Joubert, By all means, look at the existing PMDs. It also helps if you have an existing kernel driver to use/modify (preferably BSD based). That way you can have a baseline to compare against.
At least, that is method I used. Patrick > On Jun 13, 2014, at 9:08 AM, Joubert Berger <joubertb at gmail.com> wrote: > > I am looking at writing a new driver for DPDK for a NIC that is currently > not supported. What is the best way to start this? Is the a porting > guide? Or should I look at existing drivers as examples? > > --joubert