W840S Winbond Electronics Corporation Description: 1. W840S is a Solaris 2.5x driver. It is for the Solaris 2.5x environment only. 2. If you want to install this driver, you need the following files: w840s Winbond W89C840 100M/10M PCI Ethernet Driver Program setup840 Winbond W89C840 100M/10M PCI Ethernet Software Setup Program Installation: 1. login as root user 2. copy SETUP840 and W840S files. # doscp a:setup840 # doscp a:w840s 3. execute SETUP840 # chmod +x setup840 # ./setup840 You will be asked for some information described below: Do you wish to install, configure or remove the network board? (i/c/r/q) [q] 3.1 i or I - install the network driver Configure: Please choose the value of burst length that you want ... 1. 1 longword. 2. 2 longwords. 3. 4 longwords. 4. 8 longwords. 5. 16 longwords. 6. 32 longwords(default value). Enter number of burst length selection <1 2 3 4 5 6> [6] or 'q' to quit: 6 Burst Length : 32 longword. Please choose the value of cache alignment that you want ... 1. 8-longword boundary alignment. 2. 16-longword boundary alignment. 3. 32-longword boundary alignment(default value). Enter number of cache alignment selection <1 2 3> [3] or 'q' to quit: 3 Cache Alignment : 32-longword boundary alignment. Please choose the value of transmit threshold that you want ... Enter value of transmit threshold <0-127> [0] or 'q' to quit: 0 Transmit Threshold : 0 Please choose the nway function that you want... 0. Default value." 1. Nway off." 2. Nway on." Enter number of nway function selection <0 1 2> [0] or 'q' to quit: 0 Nway Function : Default. Please choose the line speed that you want... 0. Auto detect the line speed mode(default value)." 1. 10 MB/sec mode." 2. 100 MB/sec mode." Enter number of line speed selection <0 1 2> [0] or 'q' to quit: 0 Line Speed : Auto detect mode. Please choose the full duplex function that you want... 0. Auto detect the full duplex function(default value)." 1. disable full duplex function." 2. enable full duplex function." Enter number of full duplex function selection <0 1 2> [0] or 'q' to quit: 0 Full Duplex Function : Auto detect mode. /* If /etc/hosts does not have 'loghost' the next line will be prompted */ Input IP Address of Log Host: 10.2.22.136 /* If /etc/hosts does not have 'defaultGateway' the next line will be prompted */ Input IP Address of Default Gateway: 10.2.22.66 Do you want to change the above setting ? (y/n) [n] : If you answer 'y', the Configure loop will be continued. If you answer 'n' (default), then the following files will be generated and copied to the appropriate locations. [1] w840s will be copied to /kernel/drv directory. [2] w840s.conf will be created and filled as BurstLen=8192 CacheAlign=49152 TxThreshold=0 Nway=0 LineSpeed=0 FullDuplex=0; then be copied to /kernel/drv directory. [3] hosts will be appended as following, if it just contains localhost originally. 127.0.0.1 localhost 10.2.22.136 hostname loghost 10.2.22.66 defaultGateway router then be copied to /etc directory. [4] hostname.w840s0 will be created and filled as hostname (just includes host name of machine) then be copied to /etc directory. Reboot the system to activate the network driver. #reboot 3.2 c or C - configure the network board the Configure loop will be continued. 3.3 r or R - remove the network driver hostname.w840s0 will be deleted Trouble Shooting: 1. Message: 'No Winbond 840 board existed!' Solution: Make sure that your W89C840 PCI card is plugged into the system. Histories of Release: ***) 1.00, 08-06-1998 First release.Download Driver Pack
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