2 HARP and FORE Systems Microcode
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5 ATM adapters from FORE Systems use Intel i960 embedded processors and
6 require that application software (herein called "microcode") be downloaded
7 and executed on the adapter. The interface between the microcode and the host
8 device driver is specified in the FORE ATM Adaptation Layer Interface (AALI)
9 (available from ftp.fore.com:/pub/docs/port). HARP uses microcode supplied
10 by FORE Systems. The HARP device driver for the FORE adapter (hfa) conforms
11 to the AALI specification.
13 As part of the HARP ATM initialization procedure, the HARP 'fore_dnld' utility
14 must be invoked in order to load the microcode file into each FORE adapter.
15 However, the microcode file is NOT included in the FreeBSD distribution. It is
16 the user's responsibilty to obtain and install the FORE microcode file. Below
17 are notes to assist users in finding and installing microcode known to work
20 FORE microcode files can be obtained from either FORE's web site
21 (http://www.fore.com) or the CD distributed with new FORE adapters.
22 When using FORE's web site, you must have a valid login to access the
23 TACtics Online section of the site. The software download section is
24 available via the 'Services & Support'->'TACtics Online'->Software links.
26 If you are currently using HARP and already have a working microcode file,
27 that microcode will continue to work with this release of HARP.
33 From the FORE web pages, the following PCA200E adapter distributions
34 are known to have microcode which will work with HARP:
36 pc_adapter->OS/2->archive->os2_4.0.2_1.20.200.zip
37 unzip the file and execute the command:
39 cp -p <unzip_directory>/Drivers/PCA200E.BIN /etc/pca200e.bin
41 pc_adapter->'Windows NT'->archive->pca2e_12.zip
42 unzip the file and execute the command:
44 cp -p <unzip_directory>/NT/I386/PCA200E.BIN /etc/pca200e.bin
47 The following distributions from the FORE web pages are known to have
48 microcode which will NOT work with HARP:
56 pc-w95_5.0.0.16432.zip
57 win95_4.0.3_1.04.200.zip
64 winnt_4.0.3_1.05.200.zip
69 pc-nt_i386_5.0.0_25096.zip
72 From the "ForeRunner 200E for PC/Mac" distribution CD-ROM, the following
73 PCA200E adapter distributions are known to have microcode which will work
74 with HARP (assuming the CD-ROM is mounted on /cdrom):
79 cp -p /cdrom/rel4.0/os2/drivers/pca200e.bin /etc/pca200e.bin
82 Note: Windows-based files are supplied in a compressed form. If the
83 'fore_dnld' command complains about an unrecognized header format, you should
84 try to uncompress the microcode file. To do so, move the file in binary mode
85 to a DOS/Windows machine and use the DOS command 'expand' to uncompress the
86 file. The command syntax is:
88 expand <in-file> <out-file>
90 Move the resulting <out-file> in binary mode back to the HARP machine as
91 /etc/pca200e.bin and try to initialize the ATM system again.