Microchip has announced the MOST Linux Driver, which supports the company’s MOST network interface controllers, is now incorporated into the staging section of the Linux Mainline Kernel 4.3 operating system. The Linux Driver is designed to allow designers to use the MOST specification for high-bandwidth applications such as automotive infotainment and shorten time-to-market while curbing costs.
The Microchips 111015a Block Diagram
MOST technology is a TDM network that transports different data types on separate channels at low latency and high quality-of-service. The Linux Driver allows for audio data transport over the network’s synchronous channel. It also enables the transport of video data with guaranteed bandwidth, resulting in the seamless connection of standard multimedia frameworks and players over the Linux Driver to a MOST network.
The Driver supports IP-based communication over the standard Linux networking stack, providing access to all network data types via the regular device nodes of the Linux Virtual File System (VFS).
