
Broadcom Network Switching SDK 5.6.1 Release Notes
Software Development Kit
Release Notes
SDK 5.6.1
December 01, 2008
Broadcom
Network Switching

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Section 1: About This Document
These are the Release Notes for the Broadcom Network Switching Software Development Kit, Release 5.6.1.
This document provides a general description of the release and its new features, the chips supported by the release, BCM/BCMX
API additions or changes, resolved issues and any relevant open issues.

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Section 2: Product Documentation
The following documents are available through Broadcom's Customer Support Portal, http://support.broadcom.com. They are the
primary source of information and should be referenced when using this release:
Table 1: Product Documentation
Document Description
56XX-PG617-R BCM and BCMX API Reference Guide.
This manual describes the theory of operations of the API and all existing BCM and BCMX APIs for this
release.
56XX-PG704-R Stacking Software Guide
This guide describes how to use the discovery and stacking applications provided in this release.
56XX-PG807-R Platform Guide
This guide describes the SDK source and Makefile structure, abstraction and porting layers, device specific
interactions, and the platform/operating system specific features of the SDK. If this is your first time working
with the SDK, start with this document.

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Section 3: Release Media
The Software Development Kit is released as a gzipped tar file on Broadcom's Customer Support Portal, http://support.broad-
com.com. The Network Switching Software Platform Guide, also available on the Customer Support Portal provides documentation
on the various components, the source directory layout, how to build the release for various platforms, and how to customize and
port the software to new platforms.

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Section 4: Support
Questions, feedback, and/or suggestions should be sent to your Broadcom FAE.
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