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HISTORY.TXT Driver File Contents (nslink-winxp64-4.01.exe)

 NSLink (TM) Driver for the Windows(R) XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 
 2000 Operating System
 
 Part # 1800288
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REVISION HISTORY

v 4.01    
          Changes to rpshsi.sys:

             - Modify interface so Comtrol troubleshooting utility can provide driver
               with user defined trace pool logging configuration.

             - Modify code so that if driver is attempting to restart the microcode
               load sequence because of some sort if interuption during the last load
               attempt, that it will fail out of code loading to re-establish a connection
               to the device after a threshold of loading restart attempts has been reached.

          Changes to ctmproto.inf:
          Changes to ctmsport.inf:
          Changes to netctmsi.inf:

             - Book keeping changes for Microsoft driver signing requirements.

		        
v 4.00    Initial release for 64 bit Windows OS support.  32 Bit components are based on
          Windows XP/2000 Driver (A/N 18000198) version 7.23.  The following are the
          additional changes which have occurred to components since the v7.23 release:
               
          Changes to rpshsi.sys:

             Added enhanced debug for memory debugging and other customer troubleshooting

             Fix ports ports which stop working after a period by clearing a flag when
             the current Read is canceled irregardless of whether the pending read request
             is queued up to complete.

             Fix occasional Blue Screen exception fault which occurred when uninstalling
             devices by addin code to traverse TCP extension list to remove any pointers to
             extensions for MAC addressed devices being removed from the system.


          Changes to devmast.bin:

             This version is built with eCos 2 ver 1.87.

             It also has a change to eCos to fix a data loss/corruption problem caused by
             DMA pointer.

             The following SocketServer changes where made to prevent ports to quit receiving
             data while in socket mode:

                1) Increased priority of admin command handlers so that they will run even
                   under heavy CPU load. This prevents Ethernet frame buffers from
                   accumulating in the MAC rx queue (was causing the system to run out of
                   Ethernet frame buffers and stopping data flow). 

                2) Made SocketServer rx polling period adjustable in "network settings" on
                   web page.  Default setting is 50 (milliseconds). This is a good default
                   for 8-16 port hubs, but is too fast for running 20+ ports. With a setting
                   of 100ms, Socketserver can run all 32 ports simultaneously without problems. 

             Added a flag to the ID Reply structure to all PortVision to distinguish
             DeviceMaster UP from other models.

             Fixed problem which delayed communication reconnection to device after PC reboots
             but the device is not reset when driver is using IP mode by ensuring that out of
             window SYNs receive an ACK response, rather than simply being dropped.

             Changed the corporate display graphics and added help to SocketServer web page.

             Changed handling of password entry over a telnet connection to suppress echo back
             to terminal.

             Fixed EOL input termination handling in SocketServer UDP handling which cause device
             to fail TX when input timeout value set to a value greater than 0.

             Removed fix to lock scheduler so that IP info query would never return bad values
             when accessing IIC memory because the lock resulted in data loss on DeviceMaster
             RTS 1 port by preventing data moving thread from being able to execute in time.

                     
          Changes to netctmsi.inf:

             Removed RPSH Si 4 and 8 port selection

		


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