Ethernet MAC: The Ethernet MAC IP is required to send and receive packets. EDK

provides two MAC IPs:♦♦xps_ethernetlite: a small (low area), simple Ethernet MAC that is suitable for

applications that require low performance network connectivityxps_ll_temac: a high performance ethernet MAC that is suitable for applications that

require high bandwidth network connectivity. It can utilize the embedded Hard Trimode

Ethernet MACs present in some FPGA families.•Interrupt controller: The Xilinx lwIP adapters work in interrupt mode only, meaning that

packet reception or transmission is notified to software via interrupts by the ethernet MAC.

An interrupt controller is required to connect multiple sources of interrupt to the mmable Timer: lwIP requires a periodic interrupt to update TCP timers. This is

typically implemented by programming a timer to generate interrupts at a constant rate.

PowerPC 405 contains an internal timer which can be used for this purpose. For

MicroBlaze systems however, an external timer is required. EDK provides the xps_timer IP

core that can be used for this purpose.•Optional Hardware ComponentsThe web server software application demonstrates how to control or monitor the status of an

embedded system by interfacing to LEDs or DIP switches. These peripherals are controlled by

GPIO (General Purpose I/O) cores. Applications requiring such functionality must add XPS

GPIO IP cores to interface to the re System Block DiagramsThe block diagrams of the three hardware designs present in the reference design are shown

505 Hardware SystemThe ML505 hardware design shown in Figure1 is comprised of a MicroBlaze soft processor, a

Multi-Ported Memory Controller (MPMC) connected to DDR2 memory, and the high

performance XPS LL TEMAC core. A timer is present as a source of periodic interrupts. The

interrupt controller connects the DMA receive and transmit interrupts, EMAC error interrupt and

the timer interrupt to the processor. XPS GPIO cores are used to connect to LEDs and DIP

switches. The system frequency is 125 403 Hardware SystemThe ML403 system shown in Figure2 utilizes the embedded PowerPC processor for running all

software applications. The system has a xps_ll_temac core with a FIFO interface. The local-link

interface of the xps_ll_temac is connected to the PLB via a xps_ll_fifo adapter. In such a system

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Reference System Specificswith a FIFO, the processor is responsible for all data transfers from the EMAC to the memory

controller (MPMC). The PIT (Programmable Interval Timer) within the PowerPC is used as a

source of periodic interrupts, so there is no need for an external timer. The xps_gpio cores

connect to the LEDs and DIP switches. In this system, the PowerPC is clocked at 300 MHz and

the rest of the peripherals are clocked at 100 MAC_INTINTERRUPTXPS_intcTIMER_INTXPS_timermdmMicroBlazeSDMA_RX_INTSDMA_TX_INTPLBIXCLDXCLPLBSDMAMPMClocallinkV5_LXTEmbedded

TEMACxps_ll_temacXPS_gpioXPS_gpioLEDsDIPSwitchesX1026_01_040708DDR2Marvell PHYFigure 1:ML505 Hardware SystemPushButtonsTEMAC INTRINTERRUPTXPS_intcXPS_bramXPS_gpioPPC405FIFO INTRPLBIPLBDPLBMPMCPLBxps_ll_fifolocallinkV4FXEmbedded

TEMACxps_ll_temacXPS_gpioLEDsDDRMarvell PHYX1026_02_040708Figure 2:ML403 Hardware SystemXAPP1026 (v1.0) April 11, 3

Software ApplicationsSpartan-3AN Starter Kit Hardware SystemThe Spartan-3AN starter kit system shown in Figure3 is the simplest of the three systems. It

uses the small xps_ethernetlite EMAC IP to provide ethernet connectivity. The xps_ethernetlite

core supports 10/100 Mbps link speeds only, and can have a maximum of 2 kb of internal buffer

to hold packets. The other components are the same as in the ML505 system. The system

frequency is 62.5 TERRUPTXPS_intcTIMER_INTXPS_timerELITE INTmdmMicroBlazePLBXPS_gpioIXCLDXCLMPMCPLBxps_ethernetliteLEDsXPS_gpioDIPSwitchesX1026_03_040708DDR2Marvell PHYFigure 3:Spartan-3AN Starter Kit Hardware SystemSoftware

