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From: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
To: Randy Thelen <rthelen@netapp.com>
Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
Subject: Re: Is there example code and/or documentation for	developing a Xen back-end/front-end driver pair?
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:42:46 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44A054D6.5050309@us.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9E4997CB-BF83-4383-8F87-96E095769BB6@netapp.com>

Randy Thelen wrote:
> Folks --
>
> I'm walking through all the Xen Python code and driver code to 
> determine how to build a custom back-end/front-end driver pair.  I'm 
> not using any of the existing transport types (blkif, netif, etc.).  
> So, I need to start from scratch supporting configuration file 
> elements in Xen down to the drivers in the kernel.
>
> If there are any good pointers as to how to build something new from 
> the ground up within the framework of the existing Xen Daemon and 
> be-fe pairing, I'd really like to read it.

No.  It has changed too many times (although it's probably stable enough 
now to document).

In principle, once you have bring up working, making it work in Xend 
isn't so bad.  Do you have specific questions or are you just looking 
for a where to begin?

Regards,

Anthony Liguori



> -- Randy
>
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  reply	other threads:[~2006-06-26 21:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-26 21:40 Is there example code and/or documentation for developing a Xen back-end/front-end driver pair? Randy Thelen
2006-06-26 21:42 ` Anthony Liguori [this message]
2006-06-26 22:16   ` Randy Thelen
2006-06-26 22:31     ` Ewan Mellor
2006-06-26 22:45       ` Randy Thelen
2006-06-28 13:06         ` Ewan Mellor

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