ETHERWORKS E3KIT251 EtherWORKS 3 TURBO DE203/4/5 Drivers ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1995, 1996. All rights reserved.
PRODUCT: Digital EtherWORKS 3/TURBO (DE203, DE204, DE205) Drivers V2.51
OP/SYS: MS-DOS, Netware, OS/2, SCO UNIX, Windows for Workgroups,
Windows NT
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: E3KIT251
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: E3KIT250
EW3_240
EW3_E230
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 1,403 Blocks (VMS)
718,000 Bytes (DOS)
System Reboot Necessary: Yes
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for EtherWORKS 3/TURBO Drivers.
The following drivers for the DE203, DE204, and DE205 Network
Interface Cards are provided in this kit:
Linux Driver
Microsoft LAN Manager for DOS and OS/2
Native Packet Driver
NDIS 2 MAC Driver for DOS and OS/2
NetWare ODI and IPX Drivers
PATHWORKS Drivers
SCO UNIX Driver
Univel Driver
Windows for Workgroups
Windows NT (3.5x) Drivers for Intel and Alpha AXP
Driver changes from V2.5 to V2.51:
o New EtherWORKS 3 MDI driver (V1.0.2) for SCO OpenServer 5. See
\sco\readme.txt for further details.
o Newly certified EtherWORKS 3 NetWare DOS ODI Client and Server
drivers.
Driver changes from V2.44 to V2.5:
o The Readme files have been updated.
Driver changes from V2.43 to V2.44:
o Updated version of EZWORKS.EXE(V2.11).
Fixes a timing problem when reading the EtherWORKS 3 EEPROM Checksum
on certain machines.
o Updated version of the EtherWORKS 3 Packet driver V1.03.
Changes to the EEPROM timer routine.
Driver changes from V2.42 to V2.43:
o *NEW* setup utility which replaces NICSETUP.
The utility is called EZWORKS and also appears on the PCI Ethernet
family. The utility is invoked by typing SETUP at the A> prompt.
The utility matches all the functionality of NICSETUP including:
+ Easier to use interface
+ Capability to do a complete Novell DOS Client install in less
than a minute. The install can be done via a command line switch
A> setup/novell
or by hitting the [INSTALL] button when accessing the main menu.
o Detect DOS startup menu and place the startup command for a NOS in
that particular menu.
o Command line support for changing Fastbus and 16 bit enabled settings.
o Place the exclude command, e.g. /x=d000-d07f (needed for EMM), in
CONFIG.SYS for a NOS installation.
o Provide information on any display box by just clicking on it.
o Display help on any NOS, location of BBS, WWW page etc. and
Release notes.
o Supports the command line parameter "/status" to show the current
EtherWORKS 3 adapter settings.
o Shows the current conventional memory needed for the EtherWORKS 3
Network Buffer by clicking on "Memory Addr".
Driver change from V2.4 to V2.41:
o OS/2 Warp Connect Remote Install exhibited a "TRAP D" error on the
client PC. This has been resolved by changing the NDIS2 OS/2 driver
to allow zero length buffers. The NDIS2 DOS driver has also been
updated to prevent future problems of the same nature. The new
drivers with this update are version V3.05.
Drivers changes made in the previous ECO kits:
o Changes to README.TXT and RELEASE.NOT.
o Updated NDIS2 OS/2 driver V3.03.
- Fixes a problem with OS/2 Warp.
o Updated (WFW) NDIS3 driver.
- Fixes a problem where under certain conditions data corruption
could occur.
o Updated NDIS2 DOS and OS/2 drivers V3.02.
- Fix for hang with 80286 machines.
o Updated OEMSETNT.INF file for Windows NT V3.5 which will now work
properly with Windows NT V3.51.
o Remove Windows NT V3.1 drivers.
o Updated NDIS2 DOS driver V3.01.
- Multiple Adapter Support
- Reduced program size
- Passes Microsoft Certification Test
o New Novell OS2 ODI driver.
o Updated Windows NT 3.5 drivers(V2.7) which fixes a problem with SMP
systems.
o Updated Windows NT drivers which has the following enhancements:
- Fixes a problem with Windows NT PATHWORKS(network unavailable).
- Card now supports IO Only mode.
- Gateway 2000 system hang fix by placing the card in IO Only mode.
- Performance improvement.
o Updated Packet driver V1.02.
