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2 | FORE Systems PCA-200E/SBA-200E ATM NIC driver |
3 | --------------------------------------------- |
4 | |
5 | This driver adds support for the FORE Systems 200E-series ATM adapters |
6 | to the Linux operating system. It is based on the earlier PCA-200E driver |
7 | written by Uwe Dannowski. |
8 | |
9 | The driver simultaneously supports PCA-200E and SBA-200E adapters on |
10 | i386, alpha (untested), powerpc, sparc and sparc64 archs. |
11 | |
12 | The intent is to enable the use of different models of FORE adapters at the |
13 | same time, by hosts that have several bus interfaces (such as PCI+SBUS, |
14 | PCI+MCA or PCI+EISA). |
15 | |
16 | Only PCI and SBUS devices are currently supported by the driver, but support |
17 | for other bus interfaces such as EISA should not be too hard to add (this may |
18 | be more tricky for the MCA bus, though, as FORE made some MCA-specific |
19 | modifications to the adapter's AALI interface). |
20 | |
21 | |
22 | Firmware Copyright Notice |
23 | ------------------------- |
24 | |
25 | Please read the fore200e_firmware_copyright file present |
26 | in the linux/drivers/atm directory for details and restrictions. |
27 | |
28 | |
29 | Firmware Updates |
30 | ---------------- |
31 | |
32 | The FORE Systems 200E-series driver is shipped with firmware data being |
33 | uploaded to the ATM adapters at system boot time or at module loading time. |
34 | The supplied firmware images should work with all adapters. |
35 | |
36 | However, if you encounter problems (the firmware doesn't start or the driver |
37 | is unable to read the PROM data), you may consider trying another firmware |
38 | version. Alternative binary firmware images can be found somewhere on the |
39 | ForeThought CD-ROM supplied with your adapter by FORE Systems. |
40 | |
41 | You can also get the latest firmware images from FORE Systems at |
42 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FORE_Systems. Register TACTics Online and go to |
43 | the 'software updates' pages. The firmware binaries are part of |
44 | the various ForeThought software distributions. |
45 | |
46 | Notice that different versions of the PCA-200E firmware exist, depending |
47 | on the endianess of the host architecture. The driver is shipped with |
48 | both little and big endian PCA firmware images. |
49 | |
50 | Name and location of the new firmware images can be set at kernel |
51 | configuration time: |
52 | |
53 | 1. Copy the new firmware binary files (with .bin, .bin1 or .bin2 suffix) |
54 | to some directory, such as linux/drivers/atm. |
55 | |
56 | 2. Reconfigure your kernel to set the new firmware name and location. |
57 | Expected pathnames are absolute or relative to the drivers/atm directory. |
58 | |
59 | 3. Rebuild and re-install your kernel or your module. |
60 | |
61 | |
62 | Feedback |
63 | -------- |
64 | |
65 | Feedback is welcome. Please send success stories/bug reports/ |
66 | patches/improvement/comments/flames to <lizzi@cnam.fr>. |
67 |
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