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RE: [Xen-devel] Porting network drivers to Xen?

To: "Ian Pratt" <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Porting network drivers to Xen?
From: "Paul K. Fisher" <pfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 19:02:03 -0500
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> From: Ian Pratt [mailto:Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 4:11 PM
>
> > Is there any written guidance available giving the basic steps
> to port other
> > linux network drivers to Xen?  I did look around a little in
> the source tree
> > and didn't find it, so the pointer would be appreciated.
>
> Apologies -- no such file currently exists, but we were
> discussing the need to write one just a couple of days ago.
> We'll try and get around to this soon.

No need to apologize.  I just didn't want to hack around without the benefit
of whatever had been written thus far.

Thanks for the pointers.


> What card are you wanting to get working?

RealTek 8139C.  Just what I have on an extra machine I was using to poke
around with Xen.  Network card didn't work, so I figure that was a good a
place as any to start learning to hack.

thanks,
paul



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