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1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.02 3=============================================4FORE Systems PCA-200E/SBA-200E ATM NIC driver5=============================================6 7This driver adds support for the FORE Systems 200E-series ATM adapters8to the Linux operating system. It is based on the earlier PCA-200E driver9written by Uwe Dannowski.10 11The driver simultaneously supports PCA-200E and SBA-200E adapters on12i386, alpha (untested), powerpc, sparc and sparc64 archs.13 14The intent is to enable the use of different models of FORE adapters at the15same time, by hosts that have several bus interfaces (such as PCI+SBUS,16or PCI+EISA).17 18Only PCI and SBUS devices are currently supported by the driver, but support19for other bus interfaces such as EISA should not be too hard to add.20 21 22Firmware Copyright Notice23-------------------------24 25Please read the fore200e_firmware_copyright file present26in the linux/drivers/atm directory for details and restrictions.27 28 29Firmware Updates30----------------31 32The FORE Systems 200E-series driver is shipped with firmware data being33uploaded to the ATM adapters at system boot time or at module loading time.34The supplied firmware images should work with all adapters.35 36However, if you encounter problems (the firmware doesn't start or the driver37is unable to read the PROM data), you may consider trying another firmware38version. Alternative binary firmware images can be found somewhere on the39ForeThought CD-ROM supplied with your adapter by FORE Systems.40 41You can also get the latest firmware images from FORE Systems at42https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FORE_Systems. Register TACTics Online and go to43the 'software updates' pages. The firmware binaries are part of44the various ForeThought software distributions.45 46Notice that different versions of the PCA-200E firmware exist, depending47on the endianness of the host architecture. The driver is shipped with48both little and big endian PCA firmware images.49 50Name and location of the new firmware images can be set at kernel51configuration time:52 531. Copy the new firmware binary files (with .bin, .bin1 or .bin2 suffix)54 to some directory, such as linux/drivers/atm.55 562. Reconfigure your kernel to set the new firmware name and location.57 Expected pathnames are absolute or relative to the drivers/atm directory.58 593. Rebuild and re-install your kernel or your module.60 61 62Feedback63--------64 65Feedback is welcome. Please send success stories/bug reports/66patches/improvement/comments/flames to <lizzi@cnam.fr>.67