[PATCH 08/12] net/httpd: add httpd common code

[Tom Rini]

On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 06:06:52AM +0400, Mikhail Kshevetskiy wrote:
> 
> On 7/1/24 19:54, Peter Robinson wrote:
> > Hi Mikhail,
> >
> >> This patch adds HTTP/1.1 compatible web-server that can be used
> >> by other. Server supports GET, POST, and HEAD requests. On client
> >> request it will call user specified GET/POST callback. Then results
> >> will be transmitted to client.
> > Why are we adding a HTTP server? I don't see a cover letter explaining
> > overall what you're attempting to achieve with this patch set so
> > please add that. Also I suggest you look at the LWIP patch set [1] as
> > that may make what you wish to achieve more straight forward.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > [1] https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2024-June/556526.html
> 
> This patch series consist of
> * TCP fixes. Current U-Boot implementation of TCP is bad. It is
> especially bad for uploading. This patch series fixes TCP support. I
> know about attempts to add LWIP to u-Boot, but it's not in U-Boot yet.

To be clear, baring some unforseen difficulty, lwIP will be merged. Is
it ready today? No. But I would ask that if people have both networking
background and desire to do U-Boot development they look in that
direction rather than enhancing (rather than bugfixing) the legacy stack
further.

-- 
Tom
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