Subject: Re: multiple rx/tx rings and interrupt delivery on newer nics
To: Cherry G. Mathew <cherry.g.mathew@gmail.com>
From: Darren Reed <darrenr@netbsd.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/14/2007 22:02:50
Cherry G. Mathew wrote:
> On 6/14/07, Darren Reed <darrenr@fastmail.net> wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> Yes, I do...the people working on the project are my co-workers, so
>> this is about as involved in any NetBSD stuff as I can realisticly be.
>> The project to do this is known as "crossbow" and is hosted on
>> the opensolaris.org website at:
>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/crossbow/
>>
>> Darren
>>
>>
>
> http://www.xensource.com/files/xensummit_4/xen-ny-summit-smartnic_Pratt.pdf 
>

Exactly.  I believe the Solaris approach is to define vnics as being the 
bottom
side of what interfaces with Xen.  Combine this with what the crossbow 
project
is delivering in terms of control of descriptor rings and you can fill 
in the blanks.

Darren