Re: NetBSD and Xen 2.0

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%rek.tjls.com@localhost>]

On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 06:17:48PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 
> I'm *very* interested in this, and have time to work on it.
> After reading the Xen interface manual here is a summary of what I think needs
> to be done (but I didn't look at any code yet):
> - get a pseudo ethernet device in tree (maybe cube's ethfoo device, modified
>   so that it can be compiled in a static kernel), similar to tun(4) but with
>   ethernet semantics. This is interesting for other reasons, for example to
>   build a virtual lan across an internet link, in a ssh, ipsec or other
>   kind of securised transport tool. It would also be good for softwares
>   such as simh: simh currently use /dev/bpf to talk to network, but this has
>   some limitation, and one annoying bug (simh can't talk to his host though
>   network). Using such a device instead would allow to build a vitual ethernet
>   network between simh and its host, and then bridge, NAT, or route it with
>   the real network device. I guess vmware could use it too.

Isn't one of the vmware compat modules that Frank did such an interface?
Maybe it would be possible to reuse it.

> Did I forget some steps, or missed some important details ?

I think you hit them all.  Chris?

Thor