----- Original Message ----- From: "Ravi Kumar" <ravivsn@rocsys.com> To: <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:27 PM Subject: Network driver for logical interface > Hi All, > I am writing a network driver for logical ethernet interface. I would > like to know what are the fields to set in device structure. It should > reply to ARP requests. Do you mean loopback interface? If yes, you call netif_rx in dev->hard_start_xmit. You should never need ARP for loopback as loopback interface's IP address is never resolved. > > Currently I am doing the following > - called ether_setup() > set the fields > - dev->open > - dev->stop > - dev->hard_start_xmit > - dev->set_mac_address > - dev->do_ioctl > - dev->get_stats > > - dev->mtu > - called skb_queue_head_init() > > Please correct me If I am missing any. Also pls refer related modules to > look into. > > Thanks a lot > -Ravi > > > > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
