On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 09:46:34AM -0400, Christian Christelis wrote:
> 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?

Nope.  It may need to handle receiving them though...

> 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.)

Specifying the types will ensure you receive "ip" and
"dl" type packets.  You have to do any conversion yourself.

> 3) Can the converter be loaded by the io-net "-p" option?

Yes, if you specify the fullpath to the dll.

> 
> Thank you.
> 
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