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2 | FORE Systems PCA-200E/SBA-200E ATM NIC driver | |
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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, | |
a5e371f6 | 14 | or PCI+EISA). |
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16 | Only PCI and SBUS devices are currently supported by the driver, but support | |
a5e371f6 | 17 | for other bus interfaces such as EISA should not be too hard to add. |
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20 | Firmware Copyright Notice | |
21 | ------------------------- | |
22 | ||
23 | Please read the fore200e_firmware_copyright file present | |
24 | in the linux/drivers/atm directory for details and restrictions. | |
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26 | ||
27 | Firmware Updates | |
28 | ---------------- | |
29 | ||
30 | The FORE Systems 200E-series driver is shipped with firmware data being | |
31 | uploaded to the ATM adapters at system boot time or at module loading time. | |
32 | The supplied firmware images should work with all adapters. | |
33 | ||
34 | However, if you encounter problems (the firmware doesn't start or the driver | |
35 | is unable to read the PROM data), you may consider trying another firmware | |
36 | version. Alternative binary firmware images can be found somewhere on the | |
37 | ForeThought CD-ROM supplied with your adapter by FORE Systems. | |
38 | ||
39 | You can also get the latest firmware images from FORE Systems at | |
0ea6e611 | 40 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FORE_Systems. Register TACTics Online and go to |
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41 | the 'software updates' pages. The firmware binaries are part of |
42 | the various ForeThought software distributions. | |
43 | ||
44 | Notice that different versions of the PCA-200E firmware exist, depending | |
40e47125 | 45 | on the endianness of the host architecture. The driver is shipped with |
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46 | both little and big endian PCA firmware images. |
47 | ||
48 | Name and location of the new firmware images can be set at kernel | |
49 | configuration time: | |
50 | ||
51 | 1. Copy the new firmware binary files (with .bin, .bin1 or .bin2 suffix) | |
52 | to some directory, such as linux/drivers/atm. | |
53 | ||
54 | 2. Reconfigure your kernel to set the new firmware name and location. | |
55 | Expected pathnames are absolute or relative to the drivers/atm directory. | |
56 | ||
57 | 3. Rebuild and re-install your kernel or your module. | |
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59 | ||
60 | Feedback | |
61 | -------- | |
62 | ||
63 | Feedback is welcome. Please send success stories/bug reports/ | |
64 | patches/improvement/comments/flames to <lizzi@cnam.fr>. |