[ixp1200] IXP2400 Intel libraries: kernel/user space

[romit dasgupta]

Hello,
        
I am working on IXP2400 and want to use the intel provided libraries for 
microcode loading/initialization and running. And in many occasions I 
want to access the Resource Manager APIs as well. I read the documents 
as provided by Intel , mainly the following

Intel IXP2400/IXP2800 Network Processors XScale Support libraries 
Reference manual.

I have not seen any explicit information in the above document which 
hints on running the resource manager & core compoent libraries in 
kernel space.
Most of the examples that come with the ixa_sdk_3.1 however loads kernel 
modules which implements these libraries.

My question is, can i use the Resource Manager API's & Core Component 
Library in user space, without loading them as modules (perhaps building 
these as libraries). I can acccess them in kernel space for sure but I 
have a feeling that it can be done through user space as well. Any 
insight on this will be highly valuable.


Regards,
-Romit