initial commit of lk (little kernel) project
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+1 Introduction
+
+This document describes some guidelines for people participating
+in lwIP development.
+
+2 How to contribute to lwIP
+
+Here is a short list of suggestions to anybody working with lwIP and 
+trying to contribute bug reports, fixes, enhancements, platform ports etc.
+First of all as you may already know lwIP is a volunteer project so feedback
+to fixes or questions might often come late. Hopefully the bug and patch tracking 
+features of Savannah help us not lose users' input.
+
+2.1 Source code style:
+
+1. do not use tabs.
+2. indentation is two spaces per level (i.e. per tab).
+3. end debug messages with a trailing newline (\n).
+4. one space between keyword and opening bracket.
+5. no space between function and opening bracket.
+6. one space and no newline before opening curly braces of a block.
+7. closing curly brace on a single line.
+8. spaces surrounding assignment and comparisons.
+9. use current source code style as further reference.
+
+2.2 Source code documentation style:
+
+1. JavaDoc compliant and Doxygen compatible.
+2. Function documentation above functions in .c files, not .h files.
+   (This forces you to synchronize documentation and implementation.)
+3. Use current documentation style as further reference.
+ 
+2.3 Bug reports and patches:
+
+1. Make sure you are reporting bugs or send patches against the latest
+   sources. (From the latest release and/or the current CVS sources.)
+2. If you think you found a bug make sure it's not already filed in the
+   bugtracker at Savannah.
+3. If you have a fix put the patch on Savannah. If it is a patch that affects
+   both core and arch specific stuff please separate them so that the core can
+   be applied separately while leaving the other patch 'open'. The prefered way
+   is to NOT touch archs you can't test and let maintainers take care of them.
+   This is a good way to see if they are used at all - the same goes for unix
+   netifs except tapif.
+4. Do not file a bug and post a fix to it to the patch area. Either a bug report
+   or a patch will be enough.
+   If you correct an existing bug then attach the patch to the bug rather than creating a new entry in the patch area.
+5. Trivial patches (compiler warning, indentation and spelling fixes or anything obvious which takes a line or two)
+   can go to the lwip-users list. This is still the fastest way of interaction and the list is not so crowded
+   as to allow for loss of fixes. Putting bugs on Savannah and subsequently closing them is too much an overhead
+   for reporting a compiler warning fix.
+6. Patches should be specific to a single change or to related changes.Do not mix bugfixes with spelling and other
+   trivial fixes unless the bugfix is trivial too.Do not reorganize code and rename identifiers in the same patch you
+   change behaviour if not necessary.A patch is easier to read and understand if it's to the point and short than
+   if it's not to the point and long :) so the chances for it to be applied are greater. 
+
+2.4 Platform porters:
+
+1. If you have ported lwIP to a platform (an OS, a uC/processor or a combination of these) and
+   you think it could benefit others[1] you might want discuss this on the mailing list. You
+   can also ask for CVS access to submit and maintain your port in the contrib CVS module.
+   
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+Raw TCP/IP interface for lwIP
+
+Authors: Adam Dunkels, Leon Woestenberg, Christiaan Simons
+
+lwIP provides two Application Program's Interfaces (APIs) for programs
+to use for communication with the TCP/IP code:
+* low-level "core" / "callback" or "raw" API.
+* higher-level "sequential" API.
+
+The sequential API provides a way for ordinary, sequential, programs
+to use the lwIP stack. It is quite similar to the BSD socket API. The
+model of execution is based on the blocking open-read-write-close
+paradigm. Since the TCP/IP stack is event based by nature, the TCP/IP
+code and the application program must reside in different execution
+contexts (threads).
+
+** The remainder of this document discusses the "raw" API. **
+
+The raw TCP/IP interface allows the application program to integrate
+better with the TCP/IP code. Program execution is event based by
+having callback functions being called from within the TCP/IP
+code. The TCP/IP code and the application program both run in the same
+thread. The sequential API has a much higher overhead and is not very
+well suited for small systems since it forces a multithreaded paradigm
+on the application.
