Re: Any good _online_ kernel BSD sockets reference out there??

From: Ivan Passos (lists@cyclades.com)
Date: Thu Aug 31 2000 - 11:34:04 EDT

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    On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Alan Cox wrote:

    > > BSD sockets in the kernel?? I'm trying to learn how to implement a
    > > "raw" network point-to-point interface (i.e. no protocols, just data), but
    > > I'm having trouble understanding what I need to change or do.
    >
    > Implement just the hardware driver. Open an AF_PACKET socket to it

    What I still don't understand is how the network layer will pass the
    request directly to the driver _without_ goind through the INET (IP)
    layer ... Do you know of any src code that I could use as a reference??
    Src code that does the "request passing" would be good too ... :)

    TIA!!
    Later,
    Ivan

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