ApplicationsThe reference design includes three software applications: echo server, web server and a

TFTP server. The applications are available in RAW and Socket ServerThe echo server is a simple program that echoes whatever input is sent to the program via the

network. This application provides a good starting point for investigating how to write lwIP

socket mode echo server is structured as follows. A main thread listens continually on a

specified echo server port. For each connection request, it spawns a separate echo service

thread, and then continues listening on the echo (1) {new_sd = lwip_accept(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&remote, &size);sys_thread_new(process_echo_request, (void*)new_sd,

DEFAULT_THREAD_PRIO);}The echo service thread receives a new socket descriptor as its input on which it can read

received data. This thread does the actual echoing of the input to the (1) {/* read a max of RECV_BUF_SIZE bytes from socket */n = lwip_read(sd, recv_buf, RECV_BUF_SIZE));/* handle request */nwrote = lwip_write(sd, recv_buf, n));}XAPP1026 (v1.0) April 11, 4

Software ApplicationsNote:The above code snippets are not complete and are intended to show the major structure of the

code socket mode provides a simple API that blocks on socket reads and writes until they are

complete. However, the socket API requires many pieces to achieve this, chief among them

being a simple multithreaded kernel (xilkernel). Because this API contains significant overhead

for all operations, it is RAW API provides a callback style interface to the application. Applications using the RAW

API register callback functions to be called on significant events like accept, read or write. A

RAW API based echo server is single threaded, and all the work is done in the callback

functions. The main application loop is structured as (1) {xemacif_input(netif);transfer_data();}The function of the application loop is to receive packets constantly (xemacif_input), then

pass them on to lwIP. Before entering this loop, the echo server sets up certain callbacks:/* create new TCP PCB structure */pcb = tcp_new();/* bind to specified @port */err = tcp_bind(pcb, IP_ADDR_ANY, port);/* we do not need any arguments to callback functions */tcp_arg(pcb, NULL);/* listen for connections */pcb = tcp_listen(pcb);/* specify callback to use for incoming connections */tcp_accept(pcb, accept_callback);This sequence of calls creates a TCP connection and sets up a callback on a connection being

accepted. When a connection request is accepted, the function accept_callback is called

asynchronously. Because an echo server needs to respond only when data is received, the

accept callback function sets up the receive callback by performing:/* set the receive callback for this connection */tcp_recv(newpcb, recv_callback);When a packet is received, the function recv_callback is called. The function then echoes

the data it receives back to the sender:/* indicate that the packet has been received */tcp_recved(tpcb, p->len);/* echo back the payload */err = tcp_write(tpcb, p->payload, p->len, 1);Although the RAW API is more complex than the SOCKET API, it provides much higher

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Software ApplicationsWeb ServerA simple web server implementation is provided as a reference for a TCP based application.

The web server implements only a subset of the HTTP 1.1 protocol. Such a web server can be

used to control or monitor an embedded platform via a browser. The web server demonstrates

the following three features:•••Accessing files residing on a Memory File System via HTTP GET commandsControlling the LED lights on the development board using the HTTP POST commandObtaining status of DIP switches (push buttons on the ML403) on the development board

using the HTTP POST commandThe Xilinx Memory File System (xilmfs) is used to store a set of files in the memory of the

development board. These files can then be accessed via a HTTP GET command by pointing

a web browser to the IP address of the development board and requesting specific lling or monitoring the status of components in the board is done by issuing POST

commands to a set of URLs that map to devices. When the web server receives a POST

command to a URL that it recognizes, it calls a specific function to do the work that has been

requested. The output of this function is sent back to the web browser in Javascript Object

Notation (JSON) format. The web browser then interprets the data received and updates its

overall structure of the web server is similar to the echo server – there is one main thread

which listens on the HTTP port (80) for incoming connections. For every incoming connection,

a new thread is spawned which processes the request on that http thread first reads the request, identifies if it is a GET or a POST operation, then

performs the appropriate operation. For a GET request, the thread looks for a specific file in the

memory file system. If this file is present, it is returned to the web browser initiating the request.

