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>
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> 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
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> -------------------------- 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:
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> IP
> |
> Driver
> |
> firmware
> |
> 200 series
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> The AALI is available from:
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> 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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