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  1.  
  2.              Release Notes - SMCPWR NDIS3 driver
  3.                         Version v2.41
  4.                          06-Jul-1995
  5.  
  6. This kit includes Release v2.41 of the SMCPWR NDIS3 driver.
  7.  
  8. Changes from previous release:
  9. ==============================
  10.  
  11.    1. Fix a problem for 100Mbps DataRate selection.
  12.  
  13. History:
  14. ========
  15. Release 2.4:
  16.  
  17.    1. Enhance the DC21140 AutoDetection and AutoSense
  18.       routines.
  19.    2. Add support for DC21140's 100BaseT4 and
  20.       100BaseFx medias.
  21.    3. Add support to PCI to PCI bridge in Windows for workgroups.
  22.  
  23. Release 2.31:
  24.  
  25.    1. Number of map registers allocated by the adapter
  26.       configurable through the Registry
  27.    2. Add missing NdisMCancelTimer in the Halt handler
  28.    3. Add support for SMC 8432e adapter
  29.  
  30. Release 2.3:
  31.  
  32.    1. Fix DC21040 and DC21041's Full Duplex mode
  33.  
  34. Release 2.2:
  35.  
  36.    1. Fix the hash filter generation
  37.    2. Add optionnal Txm FIFO Threshold values
  38.       for 100Mbps in the Registry
  39.    3. Miniport driver fixes for WIN95
  40.    4. Add Snooze mode option for DECchip21041
  41.  
  42. Release 2.1:
  43.  
  44.    1. Modify the 10/100 link autosensing algorithm to avoid
  45.       switching media while autosensing for link pass:
  46.       With the new algorithm the media is switched only if:
  47.        - the selected media is 10 Mbps and the 100Mbps link passes:
  48.          media is switched from 10Mbps to 100Mbps.
  49.        - the selected media is 100Mbps. Its link fails but
  50.          the 10 Mbps link passes: the media is switched from
  51.          100 Mbps to 10Mbps.
  52.  
  53.    2. Modify the DataRate values in the driver installation file
  54.       to be backward compatible with the DC21040 V1.x values:
  55.  
  56.      +==========+=====================+======================+=====================+
  57.      |Connection|      DC21040        |       DC21041        |      DC21140        |
  58.      |   Type   |                     |                      |                     |
  59.      +==========+=====================+======================+=====================+
  60.      |    0     |    AutoDetection    |      AutoSense       |      AutoSense      |
  61.      |          |                     |                      |                     |
  62.      +----------+---------------------+----------------------+---------------------+
  63.      |    1     |         BNC         |         BNC          |          -          |
  64.      |          |                     |                      |                     |
  65.      +----------+---------------------+----------------------+---------------------+
  66.      |    2     |     Twisted_Pair    |     Twisted_Pair     |Twisted_pair (10Mbps)|
  67.      |          |                     |                      |                     |
  68.      +----------+---------------------+----------------------+---------------------+
  69.      |    3     |     Twisted_Pair    |     Twisted_Pair     |Twisted_pair (10Mbps)|
  70.      |          |      Full_Duplex    |      Full_Duplex     |Full_Duplex          |
  71.      +----------+---------------------+----------------------+---------------------+
  72.      |    4     |     Twisted_Pair    |     Twisted_Pair     |          -          |
  73.      |          |     No_Link_Test    |     No_Link_Test     |                     |
  74.      +----------+---------------------+----------------------+---------------------+
  75.      |    5     |         AUI         |         AUI          |          -          |
  76.      |          |                     |                      |                     |
  77.      +----------+---------------------+----------------------+---------------------+
  78.      |*  6      |          -          |       AutoSense      |          -          |
  79.      |          |                     |     Nway_Enabled     |                     |
  80.      +----------+---------------------+----------------------+---------------------+
  81.      |*   7     |          -          |      Twisted_Pair    |          -          |
  82.      |          |                     |      Nway_Enabled    |                     |
  83.      +----------+---------------------+----------------------+---------------------+
  84.      |*   8     |          -          |          -           |  SymScr (100Mbps)   |
  85.      |          |                     |                      |                     |
  86.      +----------+---------------------+----------------------+---------------------+
  87.      |*   9     |          -          |          -           |  SymScr  (100Mbps)  |
  88.      |          |                     |                      |  Full_Duplex        |
  89.      +----------+---------------------+----------------------+---------------------+
  90.       * = new values
  91.  
  92.  
