There's a nice write-up about the n/w stack here: http://media.wix.com/ugd//295986_a3dcb13a2f46d15cb75abab021a239da.pdf
It'll give you a start in understanding how the packet traverses the stack. -mandeep On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Robert Clove <cloverob...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I want to first understand and then write a network driver for simple > Ethernet device (actually instead of inbuilt network driver i want to run > my network driver). > > Actually the new driver should have PF_RING enable/support and Net filter > usage. > Although we can copy the driver too but i want to understand some driver > and write my own so that i get clear understanding about network driver. > > Now can you please help me how should i proceed? > First should i see how the packet flows in the kernel or how should i go > and please provide some good links to study. > > > Thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > >
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