[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [new PV device]
On 14/04/14 17:45, Vincenzo Maffione wrote: > Hi, > I would like to design a new paravirtual device for Xen PV guests > (under Linux), > for research purposes. > This device should be a "simplification" of netfront/netback in that > the interface > with the domU/dom0 O.S. is not the normal TCP/IP stack, but something way > simpler (however, this is not so important w.r.t. my question). > > Looking at the netback code > linux:drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c > I've run into some "hotplug scripts" support code. > The netfront code, on the other hand, has no hotplug-related code. > > I don't really understand what is the purpose of this hotplug support > (Is it something > related to the vif-* scripts?), but I'm wondering whether I can get > rid of this code for my > "simplified" device. This hooks were used by xend, which relies on udev for launching hotplug scripts. libxl launches scripts directly, so if you are adding a new device, and don't need xend compatibility, you can get rid of them AFAIK. Roger. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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