If it is not available, a HTTP 404 error code is sent back to the socket mode, the http thread is structured as follows:/* read in the request */if ((read_len = read(sd, recv_buf, RECV_BUF_SIZE)) < 0)return;/* respond to request */generate_response(sd, recv_buf, read_len);Pseudo code for the generate response function is shown below:/* generate and write out an appropriate response for the http request */int generate_response(int sd, char *http_req, int http_req_len){enum http_req_type request_type =

decode_http_request(http_req, http_req_len);switch(request_type) {case HTTP_GET:return do_http_get(sd, http_req, http_req_len);case HTTP_POST:return do_http_post(sd, http_req, http_req_len);default:return do_404(sd, http_req, http_req_len);}}XAPP1026 (v1.0) April 11, 6

Software ApplicationsThe RAW mode webserver does most of its work in callback functions. When a new connection

is accepted, the accept callback function sets up the send and receive callback functions.

These are called when sent data has been acknowledged or when data is _t accept_callback(void *arg, struct tcp_pcb *newpcb, err_t err){/* keep a count of connection # */tcp_arg(newpcb, (void*)palloc_arg());tcp_recv(newpcb, recv_callback);tcp_sent(newpcb, sent_callback);return ERR_OK;}When a web page is requested, the recv_callback function is called. This function then

performs work similar to the socket mode function – decoding the request and sending the

appropriate response.

/* acknowledge that we've read the payload */ tcp_recved(tpcb, p->len); /* read and decipher the request */ /* this function takes care of generating a request, sending it, * and closing the connection if all data has been sent. If * not, then it sets up the appropriate arguments to the sent * callback handler. */ generate_response(tpcb, p->payload, p->len); /* free received packet */ pbuf_free(p);The complexity lies in how the data is transmitted. In the socket mode, the application sends

data using the lwip_write API. This function blocks if the TCP send buffers are full. However in

RAW mode, the application assumes the responsibility of checking how much data can be sent

and of sending that much data only. Further data can be sent only when space is available in

the send buffers. Space becomes available when sent data is acknowledged by the receiver

(the client computer). When this event happens, lwIP calls the sent_callback function,

indicating that data was sent which implies that there is now space in the send buffers for more

data. The sent_callback is hence structured as _t sent_callback(void *arg, struct tcp_pcb *tpcb, u16_t len){int BUFSIZE = 1024, sndbuf, n;char buf[BUFSIZE];http_arg *a = (http_arg*)arg;/* if connection is closed, or there is no data to send */if (tpcb->state > ESTABLISHED) {return ERR_OK;}/* read more data out of the file and send it */sndbuf = tcp_sndbuf(tpcb);if (sndbuf < BUFSIZE)return ERR_OK;n = mfs_file_read(a->fd, buf, BUFSIZE);tcp_write(tpcb, buf, n, 1);/* update data structure indicating how many bytes

* are left to be sentXAPP1026 (v1.0) April 11, 7

Software Applications */a->fsize -= n;if (a->fsize == 0) {mfs_file_close(a->fd);a->fd = 0;}return ERR_OK;}

Both the sent and the receive callbacks are called with an argument which can be set using

tcp_arg. For the web server, this argument points to a data structure which maintains a count

of how many bytes remain to be sent and what is the file descriptor that can be used to read this

serverTFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a UDP based protocol for sending and receiving files.

Because UDP does not guarantee reliable delivery of packets, TFTP implements a protocol to

ensure packets are not lost during transfer. Detailed explanation of the TFTP protocol can be

found in the RFC 1350 – The TFTP Protocol.

