
Intel
®
EP80579 Software Drivers for Embedded Applications on FreeBSD*
September 2009 GSG
Order Number: 320152-005US 7
Introduction—EP80579 Integrated Processor
1.2.3 Pre-boot Firmware
The latest release of the development board pre-boot firmware (BIOS) is also located
on Hardware Design resource center. Refer to the Intel
®
EP80579 Software Drivers for
Embedded Applications Release Notes for latest version.
Please follow the directions in Section 1.2.1 to locate this firmware.
1.3 Related Software and Documentation
Refer to the Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology
Development Kit User’s Guide for information on the development board including
board layout, components, connectors, jumpers, headers, power and environmental
requirements, and pre-boot firmware.
Please follow the directions in Section 1.2.1 to locate this collateral.
1.4 Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
•
Courier font - commands and code examples
• Italics - directory names
1.5 Software Overview
1.5.1 Features Implemented
The software provides the following features:
• IEEE 1588 Hardware Assist Driver
• Controller Area Network (CAN) Hardware Access Driver
• Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Controller Driver for Network Connectivity
• Advanced Host Controller Interface Software Support for SATA for Native Command
Queuing and Hot Plug Capability
•SMBus Driver
• General Purpose I/O (GPIO) Hardware Access Driver
• Enhanced Direct Memory Access (EDMA) Hardware Assist Driver
• Watchdog Timer Hardware (WDT) Access Driver
1.5.2 List of Files in Release
The Bill of Materials, sometimes referred to as the BOM, is included as a text file in the
released software package. This text file is labeled “filelist” and is located at the top
directory level for each release.
1.5.3 Package Release Structure
The package release structure is shown in Figure 1.
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