Re: NKE documentation
Re: NKE documentation
- Subject: Re: NKE documentation
- From: Rich Kubota <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 20:19:41 -0800
I'm in the process of updating the NKE package to clarify changes
which have occurred since the release of the document. The basic
document remains unchanged, but I will include a readme file which
details the corrections as well as including a warning that the
existing API will change in the future. For those who are interested
in the document that I have at hand, please write and I will provide
a draft copy of the readme file.
rich kubota
At 8:46 AM -0800 3/3/04, Justin Walker wrote:
On Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at 07:50 AM, Frederik Seiffert wrote:
Hi!
I'm looking for documentation on protocol handler and data link
NKEs. I've found small bits of information here and there, but a
few documents reference to a "Inside Mac OS X: Network Kernel
Extensions" document, which I cannot find anywhere.
Think of that reference as a promise, not a pointer. There is no
such documentation at present. If you have a "pre-10.3" system (or
its install CDs; specifically Developer Tools), you will find an
earlier version in
<file:///Developer/Documentation/Darwin/IOKit/DeviceDrivers/Network/NKE.pdf>
Depending on the version of Mac OS X/Darwin you are targeting, this
will be more-or-less accurate, if woefully incomplete. It will give
you a good overview of the mechanisms though. Keep in mind that
there have been changes in the code since that document was written
(ca. 10.0).
There are also example NKEs in the Darwin source base. You may have
to check earlier releases to find some:
SharedIP
IPFirewall
TCPLogger, tcplog
NKEMgr
VMSIfy
The first two are current, but quite complex. The latter ones
('tcplog' is a command line tool to go with the NKE) are much
simpler, but not in the current repository.
HTH.
Regards,
Justin
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