diff --git a/docs/en/api-reference/network/esp_netif.rst b/docs/en/api-reference/network/esp_netif.rst index fe6c4c4d46..accfefe79f 100644 --- a/docs/en/api-reference/network/esp_netif.rst +++ b/docs/en/api-reference/network/esp_netif.rst @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ESP-NETIF -========= +********* :link_to_translation:`zh_CN:[中文]` @@ -16,6 +16,132 @@ Some ESP-NETIF API functions are intended to be called by application code, for In many cases, applications do not need to call ESP-NETIF APIs directly as they are called by the default network event handlers. +If you are only interested in using the most common network interfaces with default setting, please read :ref:`esp_netif_user` to see how you can initialize default interfaces and register event handlers. + +If you would like to learn more about the library interaction with other components, please refer to the :ref:`esp-netif structure`. + +In case your application needs to configure the network interfaces differently, e.g. setting a static IP address or just update the configuration runtime, please read :ref:`esp_netif_programmer`. + +If you would like to develop your own network driver, implement support for a new TCP/IP stack or customize the ESP-NETIF in some other way, please refer to the :ref:`esp_netif_developer`. + +.. _esp_netif_user: + +ESP-NETIF User's Manual +======================= + +It is usually just enough to create a default network interface after startup and destroy it upon closing (see :ref:`esp_netif_init`). It is also necessary to receive a notification upon assigning a new IP address or losing it (see :ref:`esp-netif-ip-events`). + + +.. _esp_netif_init: + +Initialization +-------------- + +Since the ESP-NETIF component uses system events, the typical network startup code looks like this (note, that error handling is omitted for clarity): + +.. code-block:: c + + // 1) Initialize the TCP/IP stack and the event loop + esp_netif_init(); + esp_event_loop_create_default(); + + // 2) Create the network interface handle + esp_netif = esp_netif_new(&config); + + // 3) Create the communication driver (e.g. Ethernet) and it's network layer glue + // and register the ESP-NETIF event (e.g. to bring the interface up upon link-up event) + esp_netif_glue_t glue = driver_glue(driver); + + // 4) Attach the driver's glue layer to the network interface handle + esp_netif_attach(esp_netif, glue); + + // 5) Register user-side event handlers + esp_event_handler_register(DRIVER_EVENT, ...); // to observe driver states, e.g. link-up + esp_event_handler_register(IP_EVENT, ...); // to observer ESP-NETIF states, e.g. get an IP + + +.. note:: + + These 5 steps need to be performed in the exact order as shown above, mainly due to the default event loop, which is used by network interface drivers to register system events. + + - Default event loop needs to be created **before** initializing an interface driver (as it typically needs register system even handlers) + - Registering application event handlers need to happen **after** calling :cpp:func:`esp_netif_attach`, because the event handlers are called in the order they were registered and we need to have the system handlers called first. + + Steps ``2)``, ``3)`` and ``4)`` are quite complex for most common use-cases, so ESP-NETIF provides some pre-configured interfaces and convenience functions that create the most common network interfaces in their most common configurations. + +.. note:: + + Each network interface needs to be initialized separately, so if you would like to use multiple interfaces, you would have to run steps ``2)`` to ``5)`` for every interface. Set ``1)`` should be performed only once. + + +Creating and configuring the interface and attaching the communication driver to it (steps ``2)``, ``3)`` and ``4)``) is described in :ref:`create_esp_netif`. +Using the ESP-NETIF event handlers (step ``5)``) is described in :ref:`esp-netif-ip-events`. + + +.. _create_esp_netif: + +Common network interfaces +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +As the initialization of network interfaces could be quite complex, ESP-NETIF provides some convenient methods of creating the most common onc, such as Wi-Fi and Ethernet. + +Please refer to the following example to understand the initialization process of the default interface: + + +.. only:: SOC_WIFI_SUPPORTED + + - Wi-Fi Station: :example_file:`wifi/getting_started/station/main/station_example_main.c` + +- Ethernet: :example_file:`ethernet/basic/main/ethernet_example_main.c` + +- L2 TAP: :example_file:`protocols/l2tap/main/l2tap_main.c` + +.. only:: CONFIG_ESP_WIFI_SOFTAP_SUPPORT + + - Wi-Fi Access Point: :example_file:`wifi/getting_started/softAP/main/softap_example_main.c` + +.. only:: SOC_WIFI_SUPPORTED + +Wi-Fi Default Initialization +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The initialization code as well as registering event handlers for default interfaces, such as softAP and station, are provided in separate APIs to facilitate simple startup code for most applications: + +* :cpp:func:`esp_netif_create_default_wifi_sta()` + +.. only:: CONFIG_ESP_WIFI_SOFTAP_SUPPORT + + * :cpp:func:`esp_netif_create_default_wifi_ap()` + +.. only:: SOC_WIFI_SUPPORTED + + Please note that these functions return the ``esp_netif`` handle, i.e., a pointer to a network interface object allocated and configured with default settings, as a consequence, which means that: + + * The created object has to be destroyed if a network de-initialization is provided by an application using :cpp:func:`esp_netif_destroy_default_wifi()`. + + * These *default* interfaces must not be created multiple times unless the created handle is deleted using :cpp:func:`esp_netif_destroy()`. + + +.. only:: CONFIG_ESP_WIFI_SOFTAP_SUPPORT + + * When using Wi-Fi in ``AP+STA`` mode, both these interfaces have to be