[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Freeman,
How does UMD allow you to "leverage linux nic driver source codes
without any legal issues"?
It is very possible to cause license issue if I ready some linux driver
code and then
write a solaris kernel driver. But if I implement the solaris driver in
user mode,
it will not compromise solaris kernel.
More details. It is very possible that the user mode part will follow GPL,
for it may be copied from GPL'ed code, but according to the clause of GPL,
this does not require the kernel part to follow gpl.
Thank you
--Freeman
thanks,
max
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, networking experts,
I would like to create a mechanism which supports writing nic drivers
in user mode.
The basic idea is to create a stub in kernel, and let the user
application do all the
hardware related work. By this way we can leverage linux nic driver
source codes
without any legal issues.
The issue it try to solve it the lack of solaris driver.
Lack of driver support has long been a disadvantage of solaris, and
nic driver is
very critical. I would like to create a way to increase nic hardware
coverage
and therefore improve the adoption of solaris.
Running in use mode will affect the performance. However,
user mode driver focuses on function instead of extreme performance.
Its main
purpose is to enable developers and users to access network.
Is it a reasonable solution to this issue ? Or is it a right issue ?
Looking forward to your opinions.
Thank you
--Freeman
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