Re: [Xen-API] various questions

[Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20 Sep 2012, at 10:03, Dave Scott <Dave.Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> 2) For the ocaml-pcap library is there some example code and the device
>> configurations I need in order to get it working as a network capture
>> mechanism for a xen vm? 
> 
> The extra pieces are:
> 
> 1. mirage-net netif support for capture
> 
> https://github.com/mirage/mirage-net/pull/5
> 
> (I just made the pull request)
> 
> 2. a bit of glue to read the captured frames and write them to a block
> device. I'm half-way through a bit of refactoring -- I'll send you a link
> when I'm done.

This conflicts slightly with some changes we've made to expose promiscuous
interfaces from Mirage-net directly.  Would it better to put the Mirage
pcap code back into ocaml-pcap (beside the Lwt code), now that those
functions are exposed properly?

-anil

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