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Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller Driver
For Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
Copyright (c) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation
All rights reserved.
Version 3.63 (June 30, 2003)
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Fixes:
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1. Problem (CQ#8101)
CQ#8101 BCM4401-A1 NIC/LOM Intermittently fails to retain correct line speed
when Advanced Option is set to 10Half Mbps; and running BACS Diagnostics.
Cause:
4401 Driver did not reinitialize the PHY options after going in and out of Diagnostic
mode; as a result of driver change for CQ#8027.
Change:
4401 Driver was modified to reinitialize the PHY options when Diagnostic mode is done.
Impact:
Correct CQ#8101 issue.
Version 3.62 (June 24, 2003)
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Fixes:
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1. Problem (CQ#8085)
CQ#8085 4401: 802.1p Priority Tagging not as expected.
Cause:
4401 always generated 802.1p Priority marked packets, when its Advanced Option was
set to Enable 802.1p.
Change:
Modified driver to generate 802.1p Priority marked packets only when packet priority
is non zero; per Windows XP Device Driver Kit documentation.
Impact:
Same 8021.p Priority Tagging as Broadcom 570x Adapters.
Version 3.61 (June 18, 2003)
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Fixes:
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1. Problem (CQ#8027, CQ#7976, CQ#7806)
CQ#8027 - 4401: WinXP - connectivity issue when changing speed/duplex with 802.1p option set
and QoS Packet Sheduler enabled.
CQ#7976 - 4401: Intermittently Loses Network Connection upon Change in Line Speed/Duplex
CQ#7806 - 4401: IP address gets lost after changing from 10HDX->AUTO->100HDX
Cause:
4401 Driver was taking longer than 3 seconds to respond to OID_GEN_MEDIA_CONNECT_STATUS;
which caused Microsoft NDIS component "QoS Packet Scheduler" to disable IP address of 4401.
Change:
Modified driver to respond to OID_GEN_MEDIA_CONNECT_STATUS quicker,
by increasing the frequency of Phy Link status check.
Impact:
Resolve connectivity issues CQ#8027, CQ#7976, CQ#7806
2. Problem (CQ#7842)
4401: Link activity reported by driver included Broadcast and Multicast Packets
Cause:
Original implementation.
Change:
Modify driver to report only Unicast Packets when polled for Link activity.
Impact:
None.
3. Problem (CQ#7788)
4401: The Power Management Tab for 4401 disappears intermittently
Cause:
Operating System Suspected.
Change:
Modified driver to wait 50 milliseconds before returning the result of PlugNPlay
Power Management Query OIDs.
Impact:
None.
Version 3.60 (May 15, 2003)
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Fixes:
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1. Problem (CQ#7796)
4401: BACS Diagnostics does not finish MAC- LoopBack test at 10 Half Duplex.
Cause:
Reported Link Down to NDIS while running this test.
Change:
Keep Link Status Up while running this MAC LoopBack test.
Impact:
Resolve the problem of the MAC LoopBack diagnostic not finishing.
Version 3.59 (May 9, 2003)
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Fixes:
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1. Problem (CQ#7699)
4401: Slow boot time when network cable unplugged
Cause:
4401 Initial report for OID_GEN_MEDIA_CONNECT_STATUS was Link Up
when Network Cable was disconnected. Part of Microsoft Workaround
for Pushing Policy issue.
Change:
4401 driver pends this request and determines link connection status first
and then indicates results to caller of OID_GEN_MEDIA_CONNECT_STATUS.
Impact:
Improve boot time and resolve this issue.
2. Problem (CQ#7700)
4401: NDIS Tester 3.91 failure in function 1c_ginfo.leth
Cause:
4401 Initial report for OID_GEN_MEDIA_CONNECT_STATUS was Link Up
when Network Cable was disconnected. Part of Microsoft Workaround
for Pushing Policy issue.
Change:
4401 driver pends this request and determines link connection status first
and then indicates results to caller of OID_GEN_MEDIA_CONNECT_STATUS.
Impact:
Resolve NDIS Tester 3.91 failure in function 1c_ginfo.leth
3. Problem (CQ#7669)
4401: BACS LoopBack PHY diagnostic runs indefinitely when testing
at 10Half Duplex.
Cause:
Reported Link Down to NDIS while running this test.
Change:
Keep Link Status Up while running this PHY LoopBack test.
Impact:
Resolve the problem of the LoopBack PHY diagnostic not finishing.
Version 3.58 (April 26, 2003)
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Fixes:
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1. Problem (CQ#7095)
4401: Spurious connection drops when connected at 100Half with Dell 5224 Switch and DHCP mode.
Cause:
4401 driver did PHY isolate prior to setting forced 100Half Duplex mode.
Change:
4401 driver no longer doing PHY isolate prior to setting 100Half Duplex mode.
Impact:
Proper operation with Dell 5224 switch at 100Half and DHCP mode.
2. Problem (CQ#7606)
Operating System crash while running BACS diagnostics and pinging out in Windows NT 4.
Cause:
4401 driver did NdisMSendComplete for discarded and or modified packets during diagnostics.
Change:
4401 driver updated to flush modified packets.
