Driver History:
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RSET8029:
V 1.00 - 1995.04.11 - \New
V 2.00 - 1995.05.25 - \Add \t Text log function.
V 2.01 - 1995.08.15 - \Fix the bug of network diagnosis.
V 3.00 - 1996.01.20 - \Add the flow-control function for the 8029AS.
V 3.01 - 1997.04.01 - \Read the 8029AS ID from the EEPROM to differ the behavior of 8029
from the that of 8029as.
- \Fix the bug of the EEPROM test for 8029as.
V 3.02 - 1998.08.15 - \Change the method of EEPROM test to keep the correct EEPROM content.
(NEW)
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Boot Rom: Novell/Microsoft/IBM RPL Boot Rom Program
V 1.00 - 1995.03.17 - \New
V 1.10 - 1995.08.09 - \Add support Boot Rom for Microsoft Winnt , Lan Manager.
V 1.20 - 1996.08.29 - \Fixed for Winnt a: c: floppy and add version & Date.
V 1.30 - 1997.07.02 - \Link newer PCIODI (pciodi.610) driver
V 3.00 - 1998.02.12 - \Link newer PCIODI (pciodi.620) driver
V 3.10 - 1998.07.31 - \Support remote-boot win95 image and installation document.
(NEW)
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DOSODI :Netware DOS ODI client .
V 1.00 - 1994.11.30 - \New
V 1.10 - 1995.01.23 - \Link with new LDDK
- \Card index begin from 1 not 0.
- \Fix smoe look aheader problem.
- \Bus type change.
V 5.11 - 1995.02.22 - \Fixed FIFO problem.
V 5.50 - 1995.05.05 - \In multiple-card case, user can use "EtherID" Keyword in
NET.CFG to specify the desired card this driver to attach. If
there are multi-card and user does not specify "EtherID", driver
will prompt user to select one.
V 5.51 - 1995.05.20 - \Fixed the bug of pciodi.550 while there are one card only.
V 5.60 - 1995.08.02 - \To reserve more variabl length for patch file.
V 6.00 - 1996.01.17 - \Migrate PCIODI.560 to LDDK 3.02
V 6.10 - 1997.06.06 - \Fix the bug, which will result in compare errors,
in early receive.
- \If in promiscuous mode, execute normal read instead of
data prefetch, because ERGood will always trigger
interrupt and the Current reg is not yet updated.
V 6.20 - 1997.11.13 - \Add share interrupt function and fix driver unload bug.
V 6.30 - 1998.07.06 - \As in VerifyIRQ routine, do not enable promiscuous mode.
- \Call MSMUnSetIRQ when VerifyIRQ error.
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PCIOS2 :Netware OS/2 ODI client.
V 1.00 - 1995.07.05 - \New
V 1.01 - 1995.10.04 - \Preseved more characters in strings for patching string.
V 1.20 - 1996.11.04 - \Fixed it to tester for OS/2 certify.
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PCISRV :Netware 3.x , 4.x , 5.x Server Driver
V 5.00 - 1995.03.22 - \Add early receive function in driver_isr proc.
- \Used direct scan in driver_init proc to find rtl8029.
V 5.01 - 1995.04.06 - \Replace msm31x.nlm & msm.nlm with the Novell standary file.
V 5.02 - 1995.08.03 - \Reserve variable length for patch file.
V 6.00 - 1996.01.16 - \Migrate PCISRV.502 to LDDK 3.02
V 7.00 - 1997.02.04 - \Migrate PCISRV.600 to LDDK 4.00
- \Fixed some bugs for Client32
V 7.10 - 1997.06.06 - \Fix the bug, which will result in RxPagingError,
in early receive.
- \If in promiscuous mode, execute normal read instead of
data prefetch, because ERGood will always trigger
interrupt and the Current reg is not yet updated.
V 7.50 - 1998.03.11 - \Migrate PCISRV.710 to LDDK 5.00
V 7.51 - 1998.08.14 - \Migrate MSM.NLM and ETHERTSM.NLM for SFT III Server4.11 test
(NEW)
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Lantastic 4.x driver:
V 1.00 - 1994.11.30 - \New.
V 1.10 - 1995.08.04 - \Add support patch file to change driver name and title.
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Lantastic 5.x driver:
V 1.00 - 1994.11.30 - \New.
V 1.10 - 1995.08.04 - \Add support patch file to change driver name and title.
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Packet Driver:
V 1.00 - 1995.04.11 - \New
V 1.01 - 1995.08.04 - \Make it a patch-able driver with RTPATCH.EXE.
V 1.02 - 1997.12.24 - \Support Shared Interrupt.
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NDIS 2 :support DOS/OS2 standard NDIS2 driver.
V 1.00 - 1994.11.11 - \New
V 1.10 - 1994.12.20 - \Add support Lan Manager OS/2 driver.
v 1.20 - 1995.01.04 - \Fix some main board detect iobase and irq.
v 1.30 - 1995.08.07 - \Modify ndis2 driver that it can adapt to RTPATCH.EXE.
v 1.40 - 1995.11.07 - \Fix PCIND.DOS in the Lan Manager 2.1 RPL services bug.
V 1.50 - 1996.05.21 - \Fix bug that PCIND.OS2 multiple card driver in lan server and lan manager
2.1 server.
V 2.00 - 1996.10.28 - \Fix bug that PCIND.DOS multiple card driver and add keyword NETADDRESS.
BUSNO , DEVICENO keyword for multiple cards.
V 2.10 - 1998.08.14 - \Modify low throughput for sending packet under
(NEW) MSCLIENT using TCPIP protocol.
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NDIS 3:Windows for Workgroup 3.11 .386 driver.
V 1.00 - 1994.01.16 - \New
V 1.10 - 1995.08.08 - \Support driver to RTPATCH.EXE .
V 1.20 - 1996.10.09 - \Change driver name into PCIND$.
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Miniport driver : ndis3 / ndis4 miniport driver for NT 3.5X ,NT 4.0 and win95 win98.
V 1.00 - 1995.02.13 - \New.
V 2.00 - 1995.05.05 - \Change MAX_IOBASEADDR to 0xffff in 8029HW.H
- \Add initial value before filling the Multicast address.
- \Remove NdisReadNetworkAddress in order not to support software settable
station addresses
- \Add NdisReadPciSlotInformation to get PCI resources for
- \Win NT 3.5, directly scanning is still used in NT 3.1
V 2.20 - 1997.03.05 - \Modified for NDISTEST issue in OSR2.
V 3.00 - 1997.11.20 - \Implement share-interrupt.
\Add "duplex mode selection" in driver.
V 3.50 - 1998.01.20 - \Modified for WHQL PC97 certification.
V 3.53 - 1998.07.24 - \Add direct scan pci configuration space to find RTL8029(AS) by the Boot
(NEW) Rom request .
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SCO 4.x 5.x :SCO UNIX Driver Program
V 1.00 - 1995.03.01 - \New
V 1.01 - 1995.04.13 - \Use the double word to fetch IO & IRQ to solve the
problem for particular mother board
V 1.02 - 1995.08.04 - \Use the patch file to patch the binary code (driver.o)
provide patch.txt to modify the orginal driver.
V 1.03 - 1995.08.18 - \Modify the setup file
- \Modify the remove file to be used under the sco unix 5.0.
- \Modify the driver name to avoid the conflict because of
the same driver name in the system.
V 2.00 - 1996.02.06 - \Add new driver in the directory 5.x.
- \This driver will follow the new MDI specification
for the SCO UNIX Open Server 5.0.
V 2.01 - 1997.04.15 - \Add share interrupt for the multiple cards.
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