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Host ATM Research Platform (HARP), Network Computing Services, Inc. This software was developed with the support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
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HARP and FORE Systems Microcode
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ATM adapters from FORE Systems use Intel i960 embedded processors and
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require that application software (herein called "microcode") be downloaded
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and executed on the adapter. The interface between the microcode and the host
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device driver is specified in the FORE ATM Adaptation Layer Interface (AALI)
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(available from ftp.fore.com:/pub/docs/port). HARP uses microcode supplied
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by FORE Systems. The HARP device driver for the FORE adapter (hfa) conforms
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to the AALI specification.
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As part of the HARP ATM initialization procedure, the HARP 'fore_dnld' utility
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must be invoked in order to load the microcode file into each FORE adapter.
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However, the microcode file is NOT included in the FreeBSD distribution. It is
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the user's responsibilty to obtain and install the FORE microcode file. Below
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are notes to assist users in finding and installing microcode known to work
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with HARP.
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FORE microcode files can be obtained from either FORE's web site
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(http://www.fore.com) or the CD distributed with new FORE adapters.
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When using FORE's web site, you must have a valid login to access the
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TACtics Online section of the site. The software download section is
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available via the 'Services & Support'->'TACtics Online'->Software links.
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If you are currently using HARP and already have a working microcode file,
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that microcode will continue to work with this release of HARP.
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PCA200E
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From the FORE web pages, the following PCA200E adapter distributions
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are known to have microcode which will work with HARP:
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pc_adapter->OS/2->archive->os2_4.0.2_1.20.200.zip
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unzip the file and execute the command:
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cp -p <unzip_directory>/Drivers/PCA200E.BIN /etc/pca200e.bin
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pc_adapter->'Windows NT'->archive->pca2e_12.zip
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unzip the file and execute the command:
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cp -p <unzip_directory>/NT/I386/PCA200E.BIN /etc/pca200e.bin
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The following distributions from the FORE web pages are known to have
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microcode which will NOT work with HARP:
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pc_adapter:
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OS/2:
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release:
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os2_4.1.0_1.74.zip
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Windows95:
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archive:
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pc-w95_5.0.0.16432.zip
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win95_4.0.3_1.04.200.zip
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win95_4.1.6_1.16.zip
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release:
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pc-w95_4.1.6_27.zip
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Windows NT:
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archive:
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pc-nt_5.0.0_16342.zip
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winnt_4.0.3_1.05.200.zip
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winnt_4.1.2_1.27.zip
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winnt_4.1.6_1.16.zip
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release:
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pc-nt_4.1.6_27.zip
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pc-nt_i386_5.0.0_25096.zip
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From the "ForeRunner 200E for PC/Mac" distribution CD-ROM, the following
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PCA200E adapter distributions are known to have microcode which will work
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with HARP (assuming the CD-ROM is mounted on /cdrom):
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/cdrom/rel4.0/os2/
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execute the command:
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cp -p /cdrom/rel4.0/os2/drivers/pca200e.bin /etc/pca200e.bin
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Note: Windows-based files are supplied in a compressed form. If the
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'fore_dnld' command complains about an unrecognized header format, you should
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try to uncompress the microcode file. To do so, move the file in binary mode
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to a DOS/Windows machine and use the DOS command 'expand' to uncompress the
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file. The command syntax is:
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expand <in-file> <out-file>
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Move the resulting <out-file> in binary mode back to the HARP machine as
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/etc/pca200e.bin and try to initialize the ATM system again.
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