[Bcusdk-list] knxd (was: eibd) update

[Matthias U. <mat...@ur...>]

Hello guys&gals,

I've spent the last two weeks enhancing knxd (the former eibd).

The main change: You can now connect to more than one interface. If you
have two KNX lines, simply plug two adapters into one computer and start
one kndx. It'll transparently route between the two.
Of course ;-) it remembers which physical address has been seen on which
bus and will send packets with physical addresses only where they need
to go.
Also, there's no more strange echoing of (some) datagrams.
You can tell it which interface *not* to use as a bus monitor (since
that disconnects from normal operation, which may be a problem).
You can configure different debug options per interface.
As a byproduct, you can now connect to more than one network interface
or Unix socket.

Oh yes: Programming via ETS-5 just works (which cannot be said about
previous versions). I didn't even have to fix any additional bugs when I
tested that, which tells me that I must have done *something* correctly. :-P

You configure all of this as usual, on the command line. The only
difference is that arguments are now processed in order; flag arguments
(-t or -R -T -D) affect interfaces mentioned _after_ them.
If you want to add an .INI parser, go right ahead. (No XML please.)

You can find all of that here: github.com/knxd/knxd/tree/multi_l2
<https://https://github.com/knxd/knxd/tree/multi_l2> – the code is alpha
quality, meaning that a lot works but even more needs to be tested and
probably fixed; I myself only own tpuart hardware – other drivers
compile, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. I also didn't yet
test any networking mode (except multicast, of course).

Help, patches, testers etc. are always welcome.

Now go forth and find bugs. ;-)

-- 
-- Matthias Urlichs