Ethernet device

[Matthias Lange]

On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 07:45:15AM -0700, Wajidali Whowe wrote:
> I am testing the iso image file on the qemu with the following line:
> qemu -cdrom android.iso -boot d -m 1024 -net nic,model=e1000 -net user -serial stdio 
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> and the outcome of "lspci" is unfortunately terrible: 
> "lspci: /sys/bus/pci/devices: No such file or directory"

Can you test this with a small (current) busybox ramdisk first? Make sure to
mount /proc and /sys and then run "mdev -s".

Matthias.

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> Best Regards,
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> ________________________________
>  From: Matthias Lange <mlange at sec.t-labs.tu-berlin.de>
> To: Wajidali Whowe <whowe123 at yahoo.com> 
> Cc: "l4-hackers at os.inf.tu-dresden.de" <l4-hackers at os.inf.tu-dresden.de> 
> Sent: Monday, August 6, 2012 4:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Ethernet device
>  
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 05:56:40AM -0700, Wajidali Whowe wrote:
> > Hi Matthias, thanks for the fast reply. Indeed I have already added the bus for PCI devices into the x86.vbus file as follows:
> >
> > I guess the "pci[] =>  wrap(hw-root.match("PCI/CC_02"));" line should have been handling this, I checked also the l4 kernel and saw that the PCI device support was already chosen, still I can not achieve eth device on the virtualized android kernel
> 
> Are you using "real" hardware or are you using an emulator (e.g. qemu)? Does
> "lspci" show something meaningful?
> 
> Matthias.
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> > 
> > Best Regards
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> >  From: Matthias Lange <mlange at sec.t-labs.tu-berlin.de>
> > To: Wajidali Whowe <whowe123 at yahoo.com> 
> > Cc: "l4-hackers at os.inf.tu-dresden.de" <l4-hackers at os.inf.tu-dresden.de> 
> > Sent: Monday, August 6, 2012 11:48 AM
> > Subject: Re: Ethernet device
> >  
> > On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 02:35:02AM -0700, Wajidali Whowe wrote:
> > > Dear all, 
> > > 
> > > I have been working on running different linux based OSs on top of L4.
> > > Is there any documentation or tutorial where I might find information on how to make platform devices available for the linux OS running on top of L4. For instance, I could not get ethernet devices detected by the OS.
> > 
> > In case of a PCI device you simply add that to the respective vbus and compile the
> > corresponding driver into L4Linux. Make sure to activate the virtual PCI bus
> > driver in L4Linux.
> > 
> > Matthias.
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> > > Best Regards
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> Dipl.-Inf. Matthias Lange <mlange at sec.t-labs.tu-berlin.de>
> Security in Telecommunications
> TU Berlin / Telekom Innovation Laboratories
> Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7, 10587 Berlin
> Phone: +49 - 30 - 8353 58 553
> Mobile: +49 - 160 - 587 28 07
> Web: http://www.t-labs.tu-berlin.de/sect

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Dipl.-Inf. Matthias Lange <mlange at sec.t-labs.tu-berlin.de>
Security in Telecommunications
TU Berlin / Telekom Innovation Laboratories
Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7, 10587 Berlin
Phone: +49 - 30 - 8353 58 553
Mobile: +49 - 160 - 587 28 07
Web: http://www.t-labs.tu-berlin.de/sect