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Title: IXP1200 Programming by Erik J. Johnson, Aaron R. Kunze ISBN: 0-9712887-8-X Publisher: Intel Press Pub. Date: February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: But is the microC usefull?
Comment: This book was certainly an excellent overview of designing applications for the IXP1200, and got me quite excited about the prospect of using Intel's microC to code applications for the board. Untill I found out that one can't program ACEs in microC that is.

What is the use of microC (all the book really covers) when you can't even use it to compeltely projects in the main paradigm of the embeded environment? This book would have deserved a 5/5 if the examples and projects had been in IXP1200 microcode instead.

Rating: 4
Summary: Maybe it's just me, but...
Comment: I'm using Windows 98. After installing the SDK, the Developer's Workbench would not allow me to create a Microengine C file nor add one to a project. The Workbench doesn't recognize the C compiler at all. The C compiler does get installed though. To use Microengine C, I have to run the compiler (uccl) in a DOS window. Here's a what I stuck into a batch file:

uccl -I c:\ixp1200\uEngineC\Include -Od -Ob1 -S -Fa -Qipo_obj -Zi %1

For the example in Chapter 3, add "-Qnthreads=1" in there to limit the code to a single thread. After compiling, you'll be left with an assembly language file (ending in .UC). This is the file you add to your project.

Of course, since the Workbench can't read in the C code, you can't use the C names for setting Data Watches and when you single-step, it will be via assmbly language instructions not lines of C. Still, it beats just sitting there and reading about all this!

Rating: 5
Summary: An All Around Great Book!
Comment: This book is an excellent resource. I very much appreciated the technical expertise of the authors, two obviously intellegent and practical engineers. A highly informative read for anyone working with the ixp12xx, I wish all technical books were written with such clarity and attention to detail!

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