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- From: beyer@bflsgu.fl.bs.dlr.de (Ralf Beyer DLR)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.misc
- Subject: Re: DMA transfers between machines
- Message-ID: <35224@adm.brl.mil>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 08:12:14 GMT
- Sender: news@adm.brl.mil
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- | we would like to DMA transfer data from a SGI machine to another
- | machine (DEC LSI11). Both machines are connected by Ethernet and
- | have Ethernet controllers.
- | On the LSI11 there is no room for the overhead required by TCP/IP
- | or UDP. The LSI11 initiates a DMA request (memory address, block
- | size etc.) and expects the SGI machine to listen and to respond
- | with a DMA transfer.
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- As stated, it sounds impossible. You could certainly write
- some simple protocol and try it out, using raw sockets on the
- SGI side (see man 7 raw), but then you still have to add
- all kinds of error checking and retry stuff if you want it at
- all reliable...
-
- Thanks, Dave, for the hint. This could be a way to do it.
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- In fact, both machines are single user and not connected to
- any net. They are, however, connected via Ethernet controllers
- on both machines and the Ethernet cable. On the LSI-11 side
- we are controlling the Ethernet controller directly by
- accessing its registers and buffer and using its instruction
- set. We are looking now for an opportunity to do the same on
- the SGI machine. The 4D35 has controllers ec0 and ENP-10 (one
- of each). They need not be configured for TCP/IP or other
- protocols, they are available only for the low level protocol
- connection to the LSI-11.
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- Is there a handbook available for the ec0 and ENP-10
- controllers with information on registers, buffers and the
- instruction set ?
-
- By the way, the whole set-up is going to fly in a test jet
- aircraft ...
-
- Thanks for any help and best regards.
-
- Ralf Beyer
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- Ralf Beyer
- German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR), Institute for Flight
- Guidance, Flughafen, D-3300 Braunschweig, Fed. Rep. of Germany
- Internet: beyer@bflsgu.fl.bs.dlr.de (EARN/BITNET: fl17@dlrvmbs.bitnet)
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