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Re: [Xen-devel] mini-os with working network driver

To: Jacob Gorm Hansen <jacobg@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] mini-os with working network driver
From: Steven Hand <Steven.Hand@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 09:02:48 +0100
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>does anyone have a mini-os or similar with a working network driver? I 
>am in the process of porting my 'mstrap' minimal boot strapper up from 
>Xen 1.3, and was basing my network driver on netfront.c from Linux. 
>Unfortunately the ctrl-interface stuff is pretty hairy and very 
>Linux-specific.

We're in the process of moving away from the current control message
stuff and toward a scheme based on a registry (c/f discussions about
local store/xenbus etc on the list). 

It might be worth your while waiting for this - I'm not quite sure
what the timescale is, but both Rusty + Mike are actively working 
on it as far as I know. 

cheers,

S.

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