REgiGV -- Reverse Engineered GigE Vision

In my diploma thesis I got confronted with a number of
image aquisition devices using a GigE Vision interface.
Although this standard is claimed being "open" it is
quite the contrary. To get access to it you have to:

- pay a fee
- sign a NDA
- must not publish any source code implementing GigE

Whenever my diploma schedule allows I'll try to reverse
as much of GigE as I can.

!!! I just found out about opengigevision:
https://gitorious.org/opengigevision
Nevertheless I'll do my own implementation -- having
multiple independent implementations of a protocol
is always a good idea!

REgiG aims at providing the following parts, however
what, when and even if they'll be done is neither
planned not forseeable.

High priority:

libregigv
- Implement GigE Vision Control Protocol (GVCP)
  There's a Wireshark protocol plugin for this, so
  someone already (partially?) covered this.

- Implement GigE Vision Stream Protocol (GVSP)
  
- Implement GigE Device Discovery
  No details known so far, looks like some MAC layer
  magic. Probably involves some in-situ DHCP or similar

Additionally to this GigE Vision uses "GenICam" for
machine readable device description. Unline GigE itself
GenICam is a truly open standard, the reference
implementation is available as open source under a BSD-
like license:
http://www.emva.org/cms/index.php?idcat=27

Middle Priority:
- some nice graphical frontends for libregigv

Low Priority:
- Linux kernel iptables GigE classifiers

= Some information on GigE own IP stacks =
Most commercial GigE Vision implementations come with
custom NIC drivers, also implementing their very own
IP stack. The reason for this is, that, according to
the vendors, the Windows built in drivers and IP stack
cause (to high) CPU loads.

Given the already high performance of Linux' networking
system this should not be neccesary for this OS.

Furthermore I highly doubt the quality of those special
drivers/IP stacks from a security point of view. Maybe
I'll do some security testing on those as well, but this
is absolute low priority. But whoever reads this and
wants to have some fun, go ahead, I sense a lot of p0wn
there.

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IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION:
I'm nt going to get access to the official standard and
its documentation. This work is the result of pure
reverse engineering work. Since I work and live in the EU
I'm not only not just infringing any rights, I am in fact
protected by EU law that explicitly permits reverse
engineering for gaining interoperability with products
of own creation (also commercially). I case someone
feels like sending me a "cease and desists": This didn't
very well for those who tried.