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

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

Greg Shue gregs at sdd.hp.com
Mon Feb 9 17:56:17 EST 1998


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 at vcd.hp.com]
> 	Sent:	Monday, February 09, 1998 9:37 AM
> 	To:	p1394 at 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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