CHAPTER 8 Software
In the previous chapter, we discussed network processor architecture in terms of the processing element configuration, other internal units in the network processor, and interfaces to the network processor. At several points during this discussion of the architecture, we mentioned possible impacts on and by programming models. This chapter describes programming models of network processors, as well as some important principles that are relevant to their programming, and concludes by describing the typical programming environment of network processors.
Programming a network processor is very different from programming any other processor; some see it as notoriously difficult, while others find it very strange. Some network ...
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