******************************************************************************* Information About the 10/100plus Ethernet PCI Adapter Packet Driver (SIS900.EXE) November 2, 2000 ******************************************************************************* _______________________________________________________________________________ 1. General Information The 10/100plus Ethernet PCI adapter's packet driver file, sis900.EXE, is located in the \PKTDRVR directory on the 10/100plus PCI Installation diskette. The sis900 packet driver complies to FTP Software's Revision 1.11 packet driver specifications. Before installing the packet driver, install the 10/100plus PCI adapter in a PCI slot in your PC. If you are using multiple 10/100plus PCI adapters in the same PC, you will need to specify the PCI slot number of the 10/100plus PCI adapter that you want to use with the packet driver when you load the packet driver. If you have an integrated Ethernet Chip, please set it "Enable" first. And then type " sis900 -s 0x[slot num] " to specify a slot of your adapter. If you don't know what the slot number is, you could just type "sis900" to get the slot number of each adapter. 2. Command Line Options ======================= The packet driver recognizes the command line options described below. Note that when multiple 10/100plus PCI adapters are installed in a PC, the -s option (for PCI) is required. Otherwise, there is no need to specify any other options. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NOTE: For all the command line options that require a value to be | | specified, you must put a space between the command line option and | | the value. For example: | | sis900 -s 3 -n 0x65 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ -h Displays the command line usage message. -n int Sets the packet driver's software interrupt to "int". The valid range is from 0x60 to 0x80 (as stated in the packet driver specifications). If not specified, the default is 0x60. -t Terminates the packet driver and frees the memory occupied by the driver. -s slot Sets the adapter slot location to "slot". Use this option only if installing multiple 10/100plus PCI adapters in one PC. -c type Sets the type of cable connection (media type) according to the value of "type." The valid "type" values are: Type Ethernet Standard Duplex Cable ---- ----------------- ------ ----- 0x01 auto-detect Full/Half any below 0x08 10BASE-T Half Unshielded twisted pair 0x10 10BASE-T Full Unshielded twisted pair 0x20 100BASE-T Half Category 5 twisted pair 0x40 100BASE-T Full Category 5 twisted pair You are not required to specify the media type, because the driver detects the media type and displays an appropriate message while loading. -phy type Sets the type of physical layer according to the value of "type". The valid "type" values are: Type Physical Layer ---- -------------- 0x01 LAN 0x02 HOME 0x04 AUTO The default value is "AUTO". 2.1. Command Line Option Examples --------------------------------- sis900 Loads the packet driver using the configured I/O port address, IRQ, and media type. The driver is installed at software interrupt 0x60. sis900 -s 2 -n 0x65 Loads the packet driver for PCI slot 2 using a software interrupt of 0x65 (the software interrupt is 0x60 by default). If an IRQ setting is specified by using "-i irq" and the IRQ value is not correct, the driver will not load and will print an error message. sis900 -t Terminate the packet driver at software interrupt 0x60. sis900 -t -n 0x61 Terminate the packet driver at software interrupt 0x61. ## End of File ##Download Driver Pack
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