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- Please read this file completely before posting any
- questions to the e-mail support!
-
- Installation
- ------------
-
- Copy the driver for your processor to
- devs:networks/x-surf.device. Don't forget to remove the
- three digits in the name, the device will not work if the
- filename has a "000" or a "040" at the end!
-
- Make a directory in envarc: named "sana2". This can be done
- with your favourite directory tool, or by typing in a shell:
-
- makedir envarc:sana2
-
- Copy the file x-surf.config to that directory, then restart
- your computer, so this directory and file is copied
- automatically to ENV:. If you want to avoid a restart, you
- can also copy the directory to ENV: manually. Remember
- that the old device can only be removed from memory if the
- OpenCount is 0, and you enter "avail flush" in a shell. If
- this is greek to you, a simple restart will serve your
- needs.
-
-
- changes from V1.1
- -----------------
- 1. The new driver now supports more than one X-Surf. Up to
- eight boards are supported. Use the same device, and the
- next unit number to access the next board. The order of the
- unit numbers is taken from the order in the config chain,
- i.e. the X-Surf in the first slot is Unit 0.
-
- 2. The full duplex mode is now supported (20MBit). In order to
- activate it, the config file "env:sana2/x-surf.config" must
- contain the keyword "FullDuplex" followed by "1" for the
- unit you want to activate full duplex for. Example:
-
-
- --- cut ---
-
- # **** x-surf config file *****
- #
- Unit0.FullDuplex 0
- Unit1.FullDuplex 1
-
- --- cut ---
-
- Board number 0 will work with 10Mbit, while board number 1
- uses 20MBit. Comments in the file are marked with a # sign.
- If no configuration file is found, half-duplex mode will be
- activated.
-
- Changes are only stored in the board's EEPROM (non-volatile
- memory) if the config-file and the contents of the EEPROM
- are different.
-
- 3. Timer.device is now being used for all timing-critical
- routines. These are:
-
- - ISA-PNP
- - r/w to/from EEPROM
-
- This avoids the hickups of the mouse pointer during first
- open of the device.
-
- 4. The device now uses soft-interrupts instead of a task to
- serve the hardware-IRQs.
-
- 5. The size of the driver has been reduced by some optimizing
- of the code. This has also improved the speed, the
- performance of this driver is now even better.
-
- 6. The Promisc-mode of the driver has been corrected (reception
- of all packets of the network).
-
-
-
- Tests
- -----
-
- The driver is working properly on all test-computers since a
- couple of days. Some hubs do not display the full-duplex
- mode, but it can be used (proof: performance stays stable
- when adding another data stream in the opposite direction).
- Especially Kingston-Hubs do not seem to display the full
- duplex mode (LED stays off).
-
- We still don't know where the problem with Mac-emulators is
- located. Please report any changes with this new driver,
- because we believe that the corrected promisc-mode could be
- a solution. None of the beta-testers has a Mac-emulator, so
- we need your help in order to test this.
-
-
- Versions
- --------
-
- There are versions for 68000, 68020 and 68040 processors.
- Many customers have asked for specialized versions for 68030
- and 68060 processors, and I want to answer these questions
- here:
-
- The different versions are only different regarding the
- addressing modes of the specific processor. Since 68020 and
- 68030 are identical in the used addressing modes, it would
- not make any sense to re-compile for 68030. The same
- applies to 68060 processors: A re-compilation would result
- in an identical binary file with a different file name. I
- hope this answers all questions in this regard, and the
- e-mail support can answer more important questions.
-
- If you have any comments, bugreports or something similar,
- for example just want to tell us that the driver works as
- you expected, feel free to write:
-
- jens@siliconsonic.de
-