Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 12:20:49 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Roger_Pau_Monn=c3=a9?= <roger.pau@citrix.com> To: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org> Subject: Questions about the FreeBSD network subsystem Message-ID: <55EEB681.5070108@citrix.com>
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Hello,
I'm not very familiar with FreeBSD network subsystem and I'm trying to
import a new version of xen-netfront from Linux to FreeBSD. So far so
good, most stuff is pretty similar and I think I've _mostly_ figured it
out by myself. I have however a couple of questions regarding the
network subsystem.
I'm planning to use if_transmit/if_qflush instead of if_start. AFAICT I
have to create my own queue inside of the driver in order to queue
packets if the shared ring is full. What's the prefer way to do this? I
see there are functions to create a mbuf queue (mbufq) or a ifnet based
queue (drbr_* family of functions). I expect using drbr is TRTTD, but I
would like to get some confirmation before proceeding.
Also, the Xen PV network protocol allows signalling packets that contain
valid data or blank checksums. It allows specifying the following flags:
- NET{RX/TR}F_data_validated: packet data has been validated against
protocol checksum.
- NET{RX/TX}F_csum_blank: protocol checksum field is blank in the
packet (hardware offload)?.
- No flag: checksum present and valid.
How do this options translate to the csum_flags present in mbufs on FreeBSD?
Thanks, Roger.
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