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Tülin İzer a7ce87e1c4 Staging: silicom: Fixed warning 'please, no space before tabs'. This patch fixes warning 'please, no space before tabs' found by checkpatch in driver silicom. Signed-off-by: Tülin İzer <tulinizer@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>		2013-05-16 15:50:29 -07:00
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bypasslib	staging: fix all sparse warnings in silicom/bypasslib/	2013-03-11 09:43:40 -07:00
bits.h
bp_ioctl.h	Staging: silicom: minor cleanup: remove unused define	2012-09-11 14:31:52 -07:00
bp_mod.h	Staging: silicom: bp_mod.h: checkpatch tab and space cleanup	2012-09-17 05:37:56 -07:00
bpctl_mod.c	Staging: silicom: Fixed warning 'please, no space before tabs'.	2013-05-16 15:50:29 -07:00
bypass.h	Staging: silicom: bypass.h: checkpatch whitespace	2012-09-17 05:37:57 -07:00
Kconfig	staging: fix silicom dependencies and build errors	2012-09-21 08:56:40 -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.