+
+The raw TCP/IP interface is not only faster in terms of code execution
+time but is also less memory intensive. The drawback is that program
+development is somewhat harder and application programs written for
+the raw TCP/IP interface are more difficult to understand. Still, this
+is the preferred way of writing applications that should be small in
+code size and memory usage.
+
+Both APIs can be used simultaneously by different application
+programs. In fact, the sequential API is implemented as an application
+program using the raw TCP/IP interface.
+
+--- Callbacks
+
+Program execution is driven by callbacks. Each callback is an ordinary
+C function that is called from within the TCP/IP code. Every callback
+function is passed the current TCP or UDP connection state as an
+argument. Also, in order to be able to keep program specific state,
+the callback functions are called with a program specified argument
+that is independent of the TCP/IP state.
+
+The function for setting the application connection state is:
+
+- void tcp_arg(struct tcp_pcb *pcb, void *arg)
+
+  Specifies the program specific state that should be passed to all
+  other callback functions. The "pcb" argument is the current TCP
+  connection control block, and the "arg" argument is the argument
+  that will be passed to the callbacks.
+
+  
+--- TCP connection setup
+
+The functions used for setting up connections is similar to that of
+the sequential API and of the BSD socket API. A new TCP connection
+identifier (i.e., a protocol control block - PCB) is created with the
+tcp_new() function. This PCB can then be either set to listen for new
+incoming connections or be explicitly connected to another host.
+
+- struct tcp_pcb *tcp_new(void)
+
+  Creates a new connection identifier (PCB). If memory is not
+  available for creating the new pcb, NULL is returned.
+
+- err_t tcp_bind(struct tcp_pcb *pcb, struct ip_addr *ipaddr,
+                 u16_t port)
+
+  Binds the pcb to a local IP address and port number. The IP address
+  can be specified as IP_ADDR_ANY in order to bind the connection to
+  all local IP addresses.
+
+  If another connection is bound to the same port, the function will
+  return ERR_USE, otherwise ERR_OK is returned.
+
+- struct tcp_pcb *tcp_listen(struct tcp_pcb *pcb)
+
+  Commands a pcb to start listening for incoming connections. When an
+  incoming connection is accepted, the function specified with the
+  tcp_accept() function will be called. The pcb will have to be bound
+  to a local port with the tcp_bind() function.
+
+  The tcp_listen() function returns a new connection identifier, and
+  the one passed as an argument to the function will be
+  deallocated. The reason for this behavior is that less memory is
+  needed for a connection that is listening, so tcp_listen() will
+  reclaim the memory needed for the original connection and allocate a
+  new smaller memory block for the listening connection.
+
+  tcp_listen() may return NULL if no memory was available for the
+  listening connection. If so, the memory associated with the pcb
+  passed as an argument to tcp_listen() will not be deallocated.
+
+- void tcp_accept(struct tcp_pcb *pcb,
+                  err_t (* accept)(void *arg, struct tcp_pcb *newpcb,
+                                   err_t err))
+
+  Specified the callback function that should be called when a new
+  connection arrives on a listening connection.
+      
+- err_t tcp_connect(struct tcp_pcb *pcb, struct ip_addr *ipaddr,
+                    u16_t port, err_t (* connected)(void *arg,
+                                                    struct tcp_pcb *tpcb,
+                                                    err_t err));
+
+  Sets up the pcb to connect to the remote host and sends the
+  initial SYN segment which opens the connection. 
+
+  The tcp_connect() function returns immediately; it does not wait for
+  the connection to be properly setup. Instead, it will call the
+  function specified as the fourth argument (the "connected" argument)
+  when the connection is established. If the connection could not be
+  properly established, either because the other host refused the
+  connection or because the other host didn't answer, the "connected"
+  function will be called with an the "err" argument set accordingly.
