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Broadcom 440X 10/100 Server Adapter (ODI) Driver
Copyright (c) 2003 Broadcom Corporation
All rights reserved.
v1.01 - April 23, 2003
Fixes:
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1. Problem: CQ #7510
4401 A1 Netware driver TCPIP stack hangs when sending
traffic
Cause: excessive receive descriptor underflow.
Change: added a call to replenlish receive descriptors during
interrupt service routine.
Impact: lengthened the interrupt service routine time. So far
no observable impact on Netware operation.
v1.00b - April 22, 2003
Fixes:
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1. Problem: CQ #7584
4401 Dos client 32 does not load
Cause: three functions (memcpy, memset, and consoleprintf), used
by the driver in the server environment, are not part of
the DOS Client 32 NLM. This has caused the driver not to
load in a DOS Client 32 environment.
Change: implemented the system calls as part of the driver code
base.
Impact: none.
v1.00a - April 15, 2003
Fixes:
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1. Problem: CQ #7527
4401 NW custom counters need to change.
Cause: requirement not well understood.
Change: removed custom counters (Jumbo and PCI-X) from status
window.
Impact: none, Jumbo and PCI-X are not supported.
2. Problem: CQ #7535
4401 NW Driver poll flag does not get set.
Cause: requirement not well understood.
Change: removed DriverPoll mode from custom counter and
documentation.
Impact: none, driver poll mode is not supported.
3. Problem: CQ #7532
4401 NW server abends when reloading the same frame
and slot that is loaded.
Cause: reference to an uninitialized driver data structure.
Change: reference the data structure only after the return
status of the driver registration is successful.
Impact: none.
4. Problem: CQ 7528
#4401 NW Checksum flag does not set bit.
Cause: requirement not well understood.
Change: removed Checksum mode from custom counter.
Impact: none.
5. Problem: CQ #7526
4401 NW IPX is slow, stress clients drop and traffic ceases.
Cause: extra data copy.
Change: removed extra data copy.
Impact: none.
6. Problem: CQ #7512
4401 NW does not receive ping packets when pinging clients.
Cause: unknown.
Change: problem was not reproducible.
Impact: N/A.
Enhancement:
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1. Request: N/A
Change: eliminated extra data copy for received packet.
Impact: This should significantly improve the performance of
receiving large packet.
2. Request: N/A
Change: added support for mulitple 440x cards.
Impact: none.
v1.00 - April 7, 2003
Initial release.
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