[arp] Maintain an ARP transmission queue

Allow packet transmission to be deferred pending successful ARP resolution. This avoids the time spent waiting for a higher-level protocol (e.g. TCP or TFTP) to attempt retransmission. Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
ipxe · Mar 2, 2012 · d620606 · d620606
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diff --git a/src/include/ipxe/arp.h b/src/include/ipxe/arp.h
@@ -35,10 +35,8 @@ struct arp_net_protocol {
 
 extern struct net_protocol arp_protocol __net_protocol;
 
-extern int arp_resolve ( struct net_device *netdev,
-			 struct net_protocol *net_protocol,
-			 const void *dest_net_addr,
-			 const void *source_net_addr,
-			 void *dest_ll_addr );
+extern int arp_tx ( struct io_buffer *iobuf, struct net_device *netdev,
+		    struct net_protocol *net_protocol, const void *net_dest,
+		    const void *net_source, const void *ll_source );
 
 #endif /* _IPXE_ARP_H */