The socket mode TFTP server is very similar to the web server in application structure. A main

thread listens on the TFTP port and spawns a new TFTP thread for each incoming connection

request. This TFTP thread implements a subset of the TFTP protocol and supports either read

or write requests. At the most, only one TFTP Data or Acknowledge packet can be in flight

which greatly simplifies the implementation of the TFTP protocol. Because the RAW mode

TFTP server is very simplistic and does not handle timeouts, it is usable only as a point to point

ethernet link with zero packet loss. It is provided as a demonstration e TFTP code is very similar to the web server code explained above, is not explained in

this application note. Because of the use of UDP, the minor differences can be easily

understood by looking at the source ng an lwIP Application Using the Socket APIThe software applications provide a good starting point to write other applications using lwIP.

lwIP socket API is very similar to the Berkeley/BSD sockets, therefore, there should be no

issues writing the application itself. The only difference lies in the initialization process which is

coupled to lwip_v3_00_a library and three sample applications all utilize a common main.c file for initialization and to start

processing threads. Perform the following steps for any socket mode ure the xilkernel with a static thread. In the sample applications, this thread is given

the name main_thread.

main thread initializes lwip using the lwip_init function call, and then launches the

network thread using the sys_thread_new function. Note that all threads that use the

lwIP socket API must be launched with the sys_thread_new function provided by lwIP.

main thread adds a network interface using the xemac_add helper function. This

function takes in the IP address and the MAC address for the interface, and initializes xemacif_input_thread is then started by the network thread. This thread is

required for lwIP operation when using the Xilinx adapters. This thread takes care of

moving data received from the interrupt handlers to the tcpip_thread that is used by

lwIP for TCP/IP lwIP has now been completely initialized and further threads can be started as the

application requires.

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Executing the Reference SystemCreating an lwIP application using the RAW APIThe lwIP RAW mode API is more complicated to use as it requires knowledge of lwIP internals.

The typical structure of a RAW mode program is as first step is to initialize all lwIP structures using lwip_ lwIP has been initialized, an EMAC can be added using the xemac_add helper

e the Xilinx lwIP adapters are interrupt based, enable interrupts in the processor

and in the interrupt up a timer should to interrupt at a constant interval. Usually, the interval is around 250

ms. Update the tcp timers at every timer the application is initialized, the main program enters an infinite loop performing

packet receive operation, and any other application specific operation it needs to packet receive operation (xemacif_input), processes packets received by the

interrupt handler, and passes them onto lwIP, which then calls the appropriate callback

handlers for each received ing the

Reference

SystemThis section describes how to execute the system and the expected resultsThe designs in the reference system have been cleaned of all temporary files. A copy of the

reference bitstream and a set of executables are available in the ready_for_download

Network SettingsConnect the FPGA board to an Ethernet port on the host computer via a cross-over cable.

Assign an IP address to the ethernet interface on the host computer. The address must be the

same subnet as the IP address assigned to the board. The software application assigns a

default IP address of 192.168.1.10 to the board. The address can be changed in the file

apps/ For this setting, assign an IP address to the host in the same subnet

mask, for example 192.168.1.100.

Executing the Reference System using the Pre-Built Bitstream and the

Compiled Software ApplicationsTo execute the system using files in the ready_for_download/ directory in the project root

directory, follow these steps: directories to the ready_for_download iMPACT to download the bitstream by using the following:impact -batch XMD and connect to the processor by using the command:xmd -opt ad the executables by using the command:dow e that these executables have been compiled with an IP address of 192.168.1.10, and

a MAC address of 00:00:00:01:02:03. The host computer must have an IP address in the

same subnet. The name of the executable () will change based on the

software application that will be downloaded. In socket mode, there is a single executable

