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  2. FORE Systems PCA-200E/SBA-200E ATM NIC driver
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  3. ---------------------------------------------
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  5. This driver adds support for the FORE Systems 200E-series ATM adapters
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  6. to the Linux operating system. It is based on the earlier PCA-200E driver
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  7. written by Uwe Dannowski.
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  9. The driver simultaneously supports PCA-200E and SBA-200E adapters on
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  10. i386, alpha (untested), powerpc, sparc and sparc64 archs.
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  12. The intent is to enable the use of different models of FORE adapters at the
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  13. same time, by hosts that have several bus interfaces (such as PCI+SBUS,
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  14. or PCI+EISA).
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  16. Only PCI and SBUS devices are currently supported by the driver, but support
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  17. for other bus interfaces such as EISA should not be too hard to add.
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  20. Firmware Copyright Notice
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  21. -------------------------
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  23. Please read the fore200e_firmware_copyright file present
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  24. in the linux/drivers/atm directory for details and restrictions.
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  27. Firmware Updates
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  28. ----------------
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  30. The FORE Systems 200E-series driver is shipped with firmware data being 
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  31. uploaded to the ATM adapters at system boot time or at module loading time. 
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  32. The supplied firmware images should work with all adapters.
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  34. However, if you encounter problems (the firmware doesn't start or the driver
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  35. is unable to read the PROM data), you may consider trying another firmware
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  36. version. Alternative binary firmware images can be found somewhere on the
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  37. ForeThought CD-ROM supplied with your adapter by FORE Systems.
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  39. You can also get the latest firmware images from FORE Systems at
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  40. https://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
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  42. the various ForeThought software distributions.
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  44. Notice that different versions of the PCA-200E firmware exist, depending
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  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.
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  48. Name and location of the new firmware images can be set at kernel
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  49. configuration time:
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  51. 1. Copy the new firmware binary files (with .bin, .bin1 or .bin2 suffix)
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  52.    to some directory, such as linux/drivers/atm.
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  54. 2. Reconfigure your kernel to set the new firmware name and location.
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  55.    Expected pathnames are absolute or relative to the drivers/atm directory.
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  57. 3. Rebuild and re-install your kernel or your module.
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  60. Feedback
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  61. --------
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  63. Feedback is welcome. Please send success stories/bug reports/
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  64. patches/improvement/comments/flames to <lizzi@cnam.fr>.
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