  93. Release 2.0:
  94.  
  95.    1. Miniport driver for WNT
  96.    3. Add support for Serial ROM format V1
  97.    4. Add support for DECchip 21041
  98.    5. Add dynamic autosense for DECchip 210140 & 21041
  99.    6. Increase the minimal wait time for BNC
  100.       transceiver's setup to 300 milliseconds
  101.    7. Fix Promiscuous filter setting
  102.    8. Add support for SMC 8434
  103.  
  104. Release 1.2:
  105.  
  106.    1. Added workaround for Intel Host to PCI bridge
  107.       in WfW driver
  108.  
  109.    2. TransceiverDelay in 100Millisecond units
  110.  
  111. Release 1.1:
  112.  
  113.    1. Enhanced interrupt service routine.
  114.  
  115.    2. Support DECchip 21140 requirements for size of Multicast address table.
  116.  
  117.    3. Fix loopback routine
  118.  
  119.    4. Replace Fast Ethernet adapter name to 9332.
  120.  
  121.  
  122.  
  123.  Windows 95:
  124.  
  125.    1. First release
  126.  
  127. Release 1.0:
  128.  
  129.    1. Added support for SMC 8932 Fast Ethernet Adapter.
  130.  
  131.    2. Added static keyword to OEMSETUP.INF: AdapterCFID
  132.  
  133.  
  134.  
  135.  
  136. This NDIS3 driver kit contains the following directories and files:
  137.  
  138.  
  139.   RELEASE.DOC       The kit's release Notes (this file).
  140.                     -----------------------------------------------------
  141.   SMCPWR.SYS        Tag file.
  142.                     -----------------------------------------------------
  143.  
  144.   I386\WNT351  :  SMCPWRN iX86 miniport driver for Windows NT 3.51
  145.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  146.     INSTALL.DOC       The driver's installation notes
  147.                       ---------------------------------------------------
  148.     OEMSETUP.INF      The driver's installation file for Windows NT
  149.     SMCPWRN.HLP       The help file associated to the installation file
  150.                       ---------------------------------------------------
  151.     SMCPWRN.SYS       The miniport driver
  152.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  153.  
  154.   I386\WNT35  :  SMCPWRN iX86 fullmac driver for Windows NT 3.5
  155.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  156.     INSTALL.DOC       The driver's installation notes
  157.                       ---------------------------------------------------
  158.     OEMSETUP.INF      The driver's installation file
  159.     SMCPWRN.HLP       The help file associated to the installation file
  160.                       ---------------------------------------------------
  161.     SMCPWRN.SYS       The fullmac driver
  162.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  163.  
  164.   I386\WNT35\NON_PCI  :  SMCPWRN iX86 fullmac driver whithout NdisPCI calls
  165.                          for Windows NT 3.5
  166.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  167.     INSTALL.DOC       The driver's installation notes
  168.                       ---------------------------------------------------
  169.     OEMSETUP.INF      The driver's installation file
  170.     SMCPWRN.HLP       The help file associated to the installation file
  171.                       ---------------------------------------------------
  172.     SMCPWRN.SYS       The fullmac driver
  173.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  174.  
  175.   I386\WFW311 :  SMCPWRW fullmac driver for Windows for Workgroups 3.11
  176.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  177.     INSTALL.DOC       The driver's installation notes
  178.                       ---------------------------------------------------
  179.     OEMSETUP.INF      The driver's installation file
  180.                       ---------------------------------------------------
  181.     SMCPWRW.386       The fullmac driver
  182.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  183.  
  184.   I386\WIN95  :  SMCPWRW miniport driver for Windows 95
  185.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  186.     INSTALL.DOC       The driver's installation notes
  187.                       ---------------------------------------------------
  188.     NETPCI.INF        The driver's installation file
  189.                       ---------------------------------------------------
  190.     SMCPWRN.SYS       The miniport driver
  191.                       ---------------------------------------------------
  192.     NDIS.VXD          Upgrated Ndis wrapper
  193.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  194.  
  195.   I386\WIN95_B: SMCPWRW fullmac driver without NdisPCI calls
  196.                 for Windows 95 Beta
  197.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  198.     INSTALL.DOC       The driver's installation notes
  199.                       ---------------------------------------------------
  200.     NETPCI.INF        The driver's installation file
  201.                       ---------------------------------------------------
  202.     SMCPWRN.SYS       The fullmac driver
  203.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  204.  
  205.