- Support for multiple cards in a PC. See the \PKT_DRVR\README.TXT
file for configuration information.
o Fix to "interrupt" PROTOCOL.INI keyword in WFW OEMSETUP.INF file.
o New WFW's NDIS3 driver V1.19 (Note: supports 32K and 64K
MemoryModes only).
- Improved performance.
- Fixes disconnect and hang problems.
o New Novell IPX device driver, V1.0 added to the software
distribution kit.
o New Univel driver, V1.0, added to the software distribution kit.
o New Linux driver.
The driver is now distributed with the Linux kernel V1.1.61 or
later. Instructions are included in the \LINUX directory for
obtaining the code that will run in kernels after V1.1.33(approx).
but before V1.1.61.......
o New EtherWORKS 3 Packet driver V1.01 added to the software
distribution kit.
o Updated Native PATHWORKS DLLEWRK3.EXE driver V5.0.25.
This fixes a problem where the driver was not processing MULTICAST
messages.
o \IBMCOM directory structure added to facilitate installation under
IBM LAN Requestor.
o Updated NICSETUP.EXE V2.6.7. Many commands performed from NICSETUP
menus can now be executed through command switches. For a brief
description invoke the utility as follows:
c:\> NICSETUP/?
For a complete description please reference the file NICSETUP.TXT
in the root directory of this distribution media.
Note: When executing a command from a switch, /CMD must be
included on the command line.
o Updated SCO UNIX driver V1.3:
- Fixed intermittent spurious interrupt/hang problem.
- Fixed minimum/maximum PDU size to be consistent with TCP/NFS/IPX
requirements.
- Fixed transmit bug that caused NFS write timeouts under heavy load.
o Updated NDIS2 EWRK3.DOS driver version V2.81:
- Changed PROTOCOL.INI parameters. See README.TXT in the \NDIS2\DOS
directory for a further description.
- Fixed bug that caused a hang when the driver was loaded but an
EtherWORKS 3 TURBO card was not installed.
- Driver will ignore ADAPTERS keyword in protocol.ini, rather than
abort the loading of the driver.
o Updated OS/2 driver EWRK3.OS2 driver, V1.03:
- EEPROM checksum error on some PCs
- Trap D after binding on some PCs running IBM's TCP/IP
o Updated NetWare ODI Server driver, V2.02, which passes the NetWare
"Yes, NetWare Tested and Approved" tests for NetWare V3.12 and
NetWare V4.01. The bulletin number is L-2273. This driver will be
included with the soon to be released Netware V4.10.
o Updated NetWare ODI Client driver, V3.03, which passes the NetWare
"Yes, NetWare Tested and Approved" tests for NetWare V3.12 and
NetWare V4.01. The bulletin number(s) are:
Card Bulletin
==== ========
DE203 L-2458
DE204 L-2459
DE205 L-2460
This driver will be included with the soon to be released Netware
V4.10. Changes for the Netware ODI Client driver V3.03 include:
- Support for Promiscuous mode
- Support for Novell Workstation ODI Revision B specification
o Updated Windows NT (V3.5/3.51) device drivers for Intel and Alpha
AXP systems.
- Windows NT V3.5/3.51 (Intel and Alpha AXP) driver V2.07.
+ Supports 2K MemoryMode
+ Supports PIO Mode (Programmed I/O)
o New setup utility (V1.17) for Windows NT on Alpha AXP systems has
been included in the kit. \WINNT\NICAXP.EXE. This utility runs
under the arc console.
INSTALLATION NOTES:
This ECO kit contains PC based files in a self-extracting format.
Follow the steps below for using these files:
1. Copy E3KIT251.EXE onto your PC.
2. Expand E3KIT251.EXE to a blank diskette (as shown) or an empty
directory.
C:\TMP>E3KIT251 -d A:\
This will expand the file into its individual components with
directory structure intact and place them on the diskette in
drive A:\.
*NOTE*
Some Driver Installations require the use of Setup Files and
look for this information on a diskette. For this reason we
suggest expanding the ZIP file to a diskette. This diskette
would replace the driver diskette shipped with the EtherWORKS
adapter.
3. See README.TXT in the root directory for kit installation
information for your platform.
This patch can be found at any of these sites:
Colorado Site
Georgia Site
Files on this server are as follows:
e3kit251.README
e3kit251.CHKSUM
e3kit251.CVRLET_TXT
e3kit251.exe
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