Impact:
No Operating System crash during BACS Diagnostics while pinging out.
Version 3.57 (April 24, 2003)
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Fixes:
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1. Problem (CQ#7324)
4401 equipped systems had link issues with Dell 5224 Switch in DHCP mode at 100 Half Duplex.
Cause:
4401 driver handling of 100 Half Duplex setting.
Change:
4401 driver proper setting of 100 Half Duplex.
Impact:
Correct link issues with Dell 5224 Switch in DHCP mode at 100 Half Duplex.
4. Problem (CQ#7596)
4401 Not doing WOL from S5 Shutdown when 'wake up frame' is selected.
Cause:
Original design.
Change:
Modified 4401 driver to do WOL with Magic Packet when 'wake up frame' is selected for
Dell SubVendor programmed device ID.
Impact:
4401 Dell SubVendor device will now do WOL from S5 Shutdown when magic packet is sent to it.
Version 3.56 (April 21, 2003)
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Fixes:
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1. Problem (CQ#7537)
4401 equipped systems in Win98 cannot connect using only NetBeui protocol.
Cause:
4401 driver initialization and first link indication
Change:
4401 device reports Link down until finished initialization and negotiations.
Impact:
Correct problem of running only NetBeui protocol.
2. Problem (CQ#7451)
4401 equipped systems in Win2k switching from TCP/IP to Netbeui resulted in losing connection.
Change:
4401 device reports Link down until finished initialization and negotiations.
Impact:
Correct problem of losing mapped drive when only Netbeui protocol is running.
3. Problem (CQ#7473)
BACS 6.10 does not display Bus / Device Number correctly in WinNT 4.0 for 4401 device
Cause:
Driver was not setting this information.
Change:
4401 driver was modified to get and set this information.
Impact:
Correct display of Bus / Device in BACS.
4. Problem (CQ#7596)
4401 Not doing WOL from S5 Shutdown when 'wake up frame' is selected.
Cause:
Original Marketing Requirements for this product specified this.
Change:
Modified 4401 driver to do WOL with Magic Packet when 'wake up frame' is selected.
Impact:
4401 device will now do WOL from S5 Shutdown when magic packet is sent to it.
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Version Release Date
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3.55 03/25/03
a. Corrected SQA Bug# 7327: Wrong spelling for Broadcom name shown during driver
installation in Windows NT.
3.54 03/18/03
a. Corrected SQA Bug#7095: 4401: Intermittent connection down when connected at 100Half
with Dell PowerConnect switch models 5224 and 5012.
3.53 03/18/03
a. Corrected SQA Bug#7229: BCM4401 Reported wrong line speed in the Task Bar
upon Disabling/Enabling of device.
b. Corrected SQA Bug#4794: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) NT 4 did not show
Vital Sign information for 4401 adapters.
3.52 03/10/03
a. Corrected SQA Bug#6963: 4401 did not pad small packets with zeros.
b. Corrected issue of Group Policy "Windows Startup Script" and "Logon Script" not
being applied to 4401 equipped user station.
c. Corrected SQA Bug#6095: 4401 BACS does not retain network speed setting
after "Diagnostic Test".
d. Corrected SQA Bug#7151: PHY Mode On/Off OID support for 4401 APIs.
3.51 12/17/02
a. Corrected SQA Bug#6424: Shared Interrupt with Audio device and running 4401 Diagnostics
caused system lock up.
3.50 12/04/02
a. Corrected SQA Bug#6236: 4401 Did Wake On LAN with Interesting Packet (ping) when
OS check box "Allow this device" was not checked.
b. Corrected wrong LED operation after Wake On LAN from S3 Standby state on laptops using battery.
3.49 11/04/02
a. Corrected SQA Bug#5802: 4401 Win2K/XP speed change from 10Mb Half Duplex to
100Mb Half Duplex failed to work
b. Corrected SQA Bug#5860: 4401 WinME Shutdown - System Rebooted on Asustek P4GE MotherBoard
3.48 09/10/02
a. Corrected driver issue of not logging Link Speed during Windows XP WHQL test: WHQLCheckConfig
3.47 08/30/02
a. Corrected LED display initialization in driver after wake from Standby or Hibernate.
3.46 08/22/02
a. Submit 4401 NDIS Drivers to SQA for Microsoft WHQL HCT Testing.
3.45 08/19/02
a. Corrected Windows XP and Windows 2000 Link Indications after wake from Standby/Hibernate.
3.44 08/19/02
a. Corrected SQA logged bug#4512 No cable attached, 4401 shows a link in Windows at 10mb,
after going into sleep mode and waking.
b. Corrected SQA logged bug#4162 4401 Cable disconnect, put in Standby, connect cable, wake,
connection to network lost.
3.43 08/06/02
a. Corrected SQA logged bug#4830 BACS reports wrong statistic counters for 4401.
b. Corrected SQA logged bug#4511 After running "Internal Memory" diag test in BACS,
the statitics displays wrong statistic counters.
c. Corrected SQA logged bug#4799 4401 version 3 board locks up during hibernation at 100HD
d. Corrected SQA logged bug#4987 4401 Received packet counter displays "0" and does not increment.
