drivers/staging/silicom/README

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   2 Theory of Operation:
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   4 The Silicom Bypass Network Interface Cards (NICs) are network cards with paired ports (2 or 4).
   5 The pairs either act as a "wire" allowing the network packets to pass or insert the device in
   6 between the two ports.  When paired with the on-board hardware watchdog or other failsafe,
   7 they provide high availability for the network in the face of software outages or maintenance.
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   9 The software requirements are for a kernel level driver that interfaces with the bypass and watchdog,
  10 as well as for control software. User control can be either the provided standalone executable
  11 (/bin/bpctl) or the API exposed by the Silicom library.
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