created. + +.. _esp-netif-ip-events: + +IP Events +--------- + +In the last section of :ref:`esp_netif_init` code (step ``5)``), we register two sets of event handlers: + +* Communication driver events: To be notified about driver's lifecycle states, for example when Wi-Fi station joined an AP, or when it gets disconnected. Handling these events is out of the scope of ESP-NETIF component, it is only worth mentioning that the same events are also used by ESP-NETIF to set the network interface to a desired state of, so if an application uses the driver's events to assume specific states of the network interface, it need to register their handlers **after** registering system handlers (which typically happen when attaching the driver to the interface). That is why the handler registration is performed in the last step of the :ref:`esp_netif_init` code. + +* IP events: To be notified about IP address changes, that is when we get assigned a new address or when the valid address is lost. Specific types of these events are listed in :cpp:type:`ip_event_t`, each common interface has the related pair of ``GOT_IP`` and ``LOST_IP`` events. + +.. note:: + + Lost IP events are triggered by a timer configurable by :ref:`CONFIG_ESP_NETIF_IP_LOST_TIMER_INTERVAL`. The timer is started upon losing the IP address and the event will be raised after the configured interval, which is 120s by default. The event could be disabled when setting the interval to 0. + + .. _esp-netif structure: @@ -66,7 +192,7 @@ ESP-NETIF Architecture Data and Event Flow in the Diagram ----------------------------------- +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * ``........`` Initialization line from user code to ESP-NETIF and communication driver @@ -77,10 +203,10 @@ Data and Event Flow in the Diagram * ``|`` User settings and runtime configuration ESP-NETIF Interaction ---------------------- +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A) User Code, Boilerplate -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +''''''''''''''''''''''''' Overall application interaction with a specific IO driver for communication media and configured TCP/IP network stack is abstracted using ESP-NETIF APIs and is outlined as below: @@ -107,7 +233,7 @@ B) Interaction with network interfaces using ESP-NETIF API B) Communication Driver, IO Driver, and Media Driver -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Communication driver plays these two important roles in relation to ESP-NETIF: @@ -120,7 +246,7 @@ Communication driver plays these two important roles in relation to ESP-NETIF: C) ESP-NETIF -^^^^^^^^^^^^ +'''''''''''' ESP-NETIF serves as an intermediary between an IO driver and a network stack, connecting the packet data path between the two. It provides a set of interfaces for attaching a driver to an ESP-NETIF object at runtime and configures a network stack during compiling. Additionally, a set of APIs is provided to control the network interface lifecycle and its TCP/IP properties. As an overview, the ESP-NETIF public interface can be divided into six groups: @@ -137,307 +263,44 @@ ESP-NETIF serves as an intermediary between an IO driver and a network stack, co * Set interface up or down * DHCP server and client API * DNS API - * `SNTP API`_ + * :ref:`esp_netif-sntp-api` 6) Driver conversion utilities API D) Network Stack -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +'''''''''''''''' The network stack has no public interaction with application code with regard to public interfaces and shall be fully abstracted by ESP-NETIF API. E) ESP-NETIF L2 TAP Interface -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' The ESP-NETIF L2 TAP interface is a mechanism in ESP-IDF used to access Data Link Layer (L2 per OSI/ISO) for frame reception and transmission from the user application. Its typical usage in the embedded world might be the implementation of non-IP-related protocols, e.g., PTP, Wake on LAN. Note that only Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) is currently supported. From a user perspective, the ESP-NETIF L2 TAP interface is accessed using file descriptors of VFS, which provides file-like interfacing (using functions like ``open()``, ``read()``, ``write()``, etc). To learn more, refer to :doc:`/api-reference/storage/vfs`. There is only one ESP-NETIF L2 TAP interface device (path name) available. However multiple file descriptors with different configurations can be opened at a time since the ESP-NETIF L2 TAP interface can be understood as a generic entry point to the Layer 2 infrastructure. What is important is then the specific configuration of the particular file descriptor. It can be configured to give access to a specific Network Interface identified by ``if_key`` (e.g., `ETH_DEF`) and to filter only specific frames based on their type (e.g., Ethernet type in the case of IEEE 802.3). Filtering only specific frames is crucial since the ESP-NETIF L2 TAP needs to exist along with the IP stack and so the IP-related traffic (IP, ARP, etc.) should not be passed directly to the user application. Even though this option is still configurable, it is not recommended in standard use cases. Filtering is also advantageous from the perspective of the user's application, as it only gets access to the frame types it is interested in, and the remaining traffic is either passed to other L2 TAP file descriptors or to the IP stack. -ESP-NETIF L2 TAP Interface Usage Manual ---------------------------------------- - -Initialization -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -To be able to use the ESP-NETIF L2 TAP interface, it needs to be enabled in Kconfig by :ref:`CONFIG_ESP_NETIF_L2_TAP` first and then registered by :cpp:func:`esp_vfs_l2tap_intf_register()` prior usage of any VFS function. - -``open()`` -^^^^^^^^^^ -Once the ESP-NETIF L2 TAP is registered, it can be opened at path name "/dev/net/tap". The same path name can be opened multiple times up to :ref:`CONFIG_ESP_NETIF_L2_TAP_MAX_FDS` and multiple file descriptors with a different configuration may access the Data Link Layer frames. - -The ESP-NETIF L2 TAP can be opened with the ``O_NONBLOCK`` file status flag to make sure the ``read()`` does not block. Note that the ``write()`` may block in the current implementation when accessing a Network interface since it is a shared resource among multiple ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptors and IP stack, and there is currently no queuing mechanism deployed. The file status flag can be retrieved and modified using ``fcntl()``. - -On success, ``open()`` returns the new file descriptor (a nonnegative integer). On error, -1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set to indicate the error. - -``ioctl()`` -^^^^^^^^^^^ -The newly opened ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptor needs to be configured prior to its usage since it is not bounded to any specific Network Interface and no frame type filter is configured. The following configuration options are available to do so: - - * ``L2TAP_S_INTF_DEVICE`` - bounds the file descriptor to a specific Network Interface that is identified by its ``if_key``. ESP-NETIF Network Interface ``if_key`` is passed to ``ioctl()`` as the third parameter. Note that default Network Interfaces ``if_key``'s used in ESP-IDF can be found in :component_file:`esp_netif/include/esp_netif_defaults.h`. - * ``L2TAP_S_DEVICE_DRV_HNDL`` - is another way to bound the file descriptor to a specific Network Interface. In this case, the Network interface is identified directly by IO Driver handle (e.g., :cpp:type:`esp_eth_handle_t` in case of Ethernet). The IO Driver handle is passed to ``ioctl()`` as the third parameter. - * ``L2TAP_S_RCV_FILTER`` - sets the filter to frames with the type to be passed to the file descriptor. In the case of Ethernet frames, the frames are to be filtered based on the Length and Ethernet type field. In case the filter value is set less than or equal to 0x05DC, the Ethernet type field is considered to represent IEEE802.3 Length Field, and all frames with values in interval <0, 0x05DC> at that field are passed to the file descriptor. The IEEE802.2 logical link control (LLC) resolution is then expected to be performed by the user's application. In case the filter value is set greater than 0x05DC, the Ethernet type field is considered to represent protocol identification and only frames that are equal to the set value are to be passed to the file descriptor. - -All above-set configuration options have a getter counterpart option to read the current settings. - -.. warning:: - The file descriptor needs to be firstly bounded to a specific Network Interface by ``L2TAP_S_INTF_DEVICE`` or ``L2TAP_S_DEVICE_DRV_HNDL`` to make ``L2TAP_S_RCV_FILTER`` option available. - -.. note:: - VLAN-tagged frames are currently not recognized. If the user needs to process VLAN-tagged frames, they need a set filter to be equal to the VLAN tag (i.e., 0x8100 or 0x88A8) and process the VLAN-tagged frames in the user application. - -.. note:: - ``L2TAP_S_DEVICE_DRV_HNDL`` is particularly useful when the user's application does not require the usage of an IP stack and so ESP-NETIF is not required to be initialized too. As a result, Network Interface cannot be identified by its ``if_key`` and hence it needs to be identified directly by its IO Driver handle. - -| On success, ``ioctl()`` returns 0. On error, -1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set to indicate the error. -| * EBADF - not a valid file descriptor. -| * EACCES - options change is denied in this state (e.g., file descriptor has not been bounded to Network interface yet). -| * EINVAL - invalid configuration argument. Ethernet type filter is already used by other file descriptors on that same Network interface. -| * ENODEV - no such Network Interface which is tried to be assigned to the file descriptor exists. -| * ENOSYS - unsupported operation, passed configuration option does not exist. - -``fcntl()`` -^^^^^^^^^^^ -``fcntl()`` is used to manipulate with properties of opened ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptor. - -The following commands manipulate the status flags associated with the file descriptor: - - * ``F_GETFD`` - the function returns the file descriptor flags, and the third argument is ignored. - * ``F_SETFD`` - sets the file descriptor flags to the value specified by the third argument. Zero is returned. - -| On success, ``ioctl()`` returns 0. On error, -1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set to indicate the error. -| * EBADF - not a valid file descriptor. -| * ENOSYS - unsupported command. - -``read()`` -^^^^^^^^^^ -Opened and configured ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptor can be accessed by ``read()`` to get inbound frames. The read operation can be either blocking or non-blocking based on the actual state of the ``O_NONBLOCK`` file status flag. When the file status flag is set to blocking, the read operation waits until a frame is received and the context is switched to other tasks. When the file status flag is set to non-blocking, the read operation returns immediately. In such case, either a frame is returned if it was already queued or the function indicates the queue is empty. The number of queued frames associated with one file descriptor is limited by :ref:`CONFIG_ESP_NETIF_L2_TAP_RX_QUEUE_SIZE` Kconfig option. Once the number of queued frames reached a configured threshold, the newly arrived frames are dropped until the queue has enough room to accept incoming traffic (Tail Drop queue management). - -| On success, ``read()`` returns the number of bytes read. Zero is returned when the size of the destination buffer is 0. On