Intel® IXP400 Software

Contents

 

 

24.4.1

Backward Compatibility Module

316

 

 

24.4.2

Buffer Translation Module

316

 

24.5

OSAL Library Structure

316

 

24.6

OSAL Modules and Related Interfaces

319

 

 

24.6.1

Core Module

319

 

 

24.6.2

Buffer Management Module

322

 

 

24.6.3 I/O Memory and Endianness Support Module

322

 

24.7

Supporting a New OS

324

 

24.8

Supporting New Platforms

325

25

ADSL Driver

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327

 

25.1

What’s New

327

 

25.2

Device Support

327

 

25.3

ADSL Driver Overview

327

 

 

25.3.1 Controlling STMicroelectronics* ADSL Modem Chipset Through CTRL-E

328

 

25.4

ADSL API

328

 

25.5

ADSL Line Open/Close Overview

328

 

25.6

Limitations and Constraints

330

26

I2C Driver (IxI2cDrv)

331

 

26.1

What’s New

331

 

26.2

Introduction

331

 

26.3

I2C Driver API Details

331

 

 

26.3.1

Features

331

 

 

26.3.2

Dependencies

332

 

 

26.3.3

Error Handling

333

 

 

 

26.3.3.1

Arbitration Loss Error

333

 

 

 

26.3.3.2

Bus Error

334

 

26.4

I2C Driver API Usage Models

334

 

 

26.4.1 Initialization and General Data Model

334

 

 

26.4.2 Example Sequence Flows for Slave Mode

336

 

 

26.4.3 I2C Using GPIO Versus Dedicated I2C Hardware

339

27

Endianness in Intel® IXP400 Software

341

 

27.1

Overview

341

 

27.2

The Basics of Endianness

341

 

 

27.2.1 The Nature of Endianness: Hardware or Software?

342

 

 

27.2.2 Endianness When Memory is Shared

342

 

27.3

Software Considerations and Implications

343

 

 

27.3.1 Coding Pitfalls — Little-Endian/Big-Endian

343

 

 

 

27.3.1.1 Casting a Pointer Between Types of Different Sizes

343

 

 

 

27.3.1.2 Network Stacks and Protocols

344

 

 

 

27.3.1.3 Shared Data Example: LE Re-Ordering Data for BE Network Traffic.. 344

 

 

27.3.2 Best Practices in Coding of Endian-Independence

345

 

 

27.3.3 Macro Examples: Endian Conversion

345

 

 

 

27.3.3.1

Macro Source Code

345

27.4Endianness Features of the Intel® IXP4XX Product Line of Network Processors

and IXC1100 Control Plane Processor

346

27.4.1

Supporting Little-Endian Mode

348

27.4.2 Reasons for Choosing a Particular LE Coherency Mode

348

April 2005

IXP400 Software Version 2.0

Programmer’s Guide

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Document Number: 252539, Revision: 007

 

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