What’s needed to receive? A look at the minimum steps required for programming our 82573L nic to receive packets.
Exploring a modern NIC An introduction to programming the Intel 82573L gigabit ethernet network interface controller.
The kernel’s task list Introduction to process descriptors and their related data-structures for Linux kernel version 2.6.10.
What’s needed to transmit? A look at the minimum steps required for programming our 82573L nic to send packets.
Processes ULK Chapter 3 COMS W4118 Spring 2008. Outline Processes/tasks The process descriptor: task_struct Thread context Task States Process relationships.