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-/**
- * \brief  Simple single client NIC Root
- * \author Sebastian Sumpf
- * \date   2015-06-23
- */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Genode Labs GmbH
- *
- * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
- * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
- */
-
-#ifndef _INCLUDE__NIC__ROOT_H_
-#define _INCLUDE__NIC__ROOT_H_
-
-#include <nic/component.h>
-#include <root/component.h>
-
-namespace Nic {
-	using namespace Genode;
-
-	template <class SESSION_COMPONENT> class Root;
-};
-
-
-template <class SESSION_COMPONENT>
-class Nic::Root : public Genode::Root_component<SESSION_COMPONENT,
-                                                Genode::Single_client>
-{
-	private:
-
-		Env       &_env;
-		Allocator &_md_alloc;
-
-	protected:
-
-		SESSION_COMPONENT *_create_session(const char *args) override
-		{
-			using namespace Genode;
-
-			size_t ram_quota   = Arg_string::find_arg(args, "ram_quota"  ).ulong_value(0);
-			size_t tx_buf_size = Arg_string::find_arg(args, "tx_buf_size").ulong_value(0);
-			size_t rx_buf_size = Arg_string::find_arg(args, "rx_buf_size").ulong_value(0);
-
-			/* deplete ram quota by the memory needed for the session structure */
-			size_t session_size = max(4096UL, (unsigned long)sizeof(SESSION_COMPONENT));
-			if (ram_quota < session_size)
-				throw Genode::Insufficient_ram_quota();
-
-			/*
-			 * Check if donated ram quota suffices for both communication
-			 * buffers and check for overflow
-			 */
-			if (tx_buf_size + rx_buf_size < tx_buf_size ||
-			    tx_buf_size + rx_buf_size > ram_quota - session_size) {
-				Genode::error("insufficient 'ram_quota', got ", ram_quota, ", "
-				              "need ", tx_buf_size + rx_buf_size + session_size);
-				throw Genode::Insufficient_ram_quota();
-			}
-
-			return new (Root::md_alloc())
-			            SESSION_COMPONENT(tx_buf_size, rx_buf_size,
-			                             _md_alloc, _env);
-		}
-
-	public:
-
-		Root(Genode::Env &env, Genode::Allocator &md_alloc)
-		: Genode::Root_component<SESSION_COMPONENT, Genode::Single_client>(&env.ep().rpc_ep(), &md_alloc),
-			_env(env), _md_alloc(md_alloc)
-		{ }
-};
-
-#endif /* _INCLUDE__NIC__ROOT_H_ */