error, -1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set to indicate the error. -| * EBADF - not a valid file descriptor. -| * EAGAIN - the file descriptor has been marked non-blocking (``O_NONBLOCK``), and the read would block. - -``write()`` -^^^^^^^^^^^ -A raw Data Link Layer frame can be sent to Network Interface via opened and configured ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptor. The user's application is responsible to construct the whole frame except for fields which are added automatically by the physical interface device. The following fields need to be constructed by the user's application in case of an Ethernet link: source/destination MAC addresses, Ethernet type, actual protocol header, and user data. The length of these fields is as follows: - -.. list-table:: - :header-rows: 1 - :widths: 20 20 20 30 - :align: center - - * - Destination MAC - - Source MAC - - Type/Length - - Payload (protocol header/data) - * - 6 B - - 6 B - - 2 B - - 0-1486 B - -In other words, there is no additional frame processing performed by the ESP-NETIF L2 TAP interface. It only checks the Ethernet type of the frame is the same as the filter configured in the file descriptor. If the Ethernet type is different, an error is returned and the frame is not sent. Note that the ``write()`` may block in the current implementation when accessing a Network interface since it is a shared resource among multiple ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptors and IP stack, and there is currently no queuing mechanism deployed. - -| On success, ``write()`` returns the number of bytes written. Zero is returned when the size of the input buffer is 0. On error, -1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set to indicate the error. -| * EBADF - not a valid file descriptor. -| * EBADMSG - The Ethernet type of the frame is different from the file descriptor configured filter. -| * EIO - Network interface not available or busy. - -``close()`` -^^^^^^^^^^^ -Opened ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptor can be closed by the ``close()`` to free its allocated resources. The ESP-NETIF L2 TAP implementation of ``close()`` may block. On the other hand, it is thread-safe and can be called from a different task than the file descriptor is actually used. If such a situation occurs and one task is blocked in the I/O operation and another task tries to close the file descriptor, the first task is unblocked. The first's task read operation then ends with an error. - -| On success, ``close()`` returns zero. On error, -1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set to indicate the error. -| * EBADF - not a valid file descriptor. - -``select()`` -^^^^^^^^^^^^ -Select is used in a standard way, just :ref:`CONFIG_VFS_SUPPORT_SELECT` needs to be enabled to make the ``select()`` function available. - - -.. _esp_netif-sntp-api: - -SNTP API --------- - -You can find a brief introduction to SNTP in general, its initialization code, and basic modes in Section :ref:`system-time-sntp-sync` in :doc:`System Time `. - -This section provides more details about specific use cases of the SNTP service, with statically configured servers, or use the DHCP-provided servers, or both. The workflow is usually very simple: - -1) Initialize and configure the service using :cpp:func:`esp_netif_sntp_init()`. This operations can only be called once (unless the SNTP service has been destroyed by :cpp:func:`esp_netif_sntp_deinit()`) -2) Start the service via :cpp:func:`esp_netif_sntp_start()`. This step is not needed if we auto-started the service in the previous step (default). It is useful to start the service explicitly after connecting if we want to use the DHCP-obtained NTP servers. Please note, this option needs to be enabled before connecting, but the SNTP service should be started after. -3) Wait for the system time to synchronize using :cpp:func:`esp_netif_sntp_sync_wait()` (only if needed). -4) Stop and destroy the service using :cpp:func:`esp_netif_sntp_deinit()`. - - -Basic Mode with Statically Defined Server(s) -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - -Initialize the module with the default configuration after connecting to the network. Note that it is possible to provide multiple NTP servers in the configuration struct: - -.. code-block:: c - - esp_sntp_config_t config = ESP_NETIF_SNTP_DEFAULT_CONFIG_MULTIPLE(2, - ESP_SNTP_SERVER_LIST("time.windows.com", "pool.ntp.org" ) ); - esp_netif_sntp_init(&config); - -.. note:: - - If we want to configure multiple SNTP servers, we have to update the lwIP configuration :ref:`CONFIG_LWIP_SNTP_MAX_SERVERS`. - - -Use DHCP-Obtained SNTP Server(s) -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - -First of all, we have to enable the lwIP configuration option :ref:`CONFIG_LWIP_DHCP_GET_NTP_SRV`. Then we have to initialize the SNTP module with the DHCP option and without the NTP server: - -.. code-block:: c - - esp_sntp_config_t config = ESP_NETIF_SNTP_DEFAULT_CONFIG_MULTIPLE(0, {} ); - config.start = false; // start the SNTP service explicitly - config.server_from_dhcp = true; // accept the NTP offer from the DHCP server - esp_netif_sntp_init(&config); - -Then, once we are connected, we could start the service using: - -.. code-block:: c - - esp_netif_sntp_start(); - -.. note:: - - It is also possible to start the service during initialization (default ``config.start=true``). This would likely to cause the initial SNTP request to fail (since we are not connected yet) and lead to some back-off time for subsequent requests. - - -Use Both Static and Dynamic Servers -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - -Very similar to the scenario above (DHCP provided SNTP server), but in this configuration, we need to make sure that the static server configuration is refreshed when obtaining NTP servers by DHCP. The underlying lwIP code cleans