VxWorks + Linux = etherOutput???

From: Andreas (andreas_lindell76_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/29/03 

Date: 29 Sep 2003 03:15:54 -0700

Hello Everyone

I have until now worked on VxWorks but now I have been assigned a
project with embedded Linux instead.

My question is as follows: I have a application that runs well on
VxWorks, it uses the etherOutput() API to send out a frame
|ethernet|IP|UDP|. Now I need to port the same application to Linux
and I want to know if there is a similar API available under Linux?

EtherOutput is an API that allows the user/application to send out
ethernet frames direct on the NIC and by passing the TCP/UDP/IP stack.
What is givent to the API is a pointer to the NIC and a pointer to a
struct.

Regards
Andreas