<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Thank you very much : )</div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"> <div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><hr size="1">From: Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte@googlemail.com> To: Shahar Klein <shaharklein@yahoo.com> Cc: Chris Lalancette <clalance@redhat.com>; libvir-list@redhat.com Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 1:11:47 PM Subject: Re: [libvirt] Interface driver and ESX support 2009/9/9 Shahar Klein <<a ymailto="mailto:shaharklein@yahoo.com" href="mailto:shaharklein@yahoo.com">shaharklein@yahoo.com</a>>: > I think I understand the mechanism of the VI API > and the way esx_vi.c is using it > the surounding is a bit more complex for me > so > can you provide the framework? > I mean > can you put in the esx_interface_driver.c and h > and the registration etc... > and also putting it all into the auto make mechanism(I should learn this > sometime...) > I will put in the content into the functions > for the time being I am registering the esx_driver as the interface driver > so I can get a fill of it Well, if you want to give it a try, here you go. I attached a patch that adds a basic interface driver with open and close method. The interface driver doesn't need it's own private driver struct, it just uses the same context already opened by the main ESX driver. Listing the available physical NICs should be easy. You'll need to obtain the HostSystem object and query for its config.network.pnic property. This is a list of PhysicalNic objects. You'll need to add a mapping for the PhysicalNic type to the esx_vi_types.[ch]. There is plenty of examples in the current ESX driver how to do all these things. Matthias </div></div><div style="position:fixed"></div></div> </body></html>