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