[ixp1200] SDK 2 ACE sample simulation

[Naik, Uday]

Yes. This was intentional. 

In the microACE model, the ACE component on the SA core is critical in that
it configures
the data structures needed by the microcode, patches symbols, handles
exception packets,
exports an API for user applications etc. Without the core component the
functionality 
of the microACE is quite incomplete. While it is possible to write ind files
to get the
microcode running, it is relatively difficult to test/use all the features
without the 
core component. It is also easy to change and misconfigure something using
the ind files.

For this reason, the ACE samples were extensively QA'ed on hardware only. We
do ship
the workbench projects running on hardware. All customers of the SDK were
supposed to
get associated reference hardware. So not shipping the ind files was not
considered an
issue.

Uday

-----Original Message-----
From: Mirko Benz [mailto:benz at mephisto.inf.tu-dresden.de]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 2:30 AM
To: ixp1200 at CS.Princeton.EDU
Subject: [ixp1200] SDK 2 ACE sample simulation


Hi,

The ACE samples supplied with SDK 2 do not contain any simulation
initialization scripts (*.ind). Therefore, one can not use the workbench
for simulation and evaluation of these samples. Is this intended? 

Thanks,
Mirko

University of Technology Dresden, Germany