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Driver Converter Qestion  
Hello,

I have a question regarding a converter. I am busy building a driver for
a unique network device. The driver is not an ethernet driver. I would
like to send IP packets over it for tests though and for this I need a
converter. I have not been able to find more, than sparse  documentation
on  converters. The converter does not need to do more than just change
the packet type from ip to dl. (dl is the custom packets that the driver
expects).

I would like to know if:
1) A converter needs to create advertisement packets?
2) Will specifying the top and bottom type in io_net_registrant_t be
enough to ensure there is a right type conversion? (Assuming no changes
need to be made to the actual packet content.)
3) Can the converter be loaded by the io-net "-p" option?

Thank you.
RE: Driver Converter Qestion  
> regarding a converter

Not sure if it helps or not, but the source to the qnet
protocol is available on the foundry, and it's an io-net
_REG_CONVERTOR. 

I never really understood those arcane io-net details very 
well.  I think you need Seanb to definitively answer this.

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aboyd