IXP2400/2800 Programming: The Complete Microengine Coding Guide - Softcover

Erik J. Johnson; Aaron R. Kunze

Softcover

ISBN 10: 097178616X ISBN 13: 9780971786165

Publisher: Intel Pr, 2003

Synopsis

"Software and firmware engineers developing products based on the Intel IXP2400 or IXP2800 network processors will find this guide to be an invaluable resource, whether they are new to programming Intel network processors or already familiar with the IXP1200 processor. Users will progress through a set of tasks typically faced by network software engineers, from basic receive and transmit operations to more complex packet processing. Each task is deconstructed, through working example code, into what the appropriate parts of the software and hardware can do and why it is important to the design and implementation. The various tradeoffs that are possible within the software and hardware are also fully analyzed. This coding guide progresses in steps from simple, single-threaded programs to a complete multithreaded reference application using the microblock programming paradigm. Application and programming notes are used throughout to accelerate the pace for readers already familiar with IXP1200 programming. Complete and working code examples from the book and the Intel IXA Software DeveloperÆs Kit are included on the CD-ROM."

About this title

About the Author

ERIK J. JOHNSON and AARON R. KUNZE are both Senior Network Software Engineers in the Corporate Technology Group at Intel Corporation. They have programmed Intel’s network processors for nearly four years. In that time, Erik and Aaron have helped design and implement the microblock architecture of the Intel IXA Portability Framework, which helps software engineers create reusable packet-processing modules and combine them into network processor applications. Erik and Aaron are the authors of IXP1200 Programming.

Review

"This is not just a book, it's a Bible...my development cycle is accelerated by using it." -- Jean-Jacques Loesch, NP Project Manager, Volubill

Edition details

• Publisher: Intel Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 097178616X
• ISBN 13: 9780971786165
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 375