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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. Signed-off-by: Daniel Cotey <puff65537@bansheeslibrary.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Theory of Operation:
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The Silicom Bypass Network Interface Cards (NICs) are network cards with paired ports (2 or 4).
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The pairs either act as a "wire" allowing the network packets to pass or insert the device in
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between the two ports. When paired with the on-board hardware watchdog or other failsafe,
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they provide high availability for the network in the face of software outages or maintenance.
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The software requirements are for a kernel level driver that interfaces with the bypass and watchdog,
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as well as for control software. User control can be either the provided standalone executable
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(/bin/bpctl) or the API exposed by the Silicom library.
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