up the rest of the list of NTP servers when the DHCP-provided information gets accepted. Thus the ESP-NETIF SNTP module saves the statically configured server(s) and reconfigures them after obtaining a DHCP lease. - -The typical configuration now looks as per below, providing the specific ``IP_EVENT`` to update the config and index of the first server to reconfigure (for example setting ``config.index_of_first_server=1`` would keep the DHCP provided server at index 0, and the statically configured server at index 1). - -.. code-block:: c - - esp_sntp_config_t config = ESP_NETIF_SNTP_DEFAULT_CONFIG("pool.ntp.org"); - config.start = false; // start the SNTP service explicitly (after connecting) - config.server_from_dhcp = true; // accept the NTP offers from DHCP server - config.renew_servers_after_new_IP = true; // let esp-netif update the configured SNTP server(s) after receiving the DHCP lease - config.index_of_first_server = 1; // updates from server num 1, leaving server 0 (from DHCP) intact - config.ip_event_to_renew = IP_EVENT_STA_GOT_IP; // IP event on which we refresh the configuration - -Then we start the service normally with :cpp:func:`esp_netif_sntp_start()`. - +.. _esp_netif_programmer: ESP-NETIF Programmer's Manual ------------------------------ +============================= -Please refer to the following example to understand the initialization process of the default interface: +In same cases, it is not enough to simply initialize a network interface by default, start using it and connect to the local network. If so, please consult the programming guide: :doc:`/api-reference/network/esp_netif_programming`. +You would typically need to use specific sets of ESP-NETIF APIs in the following use-cases: -.. only:: SOC_WIFI_SUPPORTED +* Set or get IP and DNS information +* Configure DHCP client or server +* Start SNTP service +* Use L2 TAP interface +* Use other IP events +* Use multiple network interfaces - - Wi-Fi Station: :example_file:`wifi/getting_started/station/main/station_example_main.c` +.. _esp_netif_developer: -- Ethernet: :example_file:`ethernet/basic/main/ethernet_example_main.c` +ESP-NETIF Developer's Manual +============================ -- L2 TAP: :example_file:`protocols/l2tap/main/l2tap_main.c` - -.. only:: CONFIG_ESP_WIFI_SOFTAP_SUPPORT - - - Wi-Fi Access Point: :example_file:`wifi/getting_started/softAP/main/softap_example_main.c` - -For more specific cases, please consult this guide: :doc:`/api-reference/network/esp_netif_driver`. - - -.. only:: SOC_WIFI_SUPPORTED - - Wi-Fi Default Initialization - ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - - The initialization code as well as registering event handlers for default interfaces, such as softAP and station, are provided in separate APIs to facilitate simple startup code for most applications: - - * :cpp:func:`esp_netif_create_default_wifi_sta()` - - .. only:: CONFIG_ESP_WIFI_SOFTAP_SUPPORT - - * :cpp:func:`esp_netif_create_default_wifi_ap()` - - Please note that these functions return the ``esp_netif`` handle, i.e., a pointer to a network interface object allocated and configured with default settings, as a consequence, which means that: - - * The created object has to be destroyed if a network de-initialization is provided by an application using :cpp:func:`esp_netif_destroy_default_wifi()`. - - * These *default* interfaces must not be created multiple times unless the created handle is deleted using :cpp:func:`esp_netif_destroy()`. - - .. only:: CONFIG_ESP_WIFI_SOFTAP_SUPPORT - - * When using Wi-Fi in ``AP+STA`` mode, both these interfaces have to be created. - - -IP Event: Transmit/Receive Packet ---------------------------------- - -This event, ``IP_EVENT_TX_RX``, is triggered for every transmitted or received IP packet. It provides information about packet transmission or reception, data length, and the ``esp_netif`` handle. - -Enabling the Event ------------------- - -**Compile Time:** - -The feature can be completely disabled during compilation time using the flag :ref:`CONFIG_ESP_NETIF_REPORT_DATA_TRAFFIC` in the kconfig. - -**Run Time:** - -At runtime, you can enable or disable this event using the functions :cpp:func:`esp_netif_tx_rx_event_enable()` and :cpp:func:`esp_netif_tx_rx_event_disable()`. - -Event Registration ------------------- - -To handle this event, you need to register a handler using the following syntax: - -.. code-block:: c - - static void - tx_rx_event_handler(void *arg, esp_event_base_t event_base, - int32_t event_id, void *event_data) - { - ip_event_tx_rx_t *event = (ip_event_tx_rx_t *)event_data; - - if (event->dir == ESP_NETIF_TX) { - ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Got TX event: Interface \"%s\" data len: %d", esp_netif_get_desc(event->esp_netif), event->len); - } else if (event->dir == ESP_NETIF_RX) { - ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Got RX event: Interface \"%s\" data len: %d", esp_netif_get_desc(event->esp_netif), event->len); - } else { - ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Got Unknown event: Interface \"%s\"", esp_netif_get_desc(event->esp_netif)); - } - } - - esp_event_handler_register(IP_EVENT, IP_EVENT_TX_RX, &tx_rx_event_handler, NULL); - -Here, ``tx_rx_event_handler`` is the name of the function that will handle the event. - -Event Data Structure ---------------------- - -The event data structure, :cpp:class:`ip_event_tx_rx_t`, contains the following fields: - -- :cpp:member:`ip_event_tx_rx_t::dir`: Indicates whether the packet was transmitted (``ESP_NETIF_TX``) or received (``ESP_NETIF_RX``). -- :cpp:member:`ip_event_tx_rx_t::len`: Length of the data frame. -- :cpp:member:`ip_event_tx_rx_t::esp_netif`: The network interface on which the packet was sent or received. - - -API Reference -------------- - -.. include-build-file:: inc/esp_netif.inc -.. include-build-file:: inc/esp_netif_sntp.inc -.. include-build-file:: inc/esp_netif_types.inc -.. include-build-file:: inc/esp_netif_ip_addr.inc -.. include-build-file:: inc/esp_vfs_l2tap.inc - - -.. only:: SOC_WIFI_SUPPORTED - - Wi-Fi Default API Reference - ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - - .. include-build-file:: inc/esp_wifi_default.inc +In some cases, user applications might need to customize ESP-NETIF, register custom drivers or even custom TCP/IP stacks. If so, please consult the programming guide: :doc:`/api-reference/network/esp_netif_driver`. diff --git a/docs/en/api-reference/network/esp_netif_programming.rst b/docs/en/api-reference/network/esp_netif_programming.