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From: Felix Radensky <felix@embedded-sol.com>
Subject: Re: Advice on network driver design
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:01:32 +0200
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Hi Micha

On 02/20/2011 08:14 PM, Micha Nelissen wrote:
> Felix Radensky wrote:
>> The host platform is Freescale P2020. The custom hardware is
>> FPGA with several TX FIFOs, single RX FIFO and a set of registers.
>
> Wasn't it easier to use the in-SOC ethernet controllers?

FPGA talks some satellite protocol to the outside world, so the
target box is essentially a ethernet to satellite router.

Felix.