Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 17:14:50 -0400 From: Pragnesh Sampat <pss@fore.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> Cc: rv@fore.com (Rajesh Vaidheeswarran), hackers@FreeBSD.org, announce@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Drivers for FORE systems cards under FreeBSD Message-ID: <9505242114.AA09336@loach.fore.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> of "Wed, 24 May 1995 13:29:49 PDT." <199505242029.NAA23457@ref.tfs.com>
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> I asked Fore systems about this.. > (4 days ago) > their response email (unfortunatly deleted) said > we would have to pay (I think) $10,000 (or was it 20?) > and sign an NDA. > > I wish they'd make up their mind! > Poul and I have an ATM network with FORE aystems on it we could test against, > but I doubt we're going to fork over 10K for it.. > > julian The AALI is on our ftp server and a public document. It does *not* require an NDA. What Jim Carlin (the email you are referring to) meant was for a program we have for Independent Software Vendors (ISV). ISV is a package which has the source code to the driver in addition to the AALI (and some other stuff) and requires an NDA. There are vendors who buy this and port/build a driver for their platform etc. Jim just may not have been aware that the AALI is a publicly available document. I hope this is clear. Let me know otherwise. -Pragnesh > > > > > > I had originally mentioned this only to 2 people, which was Jordan > > K. Hubbard and Paul Henning-Kemp, but since I have received a lot of > > queries on this, I thought I might as well post it on the FreeBSD announce > > groups. > > > > Included below is a posting done on the Linux-atm mailing group, by > > Pragnesh Sampat. I have just adapted for FreeBSD. > > > > RV > > > > -------------------------- Announcement ---------------------------------- > > Note: This posting is somewhat commercial in nature. > > > > FORE Systems is interested in enabling an ATM driver for FreeBSD. > > > > For the unfamiliar, FORE Systems supports the widest range of > > platforms/busses (EISA, PCI relevant to the PCs for example) for ATM > > adapters for various standard physical media (OC3, Taxi, UTP). Please see > > below for more information about the company and for contact information. > > > > Towards this end we are willing to make the ATM Adaptation Layer Interface > > (AALI) specification available to the public via various information > > servers (ftp, www etc.). > > > > 200 series adapter cards have an i960 processor to do the SAR. This is > > done by the firmware which is shipped with the software that goes with the > > adapter. The firmware is normally downloaded during boot and is mostly > > transparent to the user. ESA-200PC would come with the right firmware to > > run on a PC. The AALI is an interface to the firmware and will be needed > > for driver development if a 200 series adapter will be used. > > > > It would something like: > > > > > > IP > > | > > Driver > > | > > firmware > > | > > 200 series > > > > > > The AALI is available from: > > > > ftp.fore.com:/pub/docs/ > > > > aali.readme > > aali.ps > > > > > > --Pragnesh > > > > FORE Systems, Inc. > > > > Company and Contact Information: > > > > FORE Systems is the worldwide leader in the design, development, > > manufacture, and sale of high performance local area networking products > > based on ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) technology. FORE offers the most > > comprehensive ATM LAN product line available today including ForeRunner > > switches, adapter cards, LAN access products, and video adapters, > > ForeThought internetworking software, and ForeView network management > > software. FORE has delivered ATM solutions to over 500 customers including > > Fortune 500 companies, telecommunications service providers, government > > agencies, research institutions, and universities. FORE Systems' > > headquarters are located at 174 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, Pennsylvania > > 15086. > > > > email: info@fore.com > > Phone: (412) 772-6600 > > Fax : (412) 772-6500 > > > > -------------------------- Announcement ---------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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