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STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION
Microsoft Windows NT v3.51/v4.0 and Windows 95
NDIS v3.1 Driver (Miniport)
For EtherPower, EtherPower^2, and the EtherPower 10/100 Family
of PCI Network Cards
This software is licensed by SMC for use by its customers only.
Copyright (c) 1996 Standard Microsystems Corporation.
All rights reserved.
Version 4.14 26 November 1996
The NDIS driver is designed to work with Ethernet LAN Network cards. It
conforms to the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) v3.1
defined by Microsoft.
VERSION HISTORY
-- Version 4.14 (Current Version) --
Fixed a problem with Full duplex which caused failures on the test
suite and bad performance.
-- Version 4.13 --
Added full NWAY support for certain cards.
Added support for the Unlimited Burst Length option.
-- Version 4.12 --
Fixed a problem with the 9332BVT card.
-- Version 4.11 --
Added support for both "Wake On Lan" and v4.00 SROM fromats.
-- Version 4.1 --
Added support for new cards.
Added support for a full duplex LED indicator.
Added support for the PCI's Memory_Read_Multiple command.
Fixed the card's de-allocation resource routine.
Fixed a problem with the Full_Duplex mode.
Fixed a problem with the Transmit Threshold.
-- Version 4.03 --
Modified detection code to work on newer boards.
-- Version 4.02--
Fixed the Overflow problem for the 9332 family of network cards.
Added the Registry key, InterruptMitigation, in order to enable
the interrupt mitigation algorithm
-- Version 4.01--
Added support for the 9334BDT and 9332BVT network cards.
Added support for the Microlinear ML6692 physical layer device.
Added speed sensing workaround for National's DP8340 physical
device.
Fixed a problem with excessive underruns.
Modify the support for Nway media autonegotiation for the 8432E
network card.
-- Version 3.1 --
Added single media network card with no link indication to the
Autosense option.
Added MII PHY support.
Known limitations:
1. For Microsoft Windows NT v4.0 - the driver UPDATE function cannot
be used to replace the driver under the \WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS
directory.
2. For Microsoft Windows NT v4.0 - the driver HELP file states
"The wire should be connected before the system boots and media
cannot be switched during run time." This is no longer the case.
The SMC9332BDT EtherPower 10/100 network card supports cable
switching during run time.
-- Version 3.0 -
Added support for the 9332BDT network card.
Added Nway support for the 8432E.
Transmit threshold values are now programmable through the
Registry. Use "TxmThreshold" for 10base media and
"TxmThreshold100" for 100base media.
Fixed a problem with Transmit Packets smaller or equal to 256
bytes.
Interrupt and Frame threshold are now programmable through the
Registry's. Use "InterruptThreshold" & "FrameThreshold".
Fixed a problem with underrun packets so that they will be
automatically retransmitted by the driver.
-- Version 2.44 -
Updated driver for the PowerPC version of this driver.
-- Version 2.42 --
Initial release. Version number synchronized with WIN NT driver.
This commercial computer software and documentation is provided with
RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the
Government is subject to restrictions set forth in subparagraph
(c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software
clause at DFARS 252.227-7013, or subparagraphs (c) (1) and (2) of the
Commercial Computer Software -- Restricted Rights clause at
FAR 52.227-19, or Alternate III of the Rights in Data -- General
clause at FAR 52.227-14, as applicable. The manufacturer /
subcontractor is Standard Microsystems Corporation, 80 Arkay Drive,
Hauppauge, NY 11788.
SMC and Standard Microsystems are registered trademarks; and EtherPower,
EtherPower^2, EtherPower 10/100, EZStart, and SuperDisk are trademarks
of Standard Microsystems Corporation. Other product and company names
are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.