From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C0aMo-0002Ib-On for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:37:42 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C0aMn-0002IO-0m for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:37:42 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C0aMm-0002IL-Uh for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:37:40 -0400 Received: from [64.233.170.195] (helo=mproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C0aHn-0006dB-PN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:32:31 -0400 Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 80so72rnl for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:32:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <564021330408262332755d64e5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 01:32:31 -0500 From: Mike Tremoulet Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] pcap-based networking? In-Reply-To: <1093588111.32369.950.camel@aragorn> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <5640213304082609425986326c@mail.gmail.com> <1093540521.3851.898.camel@aragorn> <564021330408261019668a33d1@mail.gmail.com> <1093542525.21464.904.camel@aragorn> <5640213304082623084cf26dd3@mail.gmail.com> <1093588111.32369.950.camel@aragorn> Reply-To: Mike Tremoulet , qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:28:31 -0700, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > No. There's lots of code. Some documentation. But 95% of the code (and > the documentation) doesn't have anything to do with networking. Just > focus on the sections that matter to you. As you come up against > problems, get your copy of K&R, ask someone on IRC, or if it's QEMU > specific ask here on the list. Cool. That's what I suspected, but I wanted to ask to be sure. > > The pcap stuff is just a library/API. Any API takes some time to learn, > but at least you have the source if the API documentation is > problematic. > I've found some decent tutorials in the past for that, so I can should be set. > Anyway half the reason for working with Free Software is that when I > invest time to learn something, I can actually take that knowledge with > me and apply it anywhere I go without worrying about violating someone's > trade secrets or proprietary intellectual property. At the risk of being > patronizing, my advice if you want to be a good FOSS programmer is never > be afraid of learning anything. Don't plan to think about starting to do > something... just jump in and get it done. Learning is the fun part. My concern is appearing to commit to a project that, frankly, I don't know if I'll have the time to finish. (And yes, this is my first contribution to FOSS. Heck of a place to start.) -- Mike