1. SMC94x2TX_DRV2.exe Driver
2. readme.txt File Contents

readme.txt Driver File Contents (SMC94x2TX_DRV2.exe)

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*                              SMC Networks, Inc                             *
*                              SMC EZ Card 1000                              *
*          Linux Server Driver Installation Information (Kernel 2.4.x)       *
*                                                                            *
*                  Copyright (C) 2000-2001 SMC Networks, Inc.                *
*                             All Rights Reserved.                           *
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The driver (smc94x2.o) contained in the directory linux is for the following
SMC PCI Ethernet Adapter:

                 SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9462TX) or
                 SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9452TX)

The driver (smc94x2.o) is used with Linux.


Contents:
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	A) Loading and Configuring the Driver manually for RedHat 6.X or 7.X
	B) Automated installation for RedHat 6.X or 7.X


A) Loading and Configuring the Driver manually for RedHat 6.X or 7.X
=====================================================================
   1) Logging into the Linux system as supervisor (root),
      then enter Maintenance mode.
      (Note: Make sure that the current directory is "/")
      Please follow the following steps to uncompress the package file:

      #cd tmp   (and insert the floppy in the proper drive, i.e. a:)
      #mkdir temp
      #cd temp
      #mcopy a:/linux/2_4/2_4_smc.zip
      #unzip 2_4_smc.zip
      #cd 2_4

      Now the installation directory is ready for use.
   2) The following sections describe configuration of the driver.
      It is suggested that you should carry out these instructions
      in a singler-user environment.
      To load the Linux driver module simply run the command:

      #insmod smc94x2.o

      You can also specify command line parameters for the driver, such as:

      #insmod smc94x2.o MaxTxDesc=150 MaxRxDesc=150 RxBufSize=2048

      The various tunable parameters are:
      a) MaxTxDesc 
         This is the maximum number of transmit descriptors that will be
         allocated.
         This value should be atleast 100. The default value is 200.
      b) MaxRxDesc
         This is the maximum number of receive descriptors that will be
         allocated.
         This value should be atleast 100. The default value is 200.
      c) RxBufSize
         This is the size of the receive descriptors that are allocated.
         The default value is 2048. It should be 2048 for good performances.
         The values of this should be 4096 when using jumbo frames to get
         better performances.
      d) SetAutoNeg
         This is the flag to request Auto Negotiation. A value of 1 will enable
         auto negotiation and a value of 0 indicates disabling auto negotiation
         , in this scenario the MediaSpeed can be set appropriately to force
         the Link speed to the desired value. Default value is 1.
      e) MediaSpeed
         This value indicates the MediaSpeed to which the NIC should be
         forced to, in the case of Auto Negotiation being disabled.
         This value assumes significance only when SetAutoNeg = 0.
         The default is 1000.
      f) NCBit
         If IEEE Compliance then NCBit should have value 1 else 0.
         Default value is 1.
      g) DuplexMode
         This value indicates the duplex mode ( full/half ). A value of 1
         indicates full duplex mode and 0 indicates half duplex mode.
   3) To try jumbo frames, the mtu size can be increased using the ifconfig
      utility, as follows #ifconfig <interface-name> mtu <mtu-size>:

      #ifconfig eth0 mtu 3000

      The "RxBufSize" tunable parameter should have a value of 4096 to get
      better performance when using jumbo frames.
      <mtu-size> can be increased upto 4000 bytes for sane operation.
   4) Assuming the NIC has been assigned the device name eth0, the following
      command brings the NIC into an operational state:

      #ifconfig eth0 up

   5) Next the driver must be bound to an active protocol, almost always TCP/IP
      , using the following command:

      #ifup eth0

      Note: that this is meaningful only if the system can find a configuration
            script that contains the necessary network info. A sample will be
            given below.

      Configuration script sample. Here a sample of a simple configuration
      script:

      DEVICE=eth0
      USERCTL=no
      ONBOOT=yes
      BOOTPROTO=none
      BROADCAST=207.200.5.255
      NETWORK=207.200.5.0
      NETMASK=255.255.255.0
      IPADDR=207.200.5.2

B) Automated installation for RedHat 6.X or 7.X
================================================
   This section describes how to install the driver in such a way that is
   automatically loaded and configured at boot time. Before automatically
   loading the driver at boot time, ensure that the system will function
   correctly after the driver has been load manually. The following description 
   is based on a Red Hat 7.0 distribution, but it can easily ported to other
   distributions as well.
   1) Logging into the Linux system as supervisor (root),
      then enter Maintenance mode.
      (Note: Make sure that the current directory is "/")
      Please follow the following steps to uncompress the package file:

      #cd tmp   (and insert the floppy in the proper drive, i.e. a:)
      #mkdir temp
      #cd temp
      #mcopy a:/linux/2_4/2_4_smc.zip
      #unzip 2_4_smc.zip
      #cd 2_4

      Now the installation directory is ready for use.
   2) Copy smc94x2.o to the network modules directory, typically
      /lib/modules/2.4.x/kernel/drivers/net

      #cp ./smc94x2.o /lib/modules/2.4.x/kernel/drivers/net

   3) Locate the boot module configuration file, most commonly conf.modules
      in the /etc directory. Add the following line: alias ethx smc94x2,
      where ethx will be eth0 if you don't have any other adapters,
      eth1 if you already have one and so on, and the parameters are the ones
      discussed in on previous paragraph.
   4) Find where the network configuration scripts are, normally the
      /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory and create a configuration script
      (sample discusses above) named ifcfg-ethx that contains network info.

      #cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
      #vi ifcfg-ethx(make a configuration script file)

   5) Reboot the Linux system to initialize the driver fuction.

      #reboot


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