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Surendra Patil 4624b5433f drivers:staging:silicom Fixed extern warnings reported by checkpatch 
1) Deleted  bp_proc_create() declaration from bp_mod.h,
because it is declared as static in bpctl_mod.c and not used anywhere.

2) checkpatch warns about
     WARNING: externs should be avoided in .c files

because we have function declarations in bptcl_mod.c,These
functions are not used anywhere else so made them static.

Signed-off-by: Surendra Patil <surendra.tux@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2014-02-12 09:30:42 -08:00
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bypasslib Staging: silicom: fix sparse non static symbol warnings 2014-01-09 10:28:15 -08:00
bits.h
bp_ioctl.h Staging: silicom: minor cleanup: remove unused define 2012-09-11 14:31:52 -07:00
bp_mod.h drivers:staging:silicom Fixed extern warnings reported by checkpatch 2014-02-12 09:30:42 -08:00
bpctl_mod.c drivers:staging:silicom Fixed extern warnings reported by checkpatch 2014-02-12 09:30:42 -08:00
bypass.h Staging: silicom: bypass.h: checkpatch whitespace 2012-09-17 05:37:57 -07:00
Kconfig net: Add missing dependencies on NETDEVICES 2013-06-19 22:22:56 -07:00
libbp_sd.h Staging: silicom: checkpatch cleanup: header file whitespace 2012-09-17 05:37:57 -07:00
Makefile silicom: bury bp_proc.c 2013-04-09 14:13:13 -04:00
README
TODO Staging: silicom: Force depend on module 2012-09-10 11:19:34 -07:00

README 

Theory of Operation:

The Silicom Bypass Network Interface Cards (NICs) are network cards with paired ports (2 or 4). 
The pairs either act as a "wire" allowing the network packets to pass or insert the device in 
between the two ports.  When paired with the on-board hardware watchdog or other failsafe, 
they provide high availability for the network in the face of software outages or maintenance.

The software requirements are for a kernel level driver that interfaces with the bypass and watchdog,
as well as for control software. User control can be either the provided standalone executable 
(/bin/bpctl) or the API exposed by the Silicom library.