Test tools for new network driver

[George Neville-Neil]

On Aug 19, 2011, at 06:04 , Ben Gray wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>    I'm not sure if this the right list to post to, but here goes ...
> 
>    I'm currently writing a driver for the SMSC LAN95xx range of USB to Ethernet adapter chips (http://www.smsc.com/index.php?tid=300&pid=135&tab=1). The basic RX/TX works and now I'm trying to get the H/W checksum offload working, however I've come across some problems with the H/W implementation, e.g. it doesn't work with small (<64 byte) packets.
> 
>    So I was wondering if anyone knows of any test tools I can use to fire all the different unusual sort of packets at the interface to see how the H/W csum reacts, i.e. runt packets, packets with IP options, IPv6 packets with extension headers, etc.
> 

Sorry to be late on this one.

http://pcs.sf.net

and /usr/ports/net/py-pcs

If you have questions on it let me know.  I'm the author.

Best,
George