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2.4 KiB
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2.4 KiB
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 |
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FORE Systems PCA-200E/SBA-200E ATM NIC driver |
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This driver adds support for the FORE Systems 200E-series ATM adapters |
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to the Linux operating system. It is based on the earlier PCA-200E driver |
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written by Uwe Dannowski. |
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The driver simultaneously supports PCA-200E and SBA-200E adapters on |
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i386, alpha (untested), powerpc, sparc and sparc64 archs. |
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The intent is to enable the use of different models of FORE adapters at the |
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same time, by hosts that have several bus interfaces (such as PCI+SBUS, |
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or PCI+EISA). |
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Only PCI and SBUS devices are currently supported by the driver, but support |
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for other bus interfaces such as EISA should not be too hard to add. |
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Firmware Copyright Notice |
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Please read the fore200e_firmware_copyright file present |
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in the linux/drivers/atm directory for details and restrictions. |
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Firmware Updates |
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The FORE Systems 200E-series driver is shipped with firmware data being |
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uploaded to the ATM adapters at system boot time or at module loading time. |
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The supplied firmware images should work with all adapters. |
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However, if you encounter problems (the firmware doesn't start or the driver |
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is unable to read the PROM data), you may consider trying another firmware |
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version. Alternative binary firmware images can be found somewhere on the |
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ForeThought CD-ROM supplied with your adapter by FORE Systems. |
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You can also get the latest firmware images from FORE Systems at |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FORE_Systems. Register TACTics Online and go to |
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the 'software updates' pages. The firmware binaries are part of |
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the various ForeThought software distributions. |
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Notice that different versions of the PCA-200E firmware exist, depending |
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on the endianness of the host architecture. The driver is shipped with |
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both little and big endian PCA firmware images. |
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Name and location of the new firmware images can be set at kernel |
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configuration time: |
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1. Copy the new firmware binary files (with .bin, .bin1 or .bin2 suffix) |
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to some directory, such as linux/drivers/atm. |
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2. Reconfigure your kernel to set the new firmware name and location. |
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Expected pathnames are absolute or relative to the drivers/atm directory. |
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3. Rebuild and re-install your kernel or your module. |
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Feedback |
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Feedback is welcome. Please send success stories/bug reports/ |
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patches/improvement/comments/flames to <[email protected]>.
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