On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 09:22:31AM -0500, jamal wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-27-12 at 15:05 +0100, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 08:49:50AM -0500, jamal wrote:
> >
> > > A question for you: Does the 4XX allow you to rewrite the microcode?
> >
> > As far as I know, there are no doc
Stefan Roese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Understood. But a total rewrite of this code is unfortunately not an option,
> since it's just too much work (without a sponsor).
It's the only option I'm afraid. But we don't need to rewrite the whole
library, what we really need is a) NPE firmware loa
On Dec 27 2005, at 10:45, Stefan Roese was caught saying:
>
> Understood. But a total rewrite of this code is unfortunately not an option,
> since it's just too much work (without a sponsor).
>
> > > It most likely is the same code. Currently it's version 2.0. This version
> > > is available und
On Dec 27 2005, at 15:08, Krzysztof Halasa was caught saying:
> jamal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > No experience with the 4xx but some with the other intel NPs.
> > Is the driver a "dual stack" approach that Intel typically
> > has?
>
> No, the Ethernet driver is Linux-only and uses the acce
On Dec 27 2005, at 08:49, jamal was caught saying:
> A question for you: Does the 4XX allow you to rewrite the
> microcode? And if yes, why would you push this intel specific
> microcode?
No. The NPEs on the 4xx are not user-programmable like the uEngines.
You basically download the FW into the NP
On Tue, 2005-27-12 at 15:05 +0100, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 08:49:50AM -0500, jamal wrote:
>
> > A question for you: Does the 4XX allow you to rewrite the microcode?
>
> As far as I know, there are no docs for this, at least not any publicly
> available ones.
>
> Chapte
jamal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> No experience with the 4xx but some with the other intel NPs.
> Is the driver a "dual stack" approach that Intel typically
> has?
No, the Ethernet driver is Linux-only and uses the access library.
Both are crap BTW, the library is much worse.
Actually I think
On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 08:49:50AM -0500, jamal wrote:
> A question for you: Does the 4XX allow you to rewrite the microcode?
As far as I know, there are no docs for this, at least not any publicly
available ones.
Chapter 4 in the IXP42X Developer's Manual is titled "Network Processor
Engines (N
On Tue, 2005-27-12 at 10:54 +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
>
> Yes, that's the ethernet driver using this access lib to
> communicate with the
> NPE's. This driver is published under the GPL.
>
No experience with the 4xx but some with the other intel NPs.
Is the driver a "dual stack" approach tha
On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 10:45:23AM +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
> > > > > The main question I have is, where should the IXP4xx access-library
> > > > > be located in the kernel directory structure?
> > > >
> > > > Maybe you can explain to the list readers what it is and what it does?
> > >
> > > It'
On Saturday 24 December 2005 17:36, Marc Singer wrote:
> > > It most likely is the same code. Currently it's version 2.0. This
> > > version is available under a special Intel license
> > > (http://www.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/ixp425swr1.htm)
> > > and under the BSD license (when
On Saturday 24 December 2005 15:07, Deepak Saxena wrote:
> On Dec 21 2005, at 15:48, Stefan Roese was caught saying:
> > Hi Lennert,
> >
> > On Wednesday 21 December 2005 14:52, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 01:00:34PM +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
> > > > The main question I
On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 06:07:52AM -0800, Deepak Saxena wrote:
> On Dec 21 2005, at 15:48, Stefan Roese was caught saying:
> > Hi Lennert,
> >
> > On Wednesday 21 December 2005 14:52, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 01:00:34PM +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
> > > > The main ques
On Dec 21 2005, at 15:48, Stefan Roese was caught saying:
> Hi Lennert,
>
> On Wednesday 21 December 2005 14:52, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 01:00:34PM +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
> > > The main question I have is, where should the IXP4xx access-library
> > > be located in
On Dec 21 2005, at 14:52, Lennert Buytenhek was caught saying:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 01:00:34PM +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
>
> > The main question I have is, where should the IXP4xx access-library
> > be located in the kernel directory structure?
>
> Maybe you can explain to the list readers
Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
>
> That sounds very fishy -- are you 100% sure that the person doing the
> s/Proprietary/BSD/ was in fact authorized to do so? (This is one reason
> why I'd love to see someone @intel.com submit this code upstream, BTW.)
FWIW, the parts of the IXP400 Access Library rele
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 03:48:22PM +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
> Hi Lennert,
Hello,
> > > The main question I have is, where should the IXP4xx access-library
> > > be located in the kernel directory structure?
> >
> > Maybe you can explain to the list readers what it is and what it does?
>
> It
Hi Lennert,
On Wednesday 21 December 2005 14:52, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 01:00:34PM +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
> > The main question I have is, where should the IXP4xx access-library
> > be located in the kernel directory structure?
>
> Maybe you can explain to the list
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 01:00:34PM +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
> The main question I have is, where should the IXP4xx access-library
> be located in the kernel directory structure?
Maybe you can explain to the list readers what it is and what it does?
If it's ixp4xx-specific, arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx
I am trying to integrate the IXP4xx NPE ethernet support into the linux kernel
(2.6).
Before you start, I know of the license problems with the IXP4xx software. We
have a version of the Intel IXP4xx access-library licensed under the revised
BSD license. So we should (hopefully) be able to integ
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