This book shows software engineers how to program the microengines of Intel's IXP12xx network processors. Assuming no particular background or experience with the IXP12xx architecture, the book begins with an explanation of the hardware and development environment. You get an explanation of the right, and sometimes the wrong, approaches to programming the microengines through a series of expanding examples, covering topics such as: Receiving, processing, and transmitting packets. Synchronizing between hardware threads. Using the hash unit and cyclic-redundancy check instructions. Writing microACEs to help build complex network applications. The programming examples are written in structured microC "microblocks," with microengine assembly code used occasionally for illustration. IXP1200 Programming will show you how to: Write your first program in microengine 'C' Use the Developer Workbench tools for compiling and debugging Optimize and tune your program for the highest performance A companion CD-ROM contains all the microengine code examples found in the book, plus a complete IXP1200 Software Development Kit (SDK) for building your applications.
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Erik J. Johnson and Aaron R. Kunze are both Senior Network Software Engineers at Intel Labs. As part of a team, they designed and implemented the microACE architecture in the IXP1200 Software Development Kit, which helps software engineers create reusable packet-processing modules and combine them into network processor applications. Currently, they are designing reusable Quality of Service (QoS) components for use with the IXP1200 network processor family.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
But is the microC usefull?,
By "hallcp" (Boulder, CO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: IXP1200 Programming (Paperback)
This book was certainly an excellent overview of designing applications for the IXP1200, and got me quite excited about the prospect of using Intel's microC to code applications for the board. Untill I found out that one can't program ACEs in microC that is.What is the use of microC (all the book really covers) when you can't even use it to compeltely projects in the main paradigm of the embeded environment? This book would have deserved a 5/5 if the examples and projects had been in IXP1200 microcode instead.
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An All Around Great Book!,
By kimberly johnson (Portland, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews
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This book is an excellent resource. I very much appreciated the technical expertise of the authors, two obviously intellegent and practical engineers. A highly informative read for anyone working with the ixp12xx, I wish all technical books were written with such clarity and attention to detail!
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