+
+  The tcp_connect() function can return ERR_MEM if no memory is
+  available for enqueueing the SYN segment. If the SYN indeed was
+  enqueued successfully, the tcp_connect() function returns ERR_OK.
+
+  
+--- Sending TCP data
+
+TCP data is sent by enqueueing the data with a call to
+tcp_write(). When the data is successfully transmitted to the remote
+host, the application will be notified with a call to a specified
+callback function.
+
+- err_t tcp_write(struct tcp_pcb *pcb, void *dataptr, u16_t len,
+                  u8_t copy)
+
+  Enqueues the data pointed to by the argument dataptr. The length of
+  the data is passed as the len parameter. The copy argument is either
+  0 or 1 and indicates whether the new memory should be allocated for
+  the data to be copied into. If the argument is 0, no new memory
+  should be allocated and the data should only be referenced by
+  pointer.
+
+  The tcp_write() function will fail and return ERR_MEM if the length
+  of the data exceeds the current send buffer size or if the length of
+  the queue of outgoing segment is larger than the upper limit defined
+  in lwipopts.h. The number of bytes available in the output queue can
+  be retrieved with the tcp_sndbuf() function.
+
+  The proper way to use this function is to call the function with at
+  most tcp_sndbuf() bytes of data. If the function returns ERR_MEM,
+  the application should wait until some of the currently enqueued
+  data has been successfully received by the other host and try again.
+
+- void tcp_sent(struct tcp_pcb *pcb,
+                err_t (* sent)(void *arg, struct tcp_pcb *tpcb,
+		               u16_t len))
+
+  Specifies the callback function that should be called when data has
+  successfully been received (i.e., acknowledged) by the remote
+  host. The len argument passed to the callback function gives the
+  amount bytes that was acknowledged by the last acknowledgment.
+
+  
+--- Receiving TCP data
+
+TCP data reception is callback based - an application specified
+callback function is called when new data arrives. When the
+application has taken the data, it has to call the tcp_recved()
+function to indicate that TCP can advertise increase the receive
+window.
+
+- void tcp_recv(struct tcp_pcb *pcb,
+                err_t (* recv)(void *arg, struct tcp_pcb *tpcb,
+                               struct pbuf *p, err_t err))
+
+  Sets the callback function that will be called when new data
+  arrives. The callback function will be passed a NULL pbuf to
+  indicate that the remote host has closed the connection.
+
+- void tcp_recved(struct tcp_pcb *pcb, u16_t len)
+
+  Must be called when the application has received the data. The len
+  argument indicates the length of the received data.
+    
+
+--- Application polling
+
+When a connection is idle (i.e., no data is either transmitted or
+received), lwIP will repeatedly poll the application by calling a
+specified callback function. This can be used either as a watchdog
+timer for killing connections that have stayed idle for too long, or
+as a method of waiting for memory to become available. For instance,
+if a call to tcp_write() has failed because memory wasn't available,
+the application may use the polling functionality to call tcp_write()
+again when the connection has been idle for a while.
+
+- void tcp_poll(struct tcp_pcb *pcb, u8_t interval,
+                err_t (* poll)(void *arg, struct tcp_pcb *tpcb))
+
+  Specifies the polling interval and the callback function that should
+  be called to poll the application. The interval is specified in
+  number of TCP coarse grained timer shots, which typically occurs
+  twice a second. An interval of 10 means that the application would
+  be polled every 5 seconds.
+
+
+--- Closing and aborting connections
+
+- err_t tcp_close(struct tcp_pcb *pcb)
+
+  Closes the connection. The function may return ERR_MEM if no memory
+  was available for closing the connection. If so, the application
+  should wait and try again either by using the acknowledgment
+  callback or the polling functionality. If the close succeeds, the
+  function returns ERR_OK.
+
+  The pcb is deallocated by the TCP code after a call to tcp_close(). 
