We are working on a major rewrite for the ZTP TCPI/IP software suite for version 3 to increase robustness and improve performance. We value your input and would like to make sure we focus on the important areas of the stack. In order to focus on the correct features, we would like to know which features you use and especially, do not use.

1. Do you use HTTP?
   
   • Do you also use HTTP Authentication; if yes which authentication scheme (Basic or Digest)?


2. Which version of SNMP do you use (none, v1, v2, v3)


3. Do you use the RZK file system?
   
   • Would you prefer to use a FAT implementation?


4. Do you use the RZK debug or non-debug library? Don’t know?


5. Do you use the RZK non-Priority Inheritance or Priority Inheritance library? Or don’t know?


6. Do you use RZK Round Robin, Priority or Both scheduling for scheduling for blocked threads?


7. When calling RZK functions that might block do you use a ‘Blocking Time’ parameter of MAX_INFINITE_SUSPEND or some other finite value?
   
   • Could your application be restructured to use MAX_INFINITE_SUSPEND?


8. Do you use PPP?


9. Do you use PPPoE?


10. Do you use SSL?
    
    • If yes which cipher suites and SSL protocol version do you use (v3, v3 or TLS)


11. 11) Do you use RZK Event Groups?


12. Do you use FTP?
    
    • If yes, client or server


13. Do you use the Sockets API to access raw TCP and UDP connections?
    
    • Would you prefer to use a simpler interface based on the device driver model (e.g. open, close, read, write)?

Please respond to this thread or Email to tormiston@zilog.com with the features that you do not use and the ones that are important to you.

1 we do use http, no authentication
2 do not use snmp
3 do not use the file system, would like a FAT system for SD flash or USB drives
4 non-debug I think
5 don’t know
6 round robin
7 not sure
8 no PPP
9 no PPPoE
10 was using SSL, but was much too slow, now using our own encryption using the cipher suites and sending data using UDP. works well except the stack does not buffer incoming UDP packets like I think it should
11 do not know what event groups are
12 do not use FTP
13 socket API works fine, could be expanded some

I would like to see documentation, videos, examples, tutorials or anything else to help old dummies like me to understand exactly how to use threads effectively. And what is going on underneath.