Re: adding device driver kernel module for xen/linux

["Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@telkom.co.id>]

Ian Pratt wrote:

>>I wanted to add a kernel module (bcm5700, device driver for 
>>Broadcom network adapter) to linux 2.6, xen-3.0.0. Is it 
>>possible to use the kernel module (source) as-is, without 
>>modifications, or do I need to edit the module source code to 
>>be Xen-specific?
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>The code should not need to be modified.
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>>I noticed that the files tg3.c and tg3.h on linux-2.6.12-xen 
>>is the same as the one on pristine-linux-2.6.12, so 
>>presumably, no change is needed. 
>>However, using bcm5700 module on linux-2.6.12-xen kernel 
>>doesn't work, while using bcm5700 on native linux (on the 
>>same machine) works.
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>The tg3 driver certainly works for me. When you say native, do you mean
>2.6.12 native? 
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My native linux uses redhat's official kernel (2.6.9).

>Perhaps you have a very new version of the chip that
>needs a more recent driver?
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It is possible. I used xen-2.0.7 on hardware with revision number 2, and 
it works. However, broadcom hardware with revision number 10 (bought 
mid-2005) doesn't work with xen-2.0.7 nor xen-3.0.0. Or to be more 
specific :

-   using bcm5700 (broadcom's official driver, until 1-16-2006) : 
doesn't work, even when xend is not running
-   using tg3 (from Xen's stock 2.6.12 kernel and broadcom's current 
official driver) : works without xend, but doesn't work if I use xend in 
the default bridge configuration.

>Perhaps more likely, you may have an interrupt routeing issue. Does the
>NIC appear to be using the same interrupt number in both the native and
>xen cases?
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No, they're using different interrupt numbers.

On native Linux, they use interrupts 209 and 217 (I have two network cards).
On Xen (with both tg3 and bcm5700 driver), they use interrupts 77 and 78.

Should the different interrupt numbers make a difference?

Regards,

Fajar