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[Xen-devel] Device drivers and Xend

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Subject: [Xen-devel] Device drivers and Xend
From: nicko.koinkoin@xxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:12:40 +0200
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Hi everybody

I am currently writting a split device driver for a custom device.

I have understood the way it works, I wrote the code (kernel module) but
currently it is static (i.e. port number) because I am not using Xend. But the
event channel is created (with a static port number for the backend), and when
I send event from frontend domU the handler is called in my backend domain. But
I can't do the same for the communication ring (shared memory page).

So I have to use Xend, but I don't know how to add a new device type in Xend,
i.e. which files are needed, ... I looked at blkif.py and netif.py, I know I
have to write such a script for my new device, but what are the classes/object
that must be present, the same for the methods ? Where these functions are
called in Xend ? I also looked at messages.py, I imagine I have to add new
message types but are there rules to follow ?

Also how do I set up a virtual custom device for the domains (XendDomainInfo.py
?) ?

In fact I search for a manual describing in details Xend, like a HowTo Xend
device drivers, describing the files (python scripts) and how to use them, what
I didn't find in the ML. I am using xen-2.0.7.

If somebody can give me advice.

Thanks a lot.

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