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   From: mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com   
      
   Thanks for the reply.   
      
   "Le Chaud Lapin"  wrote in message   
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   >> I quite realize that routing protocols are very tightly bound to TCP/IP   
   >> stack of an operating system; but in my understanding, the Layer2   
   >> features I   
   >> mentioned above, are mainly implemented in hardware, so what would be   
   >> done   
   >> in software then, what is the use of such software? Is such a middleware   
   >> serving as a abstraction layer betwenn ASIC and OS ?   
      
   > Yes, but in many cases, it ~is~ the OS.   
      
   So, normally such software is not a library or driver, but rather an   
   integral part of OS (this is why they called it ZebOS)? I was rather   
   interested why such companies may want to implement Layer2 functions in   
   software, such functions belong to hardware, as to my understanding. And   
   normally chip-makers provide SDK or driver with functionallity included,  so   
   why to pay for another software, like ZebOS ?   
      
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