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2	Linux I2O Support	(c) Copyright 1999 Red Hat Software
3					and others.
4
5	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
7	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
8	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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10AUTHORS (so far)
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12Alan Cox, Building Number Three Ltd.
13	Core code, SCSI and Block OSMs
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15Steve Ralston, LSI Logic Corp.
16	Debugging SCSI and Block OSM
17
18Deepak Saxena, Intel Corp.
19	Various core/block extensions
20	/proc interface, bug fixes
21	Ioctl interfaces for control
22	Debugging LAN OSM
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24Philip Rumpf
25	Fixed assorted dumb SMP locking bugs
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27Juha Sievanen, University of Helsinki Finland
28	LAN OSM code
29	/proc interface to LAN class
30	Bug fixes
31	Core code extensions
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33Auvo Häkkinen, University of Helsinki Finland
34	LAN OSM code
35	/Proc interface to LAN class
36	Bug fixes
37	Core code extensions
38
39Taneli Vähäkangas, University of Helsinki Finland
40	Fixes to i2o_config
41
42CREDITS
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44	This work was made possible by 
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46Red Hat Software
47	Funding for the Building #3 part of the project
48
49Symbios Logic (Now LSI)
50	Host adapters, hints, known to work platforms when I hit
51	compatibility problems
52
53BoxHill Corporation
54	Loan of initial FibreChannel disk array used for development work.
55
56European Commission
57	Funding the work done by the University of Helsinki
58
59SysKonnect
60        Loan of FDDI and Gigabit Ethernet cards
61
62ASUSTeK
63        Loan of I2O motherboard 
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65STATUS:
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67o	The core setup works within limits.
68o	The scsi layer seems to almost work. 
69           I'm still chasing down the hang bug.
70o	The block OSM is mostly functional
71o	LAN OSM works with FDDI and Ethernet cards.
72
73TO DO:
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75General:
76o	Provide hidden address space if asked
77o	Long term message flow control
78o	PCI IOP's without interrupts are not supported yet
79o	Push FAIL handling into the core
80o	DDM control interfaces for module load etc
81o       Add I2O 2.0 support (Deffered to 2.5 kernel)
82
83Block:
84o	Multiple major numbers
85o	Read ahead and cache handling stuff. Talk to Ingo and people
86o	Power management
87o	Finish Media changers
88
89SCSI:
90o	Find the right way to associate drives/luns/busses
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92Lan:	
93o	Performance tuning
94o	Test Fibre Channel code
95
96Tape:
97o	Anyone seen anything implementing this ?
98           (D.S: Will attempt to do so if spare cycles permit)
99