                  STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION

                      DOS and OS/2 NDIS Drivers
             For ISA and MicroChannel EtherNet LAN Adapters

   This software