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Michal Nazarewicz 14f4f4aa90 staging: silicom: remove dead code bus_info field of struct ethtool_drvinfo is an array thus it always evaluates to true in a boolean context. Therefore operation depending on it being false will never be executed. Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>		2013-12-03 09:03:20 -08:00
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bypasslib	Staging: silicom: Remove unnecessary variable from get_bypass_info()	2013-11-11 16:34:54 -08:00
bits.h
bp_ioctl.h
bp_mod.h	staging: silicom: fix space prohibited before semicolon	2013-10-02 16:22:01 -07:00
bpctl_mod.c	staging: silicom: remove dead code	2013-12-03 09:03:20 -08:00
bypass.h
Kconfig	net: Add missing dependencies on NETDEVICES	2013-06-19 22:22:56 -07:00
libbp_sd.h
Makefile
README
TODO

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.