+
+- void tcp_abort(struct tcp_pcb *pcb)
+
+  Aborts the connection by sending a RST (reset) segment to the remote
+  host. The pcb is deallocated. This function never fails.
+
+If a connection is aborted because of an error, the application is
+alerted of this event by the err callback. Errors that might abort a
+connection are when there is a shortage of memory. The callback
+function to be called is set using the tcp_err() function.
+
+- void tcp_err(struct tcp_pcb *pcb, void (* err)(void *arg,
+	       err_t err))
+
+  The error callback function does not get the pcb passed to it as a
+  parameter since the pcb may already have been deallocated.
+
+
+--- Lower layer TCP interface
+
+TCP provides a simple interface to the lower layers of the
+system. During system initialization, the function tcp_init() has
+to be called before any other TCP function is called. When the system
+is running, the two timer functions tcp_fasttmr() and tcp_slowtmr()
+must be called with regular intervals. The tcp_fasttmr() should be
+called every TCP_FAST_INTERVAL milliseconds (defined in tcp.h) and
+tcp_slowtmr() should be called every TCP_SLOW_INTERVAL milliseconds. 
+
+
+--- UDP interface
+
+The UDP interface is similar to that of TCP, but due to the lower
+level of complexity of UDP, the interface is significantly simpler.
+
+- struct udp_pcb *udp_new(void)
+
+  Creates a new UDP pcb which can be used for UDP communication. The
+  pcb is not active until it has either been bound to a local address
+  or connected to a remote address.
+
+- void udp_remove(struct udp_pcb *pcb)
+
+  Removes and deallocates the pcb.  
+  
+- err_t udp_bind(struct udp_pcb *pcb, struct ip_addr *ipaddr,
+                 u16_t port)
+
+  Binds the pcb to a local address. The IP-address argument "ipaddr"
+  can be IP_ADDR_ANY to indicate that it should listen to any local IP
+  address. The function currently always return ERR_OK.
+
+- err_t udp_connect(struct udp_pcb *pcb, struct ip_addr *ipaddr,
+                    u16_t port)
+
+  Sets the remote end of the pcb. This function does not generate any
+  network traffic, but only set the remote address of the pcb.
+
+- err_t udp_disconnect(struct udp_pcb *pcb)
+
+  Remove the remote end of the pcb. This function does not generate
+  any network traffic, but only removes the remote address of the pcb.
+
+- err_t udp_send(struct udp_pcb *pcb, struct pbuf *p)
+
+  Sends the pbuf p. The pbuf is not deallocated.
+
+- void udp_recv(struct udp_pcb *pcb,
+                void (* recv)(void *arg, struct udp_pcb *upcb,
+                                         struct pbuf *p,
+                                         struct ip_addr *addr,
+                                         u16_t port),
+                              void *recv_arg)
+
+  Specifies a callback function that should be called when a UDP
+  datagram is received.
+  
+
+--- System initalization
+
+A truly complete and generic sequence for initializing the lwip stack
+cannot be given because it depends on the build configuration (lwipopts.h)
+and additional initializations for your runtime environment (e.g. timers).
+
+We can give you some idea on how to proceed when using the raw API.
+We assume a configuration using a single Ethernet netif and the
+UDP and TCP transport layers, IPv4 and the DHCP client.
+
+Call these functions in the order of appearance:
+
+- stats_init()
+
+  Clears the structure where runtime statistics are gathered.
+
+- sys_init()
+  
+  Not of much use since we set the NO_SYS 1 option in lwipopts.h,
+  to be called for easy configuration changes.
+
+- mem_init()
+
+  Initializes the dynamic memory heap defined by MEM_SIZE.
+
+- memp_init()
+
+  Initializes the memory pools defined by MEMP_NUM_x.
+
+- pbuf_init()
+
+  Initializes the pbuf memory pool defined by PBUF_POOL_SIZE.