"" which contains all three applications. In RAW mode, each application is

compiled into a separate ELF file. Hence there will be three ELF files named ,

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Executing the Reference SystemExecuting the Reference System from EDKTo execute the system using EDK, follow these steps: inside Hardware → Generate Bitstream to generate a bitstream for the ad the bitstream to the board with Device Configuration → Download XMD with Debug → ad the executables by the following command:dow ning the Echo Server ApplicationWhen the echo server application is run, it displays the following output on the RS232 screen.-----lwIP TCP echo server ------TCP packets sent to port 6001 will be echoed backBoard IP: 192.168.1.10Netmask : 255.255.255.0Gateway : 192.168.1.1XLlTemac detect_phy: No PHY detected. Assuming a PHY at address 0auto-negotiated link speed: 1000tcp echo server started @ port 7Any echo client can be used to send data to the board, and examine the received response.

The simplest client that can be used is the telnet client that is available in most host machines

(Windows or Linux). The following sequence of commands illustrates how to connect to the

board and how to send data.$ telnet 192.168.1.10 7

Trying 192.168.

Connected to 192.168.1.10.

Escape character is '^]'.

hello world

hello world

all messages will be echo'ed back

all messages will be echo'ed back

^]

telnet> quit

Connection closed. $

If the echo server works properly, any data sent to the board will be echoed in response as

seen above. Note that certain telnet clients will immediately send the character to the server

and echo the received data back rather than waiting for the carriage g the Web Server ApplicationDownload the memory file system image to connect to the web server application. This file is

needed in addition to the web Memory File system image can be created as follows by launching it from the EDK cygwin

shell:$ cd memfsmemfs$ mfsgen -cvbfs ../ 1500*mfsgenXilinx EDK 9.2.02 EDK_Jm_SP2.3Copyright (c) 2004 Xilinx, Inc. All rights : 744images:XAPP1026 (v1.0) April 11, 10

Executing the Reference 2914js: 7248yui: 10855MFS block usage (used / free / total) = 227 / 373 / 600Size of memory is 319200 bytesBlock size is 532mfsgen done!mfsgen is a utility that is shipped along with EDK. The above command creates a single file

system image () of all the contents in the memfs this file system image is created, it can be downloaded to the board using % dow -data 0x01f00000System Reset .... DONEDownloading Data File -- at 0x01f00000XMD% dow apps/% conNote that the file must be loaded into memory at a location which is not used by

the ELF file itself. In the snippet above, the MFS file was downloaded to address 0x01f00000.

This address should point to an available location in external memory that does not overlap with

the ELF file. In addition, MFS should be configured to look for the image at this address. This

is done by configure xilmfs library in software platform the web server is up and running, and should show the following status of the RS232

terminal.-----lwIP test WebServer ------Open up your favorite browser and type:192.168.1.10Board IP: 192.168.1.10Netmask : 255.255.255.0Gateway : 192.168.1.1XLlTemac detect_phy: No PHY detected. Assuming a PHY at address 0auto-negotiated link speed: 1000Memory File System initializedweb server startedOnce the web server is active, it can be connected to using a web browser. The sample web

pages use Javascript, so the browser must have javascript enabled. A sample screen shot of

the web page that is served is shown in Toggle LED button will toggle the state of the LEDs on the board. Clicking the Update

Status button will refresh the status of the DIP switches on the web page. These are intended

to show simple control and monitoring of the embedded platform via the ubiquitous web

that the external links section contains links that point to content that are not served by the

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Executing the Reference SystemRunning the TFTP Server ApplicationThe TFTP server provides simple file transfer capability to and from the memory file system

resident on the board. To connect to the TFTP server, first download the MFS image

created for the web server application, and then download and run the TFTP server application.

When the software is run, it should produce the following output on the RS232 terminal:-----lwIP TFTP server ------Board IP: 192.168.1.10Netmask : 255.255.255.0Gateway : 192.168.1.1XLlTemac detect_phy: No PHY detected. Assuming a PHY at address 0auto-negotiated link speed: 1000tftp server started @ port 69Now, a TFTP client can be used to send or receive files from the memory file system. An

example interaction is shown below using the TFTP client on Windows.C:>tftp -i 192.168.1.10 GET ansfer successful: 2914 bytes in 1 second, 2914 bytes/sC:>tftp -i 192.168.1.10 PUT nsfer successful: 19 bytes in 1 second, 19 bytes/sThe above two examples show how to read or write files on the board’s memory file system

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lwIP PerformancelwIP

PerformanceThis section provides a brief overview of the expected performance when using lwIP with Xilinx

Ethernet MACs. Details regarding the benchmarking process and the systems used will be

made available in a separate 2: RAW ModeFPGAVirtex®-4Virtex-5Spartan-3Spartan-3CPUPPC405MicroBlazeMicroBlazeMicroBlazeEMACxps_ll_temacxps_ll_temacxps_ll_temacxps_ethernetliteSystem

Frequency100 MHz125 MHz66 MHz66 MHzMax TCPThroughput100 Mbps100 Mbps40 Mbps20 MbpsApplications that require high performance can utilize the RAW mode to achieve performance

in excess of 100 3: Socket ModeFPGAAnyCPUAnyEMACAnySystem

FrequencyAnyMax TCPThroughput1 MbpsThe Xilinx adapters for socket mode are not optimized, and provide only about 1 Mbps across

all configurations. The performance in socket mode will be resolved in subsequent ing

Network IssuesIf any of the sample applications do not work, there could be a number of potential reasons.

This section provides a troubleshooting guide to fix common sources of setup first step is to ensure that the link lights are active. Most development boards have

LEDs that indicate whether an ethernet link is active. If the bitstream downloaded has some

ethernet MAC properly configured, and a ethernet cable is attached to the board, the link

lights should indicate an established ethernet the board include LEDs indicating the link speed (10/100/1000 Mbps), it should be

verified that the link is established at the correct speed. For designs that include

xps_ethernetlite EMAC IP, the link should be established at only 10 or 100 Mbps.

xps_ethernetlite will not be able to transmit or receive data at 1000 Mbps. The

xps_ll_temac EMAC core supports all three link speeds. The TEMAC must be informed of

the correct speed to which the PHY has auto-negotiated. lwIP includes software to detect

the PHY speed, however this software works only for Marvell PHYs. Users should confirm

that the link speed that lwIP detects matches the link speed as shown in the confirm that the board actually receives packets, the simplest test is to ping the board,

and check to make sure that the RX LED goes high for a moment to indicate that the PHY

actually received the packet. If the LEDs do not go high, then there are either ARP, IP, or

link level issues that prevent the host from sending packets to the ng that the board receives the packets, but the system does not respond to ping

requests, the next step is to ensure that lwIP actually receives these packets. This can be

determined by setting breakpoints at XEmacLite_InterruptHandler for

xps_ethernetlite systems, and lldma_recv_handler for xps_ll_temac systems. If

packets are received properly, then these breakpoints should be hit for every received

packet. If these breakpoints are not hit, then that indicates that the MAC is not receiving the

packets. This could mean that the packets are being dropped at the PHY. The most

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Conclusioncommon reason that the breakpoints are not hit, is that the link was established at a speed

that the EMAC does not y, some hosts have firewalls enabled that could prevent receiving packets back from

the network. If the link LEDs indicate that the board is receiving and transmitting packets,

yet the packets transmitted by the board are not received in the host, then the host firewall

settings should be sionThis application note showcases how lwIP can be used to develop networked applications for

embedded systems on Xilinx FPGAs. The echo server provides a simple starting point for

networking applications. The web server application shows a more complex TCP based

application, and the TFTP server shows a complex UDP based – A Lightweight TCP/IP Stack– CVS 1350 – The TFTP ProtocolReferencesRevision

HistoryThe following table shows the revision history for this document:Date4/11/08Version1.0Initial Xilinx release.

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