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1Copyright (c) 2003-2011 QLogic Corporation
2QLogic Linux/ESX Fibre Channel HBA Driver
3
4This program includes a device driver for Linux 2.6/ESX that may be
5distributed with QLogic hardware specific firmware binary file.
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