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..102c1ceb03 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en/api-reference/network/esp_netif_programming.rst @@ -0,0 +1,257 @@ +ESP-NETIF Programmers Manual +============================ + +:link_to_translation:`zh_CN:[中文]` + + +Configure DNS servers +--------------------- + + + + +Configure DHCP options +---------------------- + + + +.. _esp_netif-sntp-api: + +SNTP Service +------------ + +You can find a brief introduction to SNTP in general, its initialization code, and basic modes in Section :ref:`system-time-sntp-sync` in :doc:`System Time `. + +This section provides more details about specific use cases of the SNTP service, with statically configured servers, or use the DHCP-provided servers, or both. The workflow is usually very simple: + +1) Initialize and configure the service using :cpp:func:`esp_netif_sntp_init()`. This operations can only be called once (unless the SNTP service has been destroyed by :cpp:func:`esp_netif_sntp_deinit()`) +2) Start the service via :cpp:func:`esp_netif_sntp_start()`. This step is not needed if we auto-started the service in the previous step (default). It is useful to start the service explicitly after connecting if we want to use the DHCP-obtained NTP servers. Please note, this option needs to be enabled before connecting, but the SNTP service should be started after. +3) Wait for the system time to synchronize using :cpp:func:`esp_netif_sntp_sync_wait()` (only if needed). +4) Stop and destroy the service using :cpp:func:`esp_netif_sntp_deinit()`. + + +Basic Mode with Statically Defined Server(s) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Initialize the module with the default configuration after connecting to the network. Note that it is possible to provide multiple NTP servers in the configuration struct: + +.. code-block:: c + + esp_sntp_config_t config = ESP_NETIF_SNTP_DEFAULT_CONFIG_MULTIPLE(2, + ESP_SNTP_SERVER_LIST("time.windows.com", "pool.ntp.org" ) ); + esp_netif_sntp_init(&config); + +.. note:: + + If we want to configure multiple SNTP servers, we have to update the lwIP configuration :ref:`CONFIG_LWIP_SNTP_MAX_SERVERS`. + + +Use DHCP-Obtained SNTP Server(s) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +First of all, we have to enable the lwIP configuration option :ref:`CONFIG_LWIP_DHCP_GET_NTP_SRV`. Then we have to initialize the SNTP module with the DHCP option and without the NTP server: + +.. code-block:: c + + esp_sntp_config_t config = ESP_NETIF_SNTP_DEFAULT_CONFIG_MULTIPLE(0, {} ); + config.start = false; // start the SNTP service explicitly + config.server_from_dhcp = true; // accept the NTP offer from the DHCP server + esp_netif_sntp_init(&config); + +Then, once we are connected, we could start the service using: + +.. code-block:: c + + esp_netif_sntp_start(); + +.. note:: + + It is also possible to start the service during initialization (default ``config.start=true``). This would likely to cause the initial SNTP request to fail (since we are not connected yet) and lead to some back-off time for subsequent requests. + + +Use Both Static and Dynamic Servers +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Very similar to the scenario above (DHCP provided SNTP server), but in this configuration, we need to make sure that the static server configuration is refreshed when obtaining NTP servers by DHCP. The underlying lwIP code cleans up the rest of the list of NTP servers when the DHCP-provided information gets accepted. Thus the ESP-NETIF SNTP module saves the statically configured server(s) and reconfigures them after obtaining a DHCP lease. + +The typical configuration now looks as per below, providing the specific ``IP_EVENT`` to update the config and index of the first server to reconfigure (for example setting ``config.index_of_first_server=1`` would keep the DHCP provided server at index 0, and the statically configured server at index 1). + +.. code-block:: c + + esp_sntp_config_t config = ESP_NETIF_SNTP_DEFAULT_CONFIG("pool.ntp.org"); + config.start = false; // start the SNTP service explicitly (after connecting) + config.server_from_dhcp = true; // accept the NTP offers from DHCP server + config.renew_servers_after_new_IP = true; // let esp-netif update the configured SNTP server(s) after receiving the DHCP lease + config.index_of_first_server = 1; // updates from server num 1, leaving server 0 (from DHCP) intact + config.ip_event_to_renew = IP_EVENT_STA_GOT_IP; // IP event on which we refresh the configuration + +Then we start the service normally with :cpp:func:`esp_netif_sntp_start()`. + + + +L2 TAP Interface Usage Manual +----------------------------- + +Initialization +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +To be able to use the ESP-NETIF L2 TAP interface, it needs to be enabled in Kconfig by :ref:`CONFIG_ESP_NETIF_L2_TAP` first and then registered by :cpp:func:`esp_vfs_l2tap_intf_register()` prior usage of any VFS function. + +``open()`` +^^^^^^^^^^ +Once the ESP-NETIF L2 TAP is registered, it can be opened at path name "/dev/net/tap". The same path name can be opened multiple times up to :ref:`CONFIG_ESP_NETIF_L2_TAP_MAX_FDS` and multiple file descriptors with a