+  
+- etharp_init()
+
+  Initializes the ARP table and queue.
+  Note: you must call etharp_tmr at a 10 second regular interval
+  after this initialization.
+
+- ip_init()
+
+  Doesn't do much, it should be called to handle future changes.
+
+- udp_init()
+
+  Clears the UDP PCB list.
+
+- tcp_init()
+
+  Clears the TCP PCB list and clears some internal TCP timers.
+  Note: you must call tcp_fasttmr() and tcp_slowtmr() at the
+  predefined regular intervals after this initialization. 
+  
+- netif_add(struct netif *netif, struct ip_addr *ipaddr,
+            struct ip_addr *netmask, struct ip_addr *gw,
+            void *state, err_t (* init)(struct netif *netif),
+            err_t (* input)(struct pbuf *p, struct netif *netif))
+
+  Adds your network interface to the netif_list. Allocate a struct
+  netif and pass a pointer to this structure as the first argument.
+  Give pointers to cleared ip_addr structures when using DHCP,
+  or fill them with sane numbers otherwise. The state pointer may be NULL.
+
+  The init function pointer must point to a initialization function for
+  your ethernet netif interface. The following code illustrates it's use.
+  
+  err_t netif_if_init(struct netif *netif)
+  {
+    u8_t i;
+    
+    for(i = 0; i < 6; i++) netif->hwaddr[i] = some_eth_addr[i];
+    init_my_eth_device();
+    return ERR_OK;
+  }
+  
+  The input function pointer must point to the lwip ip_input().
+  
+- netif_set_default(struct netif *netif)
+
+  Registers the default network interface.
+
+- netif_set_up(struct netif *netif)
+
+  When the netif is fully configured this function must be called.
+
+- dhcp_start(struct netif *netif)
+
+  Creates a new DHCP client for this interface on the first call.
+  Note: you must call dhcp_fine_tmr() and dhcp_coarse_tmr() at
+  the predefined regular intervals after starting the client.
+  
+  You can peek in the netif->dhcp struct for the actual DHCP status.
diff --git a/lib/lwip/doc/savannah.txt b/lib/lwip/doc/savannah.txt
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+Daily Use Guide for using Savannah for lwIP
+
+Table of Contents:
+
+1 - Obtaining lwIP from the CVS repository
+2 - Committers/developers CVS access using SSH (to be written)
+3 - Merging from DEVEL branch to main trunk (stable branch)
+4 - How to release lwIP
+
+
+
+1 Obtaining lwIP from the CVS repository
+----------------------------------------
+
+To perform an anonymous CVS checkout of the main trunk (this is where
+bug fixes and incremental enhancements occur), do this:
+
+cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sv.gnu.org:/sources/lwip checkout lwip
+ 
+Or, obtain a stable branch (updated with bug fixes only) as follows:
+cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sv.gnu.org:/sources/lwip checkout \
+  -r STABLE-0_7 -d lwip-0.7 lwip
+
+Or, obtain a specific (fixed) release as follows:
+cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sv.gnu.org:/sources/lwip checkout \
+  -r STABLE-0_7_0 -d lwip-0.7.0 lwip
+
+3 Committers/developers CVS access using SSH
+--------------------------------------------
+
+The Savannah server uses SSH (Secure Shell) protocol 2 authentication and encryption.
+As such, CVS commits to the server occur through a SSH tunnel for project members.
+To create a SSH2 key pair in UNIX-like environments, do this:
+
+ssh-keygen -t dsa
+
+Under Windows, a recommended SSH client is "PuTTY", freely available with good
+documentation and a graphic user interface. Use its key generator.
+
+Now paste the id_dsa.pub contents into your Savannah account public key list. Wait
+a while so that Savannah can update its configuration (This can take minutes).
+
+Try to login using SSH:
+
+ssh -v your_login@cvs.sv.gnu.org
+
+If it tells you:
+
+Authenticating with public key "your_key_name"...
