P1394 Mail Archive: Re: P1394> Rough SBP-2 & IP1394 core component ROM sizes

Re: P1394> Rough SBP-2 & IP1394 core component ROM sizes

Greg Shue (gregs@sdd.hp.com)
Mon, 9 Feb 1998 14:56:17 -0800 (PST)

My guess is that the combined footprint would be exactly the sum
of the SBP-2 initiator and SBP-2 target footprints. I can't figure
out any parts which would be shared, since the Bus Mgr and Link controller
code have already been extracted and would be common.

Greg Shue

>
>
> I am very interested in the combined target/initiator footprint as well.
>
> Thx
>
> Randy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Batchelder [SMTP:brianb@vcd.hp.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 1998 9:37 AM
> To: p1394@pwg.org
> Subject: Re: P1394> Rough SBP-2 & IP1394 core component
> ROM sizes
>
> At 02:04 PM 2/6/98 -0800, Greg Shue wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >I approached them about sharing some rough estimates of code
> size
> >for the IP1394 glue, SBP-2 target and initiator, and 1394 bus
> >manager modules to get a feel for how "heavy" the protocol
> >implementations really are. They graciously shared the flowing
> >estimates with us, and certainly deserve our thanks. Since the
> >technology is still being developed, these implementations are
> >certainly going to be tuned and the numbers will change a
> little
> >bit.
> >
> > Component Rough ROM size (KBytes)
> > --------- -----------------------
> > SBP-2 initiator core 15 +/- 5
> > SBP-2 target core 15 +/- 5 (incl. Mgmt+Fetch agent,
> no exec agent)
>
> Any idea how big a combined SBP-2 target/initiator would be?
> 15-30K? ;-)
>
> [snip]
>
> Brian
>
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Greg Shue
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