different configuration may access the Data Link Layer frames. + +The ESP-NETIF L2 TAP can be opened with the ``O_NONBLOCK`` file status flag to make sure the ``read()`` does not block. Note that the ``write()`` may block in the current implementation when accessing a Network interface since it is a shared resource among multiple ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptors and IP stack, and there is currently no queuing mechanism deployed. The file status flag can be retrieved and modified using ``fcntl()``. + +On success, ``open()`` returns the new file descriptor (a nonnegative integer). On error, -1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set to indicate the error. + +``ioctl()`` +^^^^^^^^^^^ +The newly opened ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptor needs to be configured prior to its usage since it is not bounded to any specific Network Interface and no frame type filter is configured. The following configuration options are available to do so: + + * ``L2TAP_S_INTF_DEVICE`` - bounds the file descriptor to a specific Network Interface that is identified by its ``if_key``. ESP-NETIF Network Interface ``if_key`` is passed to ``ioctl()`` as the third parameter. Note that default Network Interfaces ``if_key``'s used in ESP-IDF can be found in :component_file:`esp_netif/include/esp_netif_defaults.h`. + * ``L2TAP_S_DEVICE_DRV_HNDL`` - is another way to bound the file descriptor to a specific Network Interface. In this case, the Network interface is identified directly by IO Driver handle (e.g., :cpp:type:`esp_eth_handle_t` in case of Ethernet). The IO Driver handle is passed to ``ioctl()`` as the third parameter. + * ``L2TAP_S_RCV_FILTER`` - sets the filter to frames with the type to be passed to the file descriptor. In the case of Ethernet frames, the frames are to be filtered based on the Length and Ethernet type field. In case the filter value is set less than or equal to 0x05DC, the Ethernet type field is considered to represent IEEE802.3 Length Field, and all frames with values in interval <0, 0x05DC> at that field are passed to the file descriptor. The IEEE802.2 logical link control (LLC) resolution is then expected to be performed by the user's application. In case the filter value is set greater than 0x05DC, the Ethernet type field is considered to represent protocol identification and only frames that are equal to the set value are to be passed to the file descriptor. + +All above-set configuration options have a getter counterpart option to read the current settings. + +.. warning:: + The file descriptor needs to be firstly bounded to a specific Network Interface by ``L2TAP_S_INTF_DEVICE`` or ``L2TAP_S_DEVICE_DRV_HNDL`` to make ``L2TAP_S_RCV_FILTER`` option available. + +.. note:: + VLAN-tagged frames are currently not recognized. If the user needs to process VLAN-tagged frames, they need a set filter to be equal to the VLAN tag (i.e., 0x8100 or 0x88A8) and process the VLAN-tagged frames in the user application. + +.. note:: + ``L2TAP_S_DEVICE_DRV_HNDL`` is particularly useful when the user's application does not require the usage of an IP stack and so ESP-NETIF is not required to be initialized too. As a result, Network Interface cannot be identified by its ``if_key`` and hence it needs to be identified directly by its IO Driver handle. + +| On success, ``ioctl()`` returns 0. On error, -1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set to indicate the error. +| * EBADF - not a valid file descriptor. +| * EACCES - options change is denied in this state (e.g., file descriptor has not been bounded to Network interface yet). +| * EINVAL - invalid configuration argument. Ethernet type filter is already used by other file descriptors on that same Network interface. +| * ENODEV - no such Network Interface which is tried to be assigned to the file descriptor exists. +| * ENOSYS - unsupported operation, passed configuration option does not exist. + +``fcntl()`` +^^^^^^^^^^^ +``fcntl()`` is used to manipulate with properties of opened ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptor. + +The following commands manipulate the status flags associated with the file descriptor: + + * ``F_GETFD`` - the function returns the file descriptor flags, and the third argument is ignored. + * ``F_SETFD`` - sets the file descriptor flags to the value specified by the third argument. Zero is returned. + +| On success, ``ioctl()`` returns 0. On error, -1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set to indicate the error. +| * EBADF - not a valid file descriptor. +| * ENOSYS - unsupported command. + +``read()`` +^^^^^^^^^^ +Opened and configured ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptor can be accessed by ``read()`` to get inbound frames. The read operation can be either blocking or non-blocking based on the actual state of the ``O_NONBLOCK`` file status flag. When the file status flag is set to blocking, the read operation waits until a frame is received and the context is switched to other tasks. When the file status flag is set to non-blocking, the read operation returns immediately. In such case, either a frame is returned if it was already queued or the function indicates the queue is empty. The number of queued frames associated with one file descriptor is limited by :ref:`CONFIG_ESP_NETIF_L2_TAP_RX_QUEUE_SIZE` Kconfig option. Once the number of queued frames reached a configured threshold, the newly arrived frames are dropped until the queue has enough room to accept incoming traffic (Tail Drop queue management). + +| On success, ``read()`` returns the number of bytes read. Zero is returned when the size of the destination buffer is 0. On error, -1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set to indicate the error. +| * EBADF - not a valid file descriptor. +| * EAGAIN - the file descriptor has been