cachepc-linux

Fork of AMDESE/linux with modifications for CachePC side-channel attack
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      1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
      2
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      4FORE Systems PCA-200E/SBA-200E ATM NIC driver
      5=============================================
      6
      7This driver adds support for the FORE Systems 200E-series ATM adapters
      8to the Linux operating system. It is based on the earlier PCA-200E driver
      9written by Uwe Dannowski.
     10
     11The driver simultaneously supports PCA-200E and SBA-200E adapters on
     12i386, alpha (untested), powerpc, sparc and sparc64 archs.
     13
     14The intent is to enable the use of different models of FORE adapters at the
     15same time, by hosts that have several bus interfaces (such as PCI+SBUS,
     16or PCI+EISA).
     17
     18Only PCI and SBUS devices are currently supported by the driver, but support
     19for other bus interfaces such as EISA should not be too hard to add.
     20
     21
     22Firmware Copyright Notice
     23-------------------------
     24
     25Please read the fore200e_firmware_copyright file present
     26in the linux/drivers/atm directory for details and restrictions.
     27
     28
     29Firmware Updates
     30----------------
     31
     32The FORE Systems 200E-series driver is shipped with firmware data being
     33uploaded to the ATM adapters at system boot time or at module loading time.
     34The supplied firmware images should work with all adapters.
     35
     36However, if you encounter problems (the firmware doesn't start or the driver
     37is unable to read the PROM data), you may consider trying another firmware
     38version. Alternative binary firmware images can be found somewhere on the
     39ForeThought CD-ROM supplied with your adapter by FORE Systems.
     40
     41You can also get the latest firmware images from FORE Systems at
     42https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FORE_Systems. Register TACTics Online and go to
     43the 'software updates' pages. The firmware binaries are part of
     44the various ForeThought software distributions.
     45
     46Notice that different versions of the PCA-200E firmware exist, depending
     47on the endianness of the host architecture. The driver is shipped with
     48both little and big endian PCA firmware images.
     49
     50Name and location of the new firmware images can be set at kernel
     51configuration time:
     52
     531. Copy the new firmware binary files (with .bin, .bin1 or .bin2 suffix)
     54   to some directory, such as linux/drivers/atm.
     55
     562. Reconfigure your kernel to set the new firmware name and location.
     57   Expected pathnames are absolute or relative to the drivers/atm directory.
     58
     593. Rebuild and re-install your kernel or your module.
     60
     61
     62Feedback
     63--------
     64
     65Feedback is welcome. Please send success stories/bug reports/
     66patches/improvement/comments/flames to <lizzi@cnam.fr>.