On Dec 27 2005, at 08:49, jamal was caught saying: > A question for you: Does the 4XX allow you to rewrite the > microcode? And if yes, why would you push this intel specific > microcode?
No. The NPEs on the 4xx are not user-programmable like the uEngines. You basically download the FW into the NPEs and they provide a "known" interface that is accessible through Intel's software stack. We don't want the FW in the kernel, we want the kernel interface, but we want it written from scratch with none of the abstraction in the Intel code. ~Deepak -- Deepak Saxena - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.plexity.net A starving child in Africa or you in front of your TV? Where's the real tragedy? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
