Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/4] [Net] Support Xen accelerated network plugin modules

["Jun Koi" <junkoi2004@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/18/07, Kieran Mansley <kmansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is a repost of some earlier patches to the xen-devel mailing list,
> with a number of changes thanks to some useful suggestions from others.
> Apologies for the short delay in getting this next version ready.
>
> I've also CC'd netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx as some of the files being patched
> may be merged into upstream linux soon, and so folks there may have
> opinions too.
>
> This set of patches provides the hooks and support necessary for
> accelerated network plugin modules to attach to Xen's netback and
> netfront.  These modules provide a fast path for network traffic where
> there is hardware support available for the netfront driver to send and
> receive packets directly to a NIC (such as those available from
> Solarflare).
Hi Kieran,

This is interesting. Just a question: is this possible for more than 1
domain to access directly to NIC, or at a time only 1 domain can do
that?

Thanks,
Jun

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