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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). | |
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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). | |
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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://www.fore.com. 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. | |
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61 | ||
62 | Feedback | |
63 | -------- | |
64 | ||
65 | Feedback is welcome. Please send success stories/bug reports/ | |
66 | patches/improvement/comments/flames to <lizzi@cnam.fr>. |