Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of Ticket #674
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- 2018-01-23T08:33:06Z (7 years ago)
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Ticket #674 – Description
v8 v9 6 6 Virtio network device (virtio-net) is currently supported by KVM and !VirtualBox. 7 7 8 The new driver should be realized as a PCI device driver which plugs itself into the HelenOS Device Driver Framework (DDF) and networking stack, and implements the network interface card interface in the virtio-net specific way.8 The new driver should be realized as a PCI device driver which plugs itself into the HelenOS Device Driver Framework (DDF) and networking stack, and implements the network interface card interface (NICF) in the virtio-net specific way. 9 9 10 10 What Gains and Benefits will this bring?:: 11 HelenOS might need a virtio network device driver if we want to run it in a KVM-based hosting (e.g. Google Compute Engine) and serve some web content (e.g. microkernel.info ) to the public from it.11 HelenOS might need a virtio network device driver if we want to run it in a KVM-based hosting (e.g. Google Compute Engine) and serve some web content (e.g. microkernel.info or even self-host helenos.org) to the public from it. 12 12 13 13 Difficulty:: … … 15 15 16 16 Required skills:: 17 A successful applicant will have good skills of programming in the C language and the ability to learn and use HelenOS specific I/O functions. A successful applicant should have a fair understanding of the workings of the networking stack and the NICF too.17 A successful applicant will have good skills of programming in the C language and the ability to learn and use HelenOS specific I/O functions. A successful applicant should have a fair understanding of the workings of the networking stack and the DDF and NICF too. 18 18 19 19 Documentation::