+Server refused to allocate pty
+
+then you could login; Savannah refuses to give you a shell - which is OK, as we
+are allowed to use SSH for CVS only. Now, you should be able to do this:
+
+export CVS_RSH=ssh
+cvs -z3 -d:ext:your_login@cvs.sv.gnu.org:/sources/lwip co lwip
+ 
+after which you can edit your local files with bug fixes or new features and
+commit them. Make sure you know what you are doing when using CVS to make
+changes on the repository. If in doubt, ask on the lwip-members mailing list.
+
+(If SSH asks about authenticity of the host, you can check the key
+ fingerprint against http://savannah.nongnu.org/cvs/?group=lwip)
+
+
+3 Merging from DEVEL branch to main trunk (stable)
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Merging is a delicate process in CVS and requires the
+following disciplined steps in order to prevent conflicts
+in the future. Conflicts can be hard to solve!
+
+Merging from branch A to branch B requires that the A branch
+has a tag indicating the previous merger. This tag is called
+'merged_from_A_to_B'. After merging, the tag is moved in the
+A branch to remember this merger for future merge actions.
+
+IMPORTANT: AFTER COMMITTING A SUCCESFUL MERGE IN THE
+REPOSITORY, THE TAG MUST BE SET ON THE SOURCE BRANCH OF THE
+MERGE ACTION (REPLACING EXISTING TAGS WITH THE SAME NAME).
+
+Merge all changes in DEVEL since our last merge to main:
+
+In the working copy of the main trunk:
+cvs update -P -jmerged_from_DEVEL_to_main -jDEVEL 
+
+(This will apply the changes between 'merged_from_DEVEL_to_main'
+and 'DEVEL' to your work set of files)
+
+We can now commit the merge result.
+cvs commit -R -m "Merged from DEVEL to main." 
+
+If this worked out OK, we now move the tag in the DEVEL branch
+to this merge point, so we can use this point for future merges:
+
+cvs rtag -F -r DEVEL merged_from_DEVEL_to_main lwip 
+
+4 How to release lwIP
+---------------------
+
+First, checkout a clean copy of the branch to be released. Tag this set with
+tag name "STABLE-0_6_3". (I use release number 0.6.3 throughout this example).
+
+Login CVS using pserver authentication, then export a clean copy of the
+tagged tree. Export is similar to a checkout, except that the CVS metadata
+is not created locally. 
+
+export CVS_RSH=ssh
+cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sv.gnu.org:/sources/lwip checkout \
+  -r STABLE-0_6_3 -d lwip-0.6.3 lwip
+
+Archive this directory using tar, gzip'd, bzip2'd and zip'd.
+
+tar czvf lwip-0.6.3.tar.gz lwip-0.6.3
+tar cjvf lwip-0.6.3.tar.bz2 lwip-0.6.3
+zip -r lwip-0.6.3.zip lwip-0.6.3
+
+Now, sign the archives with a detached GPG binary signature as follows:
+
+gpg -b lwip-0.6.3.tar.gz
+gpg -b lwip-0.6.3.tar.bz2
+gpg -b lwip-0.6.3.zip
+
+Upload these files using anonymous FTP:
+ncftp ftp://savannah.gnu.org/incoming/savannah/lwip
+
+ncftp>mput *0.6.3.*
+
+Additionally, you may post a news item on Savannah, like this:
+
+A new 0.6.3 release is now available here:
+http://savannah.nongnu.org/files/?group=lwip&highlight=0.6.3
+
+You will have to submit this via the user News interface, then approve
+this via the Administrator News interface.
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diff --git a/lib/lwip/doc/sys_arch.txt b/lib/lwip/doc/sys_arch.txt
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+sys_arch interface for lwIP 0.6++
+
+Author: Adam Dunkels
+
+The operating system emulation layer provides a common interface
+between the lwIP code and the underlying operating system kernel. The
+general idea is that porting lwIP to new architectures requires only
+small changes to a few header files and a new sys_arch
+implementation. It is also possible to do a sys_arch implementation
+that does not rely on any underlying operating system.