3.42 07/18/02
a. Corrected SQA logged bug#4814 NDIS5.1 driver v3.41 fails 2c_LoadUnload in XP32 Pro
3.41 07/18/02
a. Corrected SQA logged bug#4811: Win2k Infchecker test fails with 4401 Ndis5 driver v3.40
3.40 07/17/02
a. Added support for Broadcom 440x OEM device and subsystem IDs.
3.39 07/16/02
a. Changed Driver to correct reporting of CRC and CRC_Align errors with OID_GEN_RCV_CRC_ERROR
and general RX errors with OID_GEN_RCV_ERROR.
3.38 07/11/02
a. Added Windows XP 32 and Windows NT 4 Driver support.
3.37 07/02/02
a. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4652 Win2K WHQL Signability test reports error with 4401 Ndis5 driver.
3.36 06/17/02
a. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4413 Netmon statistics support added.
b. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4303 802.3 and BACS statistics added.
c. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4412 directed and broadcast packets statistics added.
d. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4411 Frames RXed with alignment error statistics added.
e. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#3881 System locks up with 4401 during NDIS Testing in Win2K.
f. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#3910 System stop during Win2K Certification.
g. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4066 System hangs during Win2k certs with 4401.
3.35 06/06/02
a. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4160 Mapped Drive not available after wake up from Standby/Hibernate.
b. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4151 Cable disconnect in sleep state/connection lost.
c. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4186 No cable attached, 4401 shows a link in Windows at 10mb, after going into sleep mode
d. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4382 CRC error count not supported using Netmon.
e. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4395 Power management option "Allow this device to come out of standby"
is grayed out when Dell Magic Packet is set.
3.34 05/30/02
a. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4324 wrong version in BACS displayed for NDIS Driver.
b. Updated WOL Advanced Options.
3.33 05/17/02
a. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4154 WOL at S5 sleep state did not work on all ACPI compliant systems.
3.32 05/16/02
a. Set FlowControl Default Option to Enabled per Dell Software Requirements.
b. Set Default WakeOnLan Advanced Option to "Wake Up Frame" for WHQL Certification.
c. Corrected SQA Bug#4183 Win2K Certification test 1c_ginfo failure.
3.31 05/08/02
a. Set WakeOnLan Default Option to Both (Magic Packet and Wake Pattern)
3.30 05/08/02
a. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4077 Driver Version Display in BACS Control Suite.
b. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4078 Driver Statistics Display in BACS Control Suite.
c. Resolved SQA Logged Bug#4053 System Wake on Ping When only Magic packet enabled.
3.29 05/03/02
a. Modified driver for performance and submit to Broadcom SQA.
3.27 04/30/02
a. Corrected Windows System Shutdown issue noted as prior errata.
b. Corrected Win2K WHQL Test 1c_ginfo.tst failures.
3.26 04/24/02
a. Added Flow Control advanced option.
b. Corrected failing WHQL 2m_WOLPattern test.
Errata 1: Some systems may experience power shutdown problems when "Shutdown"
requested from the Windows Start button.
In this situation please press the Reset button of the system first and then
press the system Power button.
3.25 04/22/02
a. Resolved warnings encountered during 1c_64BitOids Windows XP Certification Tests.
b. Added Advanced Adapter Options Key for Wake On LAN choices.
c. Added Dell/Broadcom DTWOL Magic Packet Wake On LAN support.
Errata 1: Some systems may experience power shutdown problems when "Shutdown"
requested from the Windows Start button.
In this situation please press the Reset button of the system first and then
press the system Power button.
3.24 04/12/02
a. Updated driver settings for duplex performance.
3.23 04/11/02
a. Submit to Broadcom SQA for XP and Win2K Certification.
3.22 04/03/02
a. Resolve Bug#3774 - Wrong Driver version in BACS for 4401 NIC Adapters.
3.21 03/27/02
a. Resolve Bug#3525 - The NIC option 802.1P "Priority Handling" disable/enable
for WHQL HCT test 2m_prior.
3.20 02/27/02
a. Resolve Bug#3281 - Control Suite Failure while testing MAC and PHY
Loopback tests.
3.19 02/27/02
a. Resolve Bug#3427 - Signability test in Windows ME Certification testing;
missing Catalog file entry added.
b. Resolve Bug#3426 - Inchecker test in Windows 2000;
BASEDRIVERFILEVERSION entry added.
3.18 02/22/02
a. Resolve Bug#3326 - Device name under Event Viewer corrected.
b. Resolve Bug#3336 - Logging of Link Status and Speed for Windows XP and
Windows 2000 Pro and Server.
3.17 02/19/02
a. Change Adapter name to "Broadcom 440X Fast Ethernet Controller"
3.16 02/19/02
a. Resolve Bug#3291 - Device Name to 4401
b. Resolve Bug#3286 - InfChecker issue with unreferenced name
c. Resolve Bug#3282 - Forced and Auto Speed Setting Correction
3.15 02/14/02
a. Change Advanced Options display text to match other
Broadcom driver.
3.14 02/14/02
a. Initial Release of 4401 Driver
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