Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 13:29:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: rv@fore.com (Rajesh Vaidheeswarran) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, announce@FreeBSD.org, pss@fore.com Subject: Re: Drivers for FORE systems cards under FreeBSD Message-ID: <199505242029.NAA23457@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <9505241553.AA25134@loach.fore.com> from "Rajesh Vaidheeswarran" at May 24, 95 11:53:10 am
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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 > > > 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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