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Realtek Semiconductor Corporation.
Realtek RTL8139/810X Family PCI Fast Ethernet Card
Software Driver Release Disk
Version 3.20 07/16/2002
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Files and
Subdirectories Description
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RELEASE.TXT This file. Presents a summary of the contents
of the Driver Diskette
\BOOTROM
\PXE Intel PXE BootRom Binary Code
\RPL Netware RPL BootRom Binary Code
\FREEBSD FREEBSD 3.X 4.X and 5.X Driver
\LINUX-2.2.x Linux Kernel 2.2.X Driver
\LINUX-2.4.x Linux kernel 2.4.X Driver
\MSLANMAN.DOS Microsoft MS-DOS LAN Manager NDIS/2 Driver
\MSLANMAN.OS2 IBM OS/2 NDIS/2 Driver
\NDIS2 Microsoft LAN Manager and IBM OS/2 NDIS/2 Driver
\DOS Microsoft MS-DOS LAN Manager NDIS/2 Driver
\OS2 IBM OS/2 3.0, 4.0, and eCS NDIS/2 Driver
\NOVELL Novell NetWare Drivers
\DOSODI Novell NetWare DOS/ODI Driver
\SERVER Novell Server 3.12, 4.X, 5.X, 6.X Driver
\PKTDRV MS-DOS Packet Driver
\SCO5 SCO Unix 5.x Driver
\WIN95A Microsoft Windows 95 (950 and 950a) NDIS/3 Driver
\W95OSR2 Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2 NDIS/4 Driver
\WIN98 Microsoft Windows 98 and 98 SE NDIS/5 Driver
\WINME Microsoft Windows ME NDIS/5 Driver
\WIN2000 Microsoft Windows 2000 NDIS/5 Driver
\WINXP Microsoft Windows XP NDIS/5 Driver, Microsoft certified, ID=582739
\WINNT4 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 NDIS/4 Driver for the x86 platform
\WINNT351 Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 NDIS/3 Driver for the x86 platform
\WINXP Embedded Micorsoft Windows XP Embedded driver
********* Record of Revisions for Driver Releases *************
Release Date Changes
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V1.00 Beta . New Release
01/25/2000
V1.01 Beta . DOS ODI DRIVER (modify RBU problem)
02/21/2000
. ODI Server Driver (change driver name for
Novell certification)
. NDIS 3/4/5 Driver (Two-Adapter problem)
. Add 93C46 program
V1.10
03/07/2000 . NDIS 2 Driver (BootROM problem)
V1.20
04/28/2000 . NDIS 2 Driver (BootROM problem)
. NDIS 3 Driver (BootROM problem)
. NDIS 4 Driver (HCT issue)
. Packet Driver (PHY detect issue)
. Setup Program (New release)
. DOS ODI Driver (Change driver name)
. ODI Server Driver(pass Novell certification)
V2.00
06/29/2000 . Add MTD803 /MTD891 Support
V2.01
07/04/2000 . Add BootRom Code for MTD803
. Add DOS Diagnostics program for MTD803
V2.02
07/06/2000 . Modify Use configuration "Medium Mode"
V2.03
07/12/2000 . Modify driver for NWay function
V2.04
07/28/2000 . Add FreeBSD Driver
. Add MTD981 PHY Support
. Modify EEPROM Program 93C56 support
V2.05
07/28/2000 . Modify ODI Server Driver for Netware
server ver3.12 support
. Modify NDIS 3/4/5 Driver for PHY Reset
timing problem
. Modify DOS ODI Driver for Plug/Play
problem at runtime.
. Modify Packet Driver for Plug/Play
problem at runtime.
V2.06
09/05/2000 . Modify Drivers for Tx Burst Length Issue.
V2.07
09/14/2000 . Modify RPL BootRom code for boot win95
V2.08
12/20/2000 . NDIS 3 driver (pass pc99 certification)
. NDIS 4 driver (pass pc99 certification)
. NDIS 5 driver (pass pc99 certification)
. DOS ODI Driver (add for G-bit issue)
. ODI Server Driver (add for G-bit issue)
. PXE BootRom Code (new release)
. Linux Driver (modify display message)
. Packet Driver (add to handle typelen=0 case)
V2.09.beta
12/22/2000 . NDIS 3 driver (fix iobase issue for mtd800)
. NDIS 4 driver (fix iobase issue for mtd800)
. NDIS 5 driver (fix iobase issue for mtd800)
. DOS ODI driver (fix iobase issue for mtd800)
. Packet Driver (fix iobase issue for mtd800)
V2.10
01/18/2001 . Modify drivers for fatal bus error issue.
V2.20
03/16/2001 . Modify RPL BootRom Code for Card Init issue.
. Modify NDIS3/4/5 Driver
. Modify Setup Program (eeprom write issue)
. Modify 32 bits ODI Driver for Nway Function
and pass Novell 5.x/4.x Certify
V2.30
04/06/2001 . Modify NDIS3/4/5 Driver
V3.00
11/16/2001 . Added Windows XP Driver
. Added Linux Kernel 2.2.X Driver
V3.10
12/08/2001 . Added Linux kernel 2.4.X Driver
. Added Freebsd 4.X and 5.X Driver
. Modified Linux 2.2.X readme.txt file
V3.20
07/16/2002 . Added RedHat 7.3 support
. Update FreeBSD driver V1.60
. Add Windows XP certified driver
. Add Windows XP embedded driver
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