PATCH.TXT Driver File Contents (in100.zip)

This document contains information about the customization of RTL8139x driver for 
Macintosh Power Mac series. 

Contents
1. PCI adapter's Subsystem Vendor ID and Subsystem ID for PCI adapter
2. PC Card's Vendor ID and Device ID
3. Version information and icon
4. Driver Installation


1. PCI adapter's Subsystem Vendor ID and Subsystem ID
1.1 The Mac system do the matching of a PCI adapter with it's driver by using the adapter's 
    PCI name in Mac. A PCI adapter's PCI name is pcixxxx,yyyy. If the Subsystem Vendor ID 
    and subSystem ID of the device are all zeros, xxxx is the Vendor ID of the device and 
    yyyy is the Device ID of the device. Otherwise, xxxx is the Subsystem Vendor ID of 
    the device and yyyy is the Subsystem ID of the device.
    note: xxxx and yyyy in pcixxxx,yyyy are made up of all small letters such as a,b,c...,
          and not A,B,C...
1.2 You can customize the pcixxxx,yyyy in the "RTL8139x Driver" file by using an appropriate
    editor. 
    *** You can use "General Edit Lite" to customize the pcixxxx,yyyy. You can download
        "General Edit Lite" from ftp://physgi.phy.ncku.edu.tw/pub/mac/editor.
        Please follow the following steps to customize pcixxxx,yyyy:
        1. Use this editor to open the driver file.
        2. Select "Unlock Data" from the "View" menu item to unlock data of the driver
           file to enable the editor to modify the driver file.
        3. Click on the lower frame to activate the lower frame.
        4. Replace all the pci10ec,8139 items with your pcixxxx,yyyy by using the "Replace" 
           function provied in the "Replace" menu item in the  "Find" menu item. 
        5. Save the driver file.
    note: "Quadrivio General Edit Lite" is a product of Quadrivio corporation. Please read
          the text file within the "Quadrivio General Edit Lite". You can contact Quadrivio 
          corporation for more information.

2. PC Card's Vendor ID and Device ID
2.1 The Mac system do the matching of a PC Card with it's driver by using the card's  
    Vendor ID and Device ID. A PC Card's name in Mac is in the form of pcixxxx,yyyy where
    xxxx is the Vendor ID and yyyy is the Device ID of the PC Card. 
    note: xxxx and yyyy in pcixxxx,yyyy are made up of all small letters such as a,b,c...,
          and not A,B,C...
2.2 You can customize the pcixxxx,yyyy in the "RTL8139x Driver" file by using an appropriate
    editor. 
    *** You can use "General Edit Lite" to customize the pcixxxx,yyyy. You can download
        "General Edit Lite" from ftp://physgi.phy.ncku.edu.tw/pub/mac/editor.
        Please follow the following steps to customize pcixxxx,yyyy:
        1. Use this editor to open the driver file.
        2. Select "Unlock Data" from the "View" menu item to unlock data of the driver
           file to enable the editor to modify the driver file.
        3. Click on the lower frame to activate the lower frame.
        4. Replace all the pci10ec,8139 items with your pcixxxx,yyyy by using the "Replace" 
           function provied in the "Replace" menu item in the  "Find" menu item. 
        5. Save the driver file.
        note: "Quadrivio General Edit Lite" is a product of Quadrivio corporation. Please read
              the text file within the "Quadrivio General Edit Lite". You can contact Quadrivio 
              corporation for more information.

3. Version information and icon
3.1 You can get the version information from the "General Information" menu item of 
    the "Get Info" menu item of "File" menu item on the desktop's main menu. 
3.2 You can customize the version information and icon using "ResEdit" resource editor. 
    You can download "ResEdit" from http://developer.apple.com/macos/tools.html#editors .
3.3 Open the "Fast Ethernet Adapter" driver file using "ResEdit". Double click on the "vers" 
    item to open it. Double click the only one item in the opened version information
    window. Then customize what you want.
3.4 If you just want to use the normal icon, select "Get Info for Fast Ethernet Adapter" from 
    the "File" menu item and unmark the "Use Custom Icon" selection in the opened window. 
3.5 If you want to have your own icons, please open all the items started with "ic" and customize
    all of them. You also must make sure that the "Use Custom Icon" selection mentioned in 3.4 
    is marked.

4. Driver Installation
4.1 You can customize the "Installer" program and the filenames of each files in
    the driver package. The "installer" program is just an Apple Script file. You can
    edit it with the "Script Editor" within the Mac OS platform.
    note: You must make sure the driver files with updated filenames can be 
          installed correctly using your updated "installer" program.
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How To Update Drivers Manually

After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.

  • Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).

  • If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.

  • Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.

  • Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.

  • Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.

  • From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.

  • Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.

Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.

For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.

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