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- From: marc@mercutio.ultra.com (Marc Kwiatkowski {Host Software-AIX})
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re: Sample AIX Network Interface Drivers?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.195433.6527@ultra.com>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 19:54:33 GMT
- References: <9208260717.AA17317@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
- Sender: marc@ultra.com (Marc Kwiatkowski {Host Software-AIX})
- Organization: Ultra Network Technologies
- Lines: 33
- In-Reply-To: metaylor@VNET.IBM.COM's message of 26 Aug 92 07:11:44 GMT
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- In article <9208260717.AA17317@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> metaylor@VNET.IBM.COM (Mark E Taylor) writes:
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- >Robert Macomber writes:
- >>Does anybody know where I might find some example code for
- >>an AIX Network Interface Driver (i.e., en_if, tr_if)? The
- >>regular AIX documentation and the Berkeley source provide
- >>*almost* enough information to put together an AIX-ish
- >>version. but sadly not *quite* enough information.
- > Have you got a copy of "Writing a Device Driver for AIX 3.2" (GG24-3629)?
- >It comes with a diskette of source code, including a Network Interface
- >Device Driver. It looks like it's essentially the source for the
- >if_en driver (slightly stripped and generalised).
- >You can order the book from your IBM rep. There's lots of other good
- >stuff in the book for device driver writers.
-
- While the above mentioned book is correct in most things, it is completely
- incorrect in the particular area the first poster was interested in, the
- network if driver. As far as I can tell, someone simply did a global
- replace of 3.1 with 3.2. For example, the sample source describes mbuf
- fields that no longer exist in 3.2.
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- I have submitted a bug to IBM, problem number 3X085, regarding this
- several months ago. No reply to date.
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