marked non-blocking (``O_NONBLOCK``), and the read would block. + +``write()`` +^^^^^^^^^^^ +A raw Data Link Layer frame can be sent to Network Interface via opened and configured ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptor. The user's application is responsible to construct the whole frame except for fields which are added automatically by the physical interface device. The following fields need to be constructed by the user's application in case of an Ethernet link: source/destination MAC addresses, Ethernet type, actual protocol header, and user data. The length of these fields is as follows: + +.. list-table:: + :header-rows: 1 + :widths: 20 20 20 30 + :align: center + + * - Destination MAC + - Source MAC + - Type/Length + - Payload (protocol header/data) + * - 6 B + - 6 B + - 2 B + - 0-1486 B + +In other words, there is no additional frame processing performed by the ESP-NETIF L2 TAP interface. It only checks the Ethernet type of the frame is the same as the filter configured in the file descriptor. If the Ethernet type is different, an error is returned and the frame is not sent. Note that the ``write()`` may block in the current implementation when accessing a Network interface since it is a shared resource among multiple ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptors and IP stack, and there is currently no queuing mechanism deployed. + +| On success, ``write()`` returns the number of bytes written. Zero is returned when the size of the input buffer is 0. On error, -1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set to indicate the error. +| * EBADF - not a valid file descriptor. +| * EBADMSG - The Ethernet type of the frame is different from the file descriptor configured filter. +| * EIO - Network interface not available or busy. + +``close()`` +^^^^^^^^^^^ +Opened ESP-NETIF L2 TAP file descriptor can be closed by the ``close()`` to free its allocated resources. The ESP-NETIF L2 TAP implementation of ``close()`` may block. On the other hand, it is thread-safe and can be called from a different task than the file descriptor is actually used. If such a situation occurs and one task is blocked in the I/O operation and another task tries to close the file descriptor, the first task is unblocked. The first's task read operation then ends with an error. + +| On success, ``close()`` returns zero. On error, -1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set to indicate the error. +| * EBADF - not a valid file descriptor. + +``select()`` +^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Select is used in a standard way, just :ref:`CONFIG_VFS_SUPPORT_SELECT` needs to be enabled to make the ``select()`` function available. + + +IP Event: Transmit/Receive Packet +--------------------------------- + +This event, ``IP_EVENT_TX_RX``, is triggered for every transmitted or received IP packet. It provides information about packet transmission or reception, data length, and the ``esp_netif`` handle. + +Enabling the Event +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +**Compile Time:** + +The feature can be completely disabled during compilation time using the flag :ref:`CONFIG_ESP_NETIF_REPORT_DATA_TRAFFIC` in the kconfig. + +**Run Time:** + +At runtime, you can enable or disable this event using the functions :cpp:func:`esp_netif_tx_rx_event_enable()` and :cpp:func:`esp_netif_tx_rx_event_disable()`. + +Event Registration +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +To handle this event, you need to register a handler using the following syntax: + +.. code-block:: c + + static void + tx_rx_event_handler(void *arg, esp_event_base_t event_base, + int32_t event_id, void *event_data) + { + ip_event_tx_rx_t *event = (ip_event_tx_rx_t *)event_data; + + if (event->dir == ESP_NETIF_TX) { + ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Got TX event: Interface \"%s\" data len: %d", esp_netif_get_desc(event->esp_netif), event->len); + } else if (event->dir == ESP_NETIF_RX) { + ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Got RX event: Interface \"%s\" data len: %d", esp_netif_get_desc(event->esp_netif), event->len); + } else { + ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Got Unknown event: Interface \"%s\"", esp_netif_get_desc(event->esp_netif)); + } + } + + esp_event_handler_register(IP_EVENT, IP_EVENT_TX_RX, &tx_rx_event_handler, NULL); + +Here, ``tx_rx_event_handler`` is the name of the function that will handle the event. + +Event Data Structure +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The event data structure, :cpp:class:`ip_event_tx_rx_t`, contains the following fields: + +- :cpp:member:`ip_event_tx_rx_t::dir`: Indicates whether the packet was transmitted (``ESP_NETIF_TX``) or received (``ESP_NETIF_RX``). +- :cpp:member:`ip_event_tx_rx_t::len`: Length of the data frame. +- :cpp:member:`ip_event_tx_rx_t::esp_netif`: The network interface on which the packet was sent or received. + + +API Reference +------------- + +.. include-build-file:: inc/esp_netif.inc +.. include-build-file:: inc/esp_netif_sntp.inc +.. include-build-file:: inc/esp_netif_types.inc +.. include-build-file:: inc/esp_netif_ip_addr.inc +.. include-build-file:: inc/esp_vfs_l2tap.inc + +.. only:: SOC_WIFI_SUPPORTED + + Wi-Fi Default API Reference + --------------------------- + + .. include-build-file:: inc/esp_wifi_default.inc diff --git a/docs/en/api-reference/network/index.rst b/docs/en/api-reference/network/index.rst index 0c874ead99..fed0dda576 100644 --- a/docs/en/api-reference/network/index.rst +++ b/docs/en/api-reference/network/index.rst @@ -56,13 +56,14 @@ ESP-NETIF esp_netif -IP Network Layer -================ - .. toctree:: :hidden: esp_netif_driver + esp_netif_programming + +IP Network Layer +================ Code examples for TCP/IP socket APIs are provided in the :example:`protocols/sockets` directory of ESP-IDF examples.