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| ==== Summary ==== | ==== Summary ==== | ||
| - | ==== Outline ==== | + | The aim of this project is to implement a driver for a currently unsupported NIC either by writing one from scratch or by porting an already existing open-source implementation. |
| ==== Milestones and Timeline ==== | ==== Milestones and Timeline ==== | ||
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| + | * Week 1 | ||
| + | * Figure out NIC's control / state registers. | ||
| + | * Create driver skeleton by defining interfaces, registers. | ||
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| + | * Weeks 2 - 5 | ||
| + | * Implement functionality by writing code for the interfaces. Define subroutines as necessary. | ||
| + | * Start with open / close / irq as these usually require setting different control registers. This is good for an early stage when data structures are set up and incomplete | ||
| + | * Finally poll / transmit which make full use of previously defined data structures | ||
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| + | * Week 6 | ||
| + | * Refactoring / debugging. Try to create as many scenarios as possible so any of the NIC's bugs will surface. | ||
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| + | * Week 7 - 12 | ||
| + | * Depending on how things evolved up to this point, this stage either requires fixing bugs and implementing missing functionality or perhaps tackling a new driver or some other contribution to the project. | ||
| + | * Finish documentation | ||
