"Transport Driver Interface" in Linux

yethish · 02-01-2011, 04:43 AM

Hi
In Windows, "Transport Driver Interface"(TDI) allows drivers to communicate with various Network Transport Protocols. Can anyone tell me how I can avail the same functionality in linux? Is it already there in the standard kernel or do I have to recompile the kernel to add the functionality?

markush · 02-02-2011, 02:53 PM

Hello yethish,

Linux supports almost every network-protocol. As far as I remember the TDI interface was a workaround for Windows 2000 and 2000 Server in order to provide network-support which w2k had not by nature.

Could you please provide additional information about what you want to do with Linux (which protocol do you want to use with Linux?), maybe that helps to answer your question or to point you in the right direction.

Markus

yethish · 02-02-2011, 11:39 PM

Hello Markus,

Thanks for the reply.

Actually, I am familiar with network programming in user-space. What I wanna know is how to do network programming in kernel space. More specifically, I want my virtual device driver to communicate with a remote device via the network, but giving the impression (to the upper layers) that it is talking to a local device.

Thanks in advance.

markush · 02-03-2011, 02:29 AM

Hello,

you'll find more information here http://kernelnewbies.org/ .

And do your self a favour and use the "Report" button at the bottom of your post and ask a Moderator to move this thread to the "Programming" section of LQ http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/ . Your question is not a newbiequestion, but there you'll find much help on such a question.

Good luck

Markus

onebuck · 02-03-2011, 08:02 AM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in <Programming> and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

<Note> OP request & I agree it belongs in 'Programming'.