Designing Embedded Communications Software

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backplane 178

backplane architecture 135

backup card

in redundant systems 152

basic parameters 70, 178

Bellcore 118

BGP 178

blocking call 51, 178

board support package (BSP) 23, 108, 178

boot parameters 127

bootrom, in VxWorks 127

bps 178

bridge 178

broadcast address 178

Broadcom 29

BCM5690 29

browser 117

BSD mbufs 98

BSD UNIX, 4.2 20

BSP 23

buffer 178

buffer chain 96

buffer handling

in drivers 44

buffer management 65, 93, 178

global buffer management 94

internal fragmentation 96

local buffer management 94

private buffer management library 94

single versus multiple buffer pools 95

buffer organization

three-level hierarchy 101

two-level hierarchy 98

buffer overrun 44

buffers

in device drivers 42

build versus buy 159

business management 69