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2 | @c COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-1998. |
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3 | @c On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR). |
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10 | @node Preface, Network Task Structure and Data Flow, Top, Top |
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11 | @end ifinfo |
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12 | @unnumbered Preface |
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14 | This document describes the RTEMS specific parts of the FreeBSD TCP/IP |
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15 | stack. Much of this documentation was written by Eric Norum |
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17 | (@href{eric@@skatter.usask.ca,,,mailto:eric@@skatter.usask.ca}) |
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18 | @end ifset |
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20 | (eric@@skatter.usask.ca) |
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21 | @end ifclear |
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22 | of the Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory |
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23 | who also ported the FreeBSD TCP/IP stack to RTEMS. |
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25 | The following is a list of resources which should be useful in trying |
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26 | to understand Ethernet: |
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28 | @itemize @bullet |
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30 | @item @cite{Charles Spurgeon's Ethernet Web Site} |
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32 | "This site provides extensive information about Ethernet |
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33 | (IEEE 802.3) local area network (LAN) technology. Including |
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34 | the original 10 Megabit per second (Mbps) system, the 100 Mbps |
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35 | Fast Ethernet system (802.3u), and the Gigabit Ethernet system (802.3z)." |
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36 | The URL is: |
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38 | (@href{http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet/index.html,,,http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet/index.html}) |
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39 | @end ifset |
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41 | (http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet/index.html) |
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42 | @end ifclear |
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44 | @item @cite{TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 : The Protocols} by |
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45 | by W. Richard Stevens (ISBN: 0201633469) |
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47 | This book provides detailed introduction to TCP/IP and includes diagnostic |
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48 | programs which are publicly available. |
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50 | @item @cite{TCP/IP Illustrated : The Implementation} by W. Richard |
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51 | Stevens and Gary Wright (ISBN: 020163354X) |
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52 | |
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53 | This book focuses on implementation issues regarding TCP/IP. The |
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54 | treat for RTEMS users is that the implementation covered is the BSD |
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55 | stack. |
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57 | @end itemize |
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