BusLogic FlashPoint PCI SCSI Host Adapter Driver For Microsoft Windows NT Version 3.00 I. Introduction =============== This README file contains compressed installation instruction and notes on configuring tunable paramenters for the BusLogic FlashPoint device driver. For more detailed installation instruction and other information, please refer to the manual included with the software package. II. Installation ================ 1. Copy four files - FlashPnt.SYS, FlashPnt.TAG, OEMSETUP.INF, and TXTSETUP.OEM to create a BusLogic Windows NT FlashPoint diskette. 2. Boot from the Windows NT setup boot diskette and insert setup disk #2 when prompted. 3. Choose CUSTOM Setup (not Express Setup). 4. You may then choose to bypass Mass Storage detection (not mandatory but quicker). 5. When prompted, choose S to specify additional device. 6. Choose "Other (Requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer)" option. 7. Insert the BusLogic FlashPoint Device Drivers diskette into drive A:. 8. Select "Buslogic FlashPoint PCI SCSI Host Adapter". 9. The system will load the FlashPoint device driver and indicate that it has recognized a FlashPoint PCI SCSI Host Adapter in your computer. Press enter to continue with the rest of Windows NT 3.5x installation. III. Configurating Tunable Parameters ===================================== The following tunable (user-configurable) parameter(s) are supported: MaxQueueTags - Parameter to control the maximum queue tag depth on tagged queuing devices attached to a given adapter. The driver defaults to a tag queue depth of 8. Valid values are 1 to 60. To modify a tunable parameter under Windows NT, edit the NT registry in the following manner: 1. Click on the Windows NT Diagnostics icon in the Administrative Tools window. 2. Click on the Tools pulldown menu. 3. Click on Registry Editor. 4. Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\FlashPnt 5. Click on the Edit pulldown menu. 6. Choose Add Key. 7. Enter "Parameters" for Key Name (enter nothing for Class). 8. Highlight the just-created Parameters subkey. 9. Click on the Edit pulldow menu. 10. Choose Add Value. 11. Enter "DriverParameter" (case-sensitive) for Value Name and "REG_SZ" (the default) for Data Type. 12. Type in the tunable parameter at the String prompt (multiple parameters must be separated by a semicolon). Example: To specify a maximum tag queue depth, where xx is a value between 1 and 60 inclusive, type: MaxQueueTags=xx The parameter(s) will be applied to all BusLogic host adapters detected by FlashPnt.sys. To selectively control individual BusLogic FlashPoint host adapters when there is more than one installed, the following steps should be inserted between steps 8 and 9 above: o Choose Add Key. o Enter "DeviceX" for Key Name (enter nothing for Class) where X is 0 for host adapter 0 , 1 for host adapter 1, etc. - Device0, Device1, Device2,and so on o Highlight one of the just-created DeviceX subkeys. o Now preceed with original steps 9 through 12 above. You are now adding the Value DriverParameter under one of the DeviceX subkeys rather than under the global driver Parameters subkey. Place all parameters you wish to apply to DeviceX under the DeviceX subkey DriverParameter value. Note: ----- If you specify a parameter specific to a particular host adapter via a DeviceX subkey but have also specified one or more global driver parameters (via the global driver Parameters subkey), you need to specify the global driver parameters at the DeviceX\DriverParameter string prompt as well since the DeviceX subkey DriverParameter string overrides the global driver string for any given Device X. --- Version: $Id: readme.txt 1.3 1996/03/13 23:30:00 awin Exp $Download Driver Pack
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