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+	Linux I2O Support	(c) Copyright 1999 Red Hat Software
+					and others.
+
+	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+AUTHORS (so far)
+
+Alan Cox, 	Building Number Three Ltd.
+	Core code, SCSI and Block OSMs
+
+Steve Ralston,	LSI Logic Corp.
+	Debugging SCSI and Block OSM
+
+Deepak Saxena,	Intel Corp.
+	/proc interface, bug fixes
+	Ioctl interfaces for control
+
+Philip Rumpf
+	Fixed assorted dumb SMP locking bugs
+
+Juha Sievanen,  University Of Helsinki Finland
+	LAN OSM
+	Bug fixes
+	Core code extensions
+
+CREDITS
+
+	This work was made possible by 
+
+Red Hat Software
+	Funding for the Building #3 part of the project
+
+Symbios Logic (Now LSI)
+	Host adapters, hints, known to work platforms when I hit
+	compatibility problems
+
+BoxHill Corporation
+	Loan of initial FibreChannel disk array used for development work.
+
+STATUS:
+
+o	The core setup works within limits.
+o	The scsi layer seems to almost work. I'm still chasing down the hang
+	bug.
+o	The block OSM is fairly minimal but does seem to work.
+
+
+TO DO:
+
+General:
+o	Support multiple IOP's and tell them about each other
+o	Provide hidden address space if asked
+o	Long term message flow control
+o	PCI IOP's without interrupts are not supported yet
+o	Push FAIL handling into the core
+o	DDM control interfaces for module load etc
+
+Block:
+o	Real error handler
+o	Multiple major numbers
+o	Read ahead and cache handling stuff. Talk to Ingo and people
+o	Power management
+o	Finish Media changers
+
+SCSI:
+o	Find the right way to associate drives/luns/busses
+
+Net:
+o	Port the existing RCPCI work to the frame work or write a new
+	driver. This one is with the Finns
+
+Tape:
+o	Anyone seen anything implementing this ?
+

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