+
+The sys_arch provides semaphores and mailboxes to lwIP. For the full
+lwIP functionality, multiple threads support can be implemented in the
+sys_arch, but this is not required for the basic lwIP
+functionality. Previous versions of lwIP required the sys_arch to
+implement timer scheduling as well but as of lwIP 0.5 this is
+implemented in a higher layer.
+
+In addition to the source file providing the functionality of sys_arch,
+the OS emulation layer must provide several header files defining
+macros used throughout lwip.  The files required and the macros they
+must define are listed below the sys_arch description.
+
+Semaphores can be either counting or binary - lwIP works with both
+kinds. Mailboxes are used for message passing and can be implemented
+either as a queue which allows multiple messages to be posted to a
+mailbox, or as a rendez-vous point where only one message can be
+posted at a time. lwIP works with both kinds, but the former type will
+be more efficient. A message in a mailbox is just a pointer, nothing
+more. 
+
+Semaphores are represented by the type "sys_sem_t" which is typedef'd
+in the sys_arch.h file. Mailboxes are equivalently represented by the
+type "sys_mbox_t". lwIP does not place any restrictions on how
+sys_sem_t or sys_mbox_t are represented internally.
+
+The following functions must be implemented by the sys_arch:
+
+- void sys_init(void)
+
+  Is called to initialize the sys_arch layer.
+
+- sys_sem_t sys_sem_new(u8_t count)
+
+  Creates and returns a new semaphore. The "count" argument specifies
+  the initial state of the semaphore.
+
+- void sys_sem_free(sys_sem_t sem)
+
+  Deallocates a semaphore.
+
+- void sys_sem_signal(sys_sem_t sem)
+
+  Signals a semaphore.
+
+- u32_t sys_arch_sem_wait(sys_sem_t sem, u32_t timeout)
+
+  Blocks the thread while waiting for the semaphore to be
+  signaled. If the "timeout" argument is non-zero, the thread should
+  only be blocked for the specified time (measured in
+  milliseconds).
+
+  If the timeout argument is non-zero, the return value is the number of
+  milliseconds spent waiting for the semaphore to be signaled. If the
+  semaphore wasn't signaled within the specified time, the return value is
+  SYS_ARCH_TIMEOUT. If the thread didn't have to wait for the semaphore
+  (i.e., it was already signaled), the function may return zero.
+
+  Notice that lwIP implements a function with a similar name,
+  sys_sem_wait(), that uses the sys_arch_sem_wait() function.
+
+- sys_mbox_t sys_mbox_new(void)
+
+  Creates an empty mailbox.
+
+- void sys_mbox_free(sys_mbox_t mbox)
+
+  Deallocates a mailbox. If there are messages still present in the
+  mailbox when the mailbox is deallocated, it is an indication of a
+  programming error in lwIP and the developer should be notified.
+
+- void sys_mbox_post(sys_mbox_t mbox, void *msg)
+
+  Posts the "msg" to the mailbox.
+
+- u32_t sys_arch_mbox_fetch(sys_mbox_t mbox, void **msg, u32_t timeout)
+
+  Blocks the thread until a message arrives in the mailbox, but does
+  not block the thread longer than "timeout" milliseconds (similar to
+  the sys_arch_sem_wait() function). The "msg" argument is a result
+  parameter that is set by the function (i.e., by doing "*msg =
+  ptr"). The "msg" parameter maybe NULL to indicate that the message
+  should be dropped.
+
+  The return values are the same as for the sys_arch_sem_wait() function:
+  Number of milliseconds spent waiting or SYS_ARCH_TIMEOUT if there was a
+  timeout.
+
+  Note that a function with a similar name, sys_mbox_fetch(), is
+  implemented by lwIP. 
