Re: Tiny TCP/IP stack and tiny MAC controller on FPGA for direct download to S(D)RAM memory
>The other thing is that networking switches employ hardware lookup
>(using CAM) to decide which port an incoming network frame should go out.
>A router could probably use a similar scheme to route a packet,
>avoiding a routing table in software(software means slow.)
How does that table/CAM get initialized?
I'd suggest putting hacks like that on the back burner until the
initial code is working.
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