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Updated HCL, Building and Porting Guide

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Steven Noble
2016-02-19 15:33:35 -08:00
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@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ Open Network Linux has a number of internal APIs to simplify porting to
new hardware.
To support a new switch/device, there are three large software components
that need device-specific drivers:
that need device-specific drivers (information only known by the manufacturer
of the switch/device):
1. The ONL/ONIE installer -- how to actually install and boot ONL using ONIE
1. The ONL/ONIE installer -- how to install and boot ONL using ONIE
2. The ONLP platform drivers -- how to manage hardware once ONL is running
3. Any packet forwarding device specific settings
(e.g., front panel port mappings, pre-emphesis settings)
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ directory structure for the installer driver is as follows:
# specific ONL OS abstractions (see below)
./$platform/$release/src/lib/install/$platform.sh # Script called from installer.sh to partition
# and install ONL and setup boot params (see below)
./$platform/src/python/$plaform/__init__.py # Platform specific python library (see below)
./$platform/src/python/$platform/__init__.py # Platform specific python library (see below)
ONL Installer src/boot drivers
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