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Dan Carpenter e4c536b72f Staging: silicom: add some range checks to proc functions If you tried to cat more than 255 characters (the last character is for the terminator) to these proc files then it would corrupt kernel memory. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Cotey <puff65537@bansheeslibrary.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>		2012-09-17 05:22:09 -07:00
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bypasslib	Staging: silicom: minor cleanup: remove unused define	2012-09-11 14:31:52 -07:00
bits.h
bp_ioctl.h	Staging: silicom: minor cleanup: remove unused define	2012-09-11 14:31:52 -07:00
bp_mod.c	Staging: silicom: add some range checks to proc functions	2012-09-17 05:22:09 -07:00
bp_mod.h	Staging: silicom: checkpatch cleanup: header tabs n spaces	2012-09-11 14:31:52 -07:00
bp_proc.c	Staging: silicom: remove S_IWOTH from proc declaration	2012-09-12 09:43:45 -07:00
bypass.h	Staging: silicom: C99 cleanup of bypass.h	2012-09-07 22:15:10 -07:00
Kconfig	Staging: silicom: Force depend on module	2012-09-10 11:19:34 -07:00
libbp_sd.h	Staging: silicom: Header-cleanup	2012-09-10 15:45:27 -07:00
Makefile
README
TODO	Staging: silicom: Force depend on module	2012-09-10 11:19:34 -07:00

README

Theory of Operation:

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.

The software requirements are for a kernel level driver that interfaces with the bypass and watchdog,
as well as for control software. User control can be either the provided standalone executable 
(/bin/bpctl) or the API exposed by the Silicom library.