[libvirt] Driver development

Carlos N. A. Corrêa carlos.nilton at gmail.com
Wed Jun 8 20:34:59 UTC 2011


Hi,

I gathered information about that and I'll produce relevant documentation of
my point tonight.

I'll be glad to do an informed and well structured work. Thanks!

Best regards,
Carlos "Bill" Nilton
CISSP, RHCE, ITIL Foundations
http://carlosnilton.com.br/



Em 8 de junho de 2011 15:41, Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com> escreveu:

> On 06/08/2011 07:10 AM, Carlos N. A. Corręa wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm interested in developing a new network driver for libvirt (one for
> the
> > definition and management of OpenVSwitch datapaths).
> >
> > I've read some of the code already, and by now my general directions are:
> >
> > - Change the function virNetworkDefParseXML in src/conf/network_conf.c to
> > define and parse new configuration directives needed by my driver
> > - Use src/network/bridge_driver.c as a template for my new driver,
> replacing
> > code from the services provided by the driver (listed on
> "virNetworkDriver"
> > type) with my own code, for my own net type.
> >
> > Have you any other directions in this matter? Any tips? If it works,
> would
> > be this code of any use to you?
> >
>
> For a starting point I'd recommend proposing your XML changes to the
> list, and describe exactly what the new functionality will enable, and a
> few use cases. Probably best to do this before starting any code so you
> don't head in a wrong direction.
>
> Check the past few month ML archives to see how some other developers
> have proposed RFCs or XML changes.
>
> - Cole
>
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