+  
+- struct sys_timeouts *sys_arch_timeouts(void)
+
+  Returns a pointer to the per-thread sys_timeouts structure. In lwIP,
+  each thread has a list of timeouts which is repressented as a linked
+  list of sys_timeout structures. The sys_timeouts structure holds a
+  pointer to a linked list of timeouts. This function is called by
+  the lwIP timeout scheduler and must not return a NULL value. 
+
+  In a single threadd sys_arch implementation, this function will
+  simply return a pointer to a global sys_timeouts variable stored in
+  the sys_arch module.
+  
+If threads are supported by the underlying operating system and if
+such functionality is needed in lwIP, the following function will have
+to be implemented as well:
+
+- sys_thread_t sys_thread_new(void (* thread)(void *arg), void *arg, int prio)
+
+  Starts a new thread with priority "prio" that will begin its execution in the
+  function "thread()". The "arg" argument will be passed as an argument to the
+  thread() function. The id of the new thread is returned. Both the id and
+  the priority are system dependent.
+
+- sys_prot_t sys_arch_protect(void)
+
+  This optional function does a "fast" critical region protection and returns
+  the previous protection level. This function is only called during very short
+  critical regions. An embedded system which supports ISR-based drivers might
+  want to implement this function by disabling interrupts. Task-based systems
+  might want to implement this by using a mutex or disabling tasking. This
+  function should support recursive calls from the same task or interrupt. In
+  other words, sys_arch_protect() could be called while already protected. In
+  that case the return value indicates that it is already protected.
+
+  sys_arch_protect() is only required if your port is supporting an operating
+  system.
+
+- void sys_arch_unprotect(sys_prot_t pval)
+
+  This optional function does a "fast" set of critical region protection to the
+  value specified by pval. See the documentation for sys_arch_protect() for
+  more information. This function is only required if your port is supporting
+  an operating system.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Additional files required for the "OS support" emulation layer:
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+cc.h       - Architecture environment, some compiler specific, some
+             environment specific (probably should move env stuff 
+             to sys_arch.h.)
+
+  Typedefs for the types used by lwip -
+    u8_t, s8_t, u16_t, s16_t, u32_t, s32_t, mem_ptr_t
+
+  Compiler hints for packing lwip's structures -
+    PACK_STRUCT_FIELD(x)
+    PACK_STRUCT_STRUCT
+    PACK_STRUCT_BEGIN
+    PACK_STRUCT_END
+
+  Platform specific diagnostic output -
+    LWIP_PLATFORM_DIAG(x)    - non-fatal, print a message.
+    LWIP_PLATFORM_ASSERT(x)  - fatal, print message and abandon execution.
+
+  "lightweight" synchronization mechanisms -
+    SYS_ARCH_DECL_PROTECT(x) - declare a protection state variable.
+    SYS_ARCH_PROTECT(x)      - enter protection mode.
+    SYS_ARCH_UNPROTECT(x)    - leave protection mode.
+
+  If the compiler does not provide memset() this file must include a
+  definition of it, or include a file which defines it.
+
+  This file must either include a system-local <errno.h> which defines
+  the standard *nix error codes, or it should #define LWIP_PROVIDE_ERRNO
+  to make lwip/arch.h define the codes which are used throughout.
+
+
+perf.h     - Architecture specific performance measurement.
+  Measurement calls made throughout lwip, these can be defined to nothing.
+    PERF_START               - start measuring something.
+    PERF_STOP(x)             - stop measuring something, and record the result.
+
+sys_arch.h - Tied to sys_arch.c
+
+  Arch dependent types for the following objects:
+    sys_sem_t, sys_mbox_t, sys_thread_t,
+  And, optionally:
+    sys_prot_t
+
+  Defines to set vars of sys_mbox_t and sys_sem_t to NULL.
+    SYS_MBOX_NULL NULL
+    SYS_SEM_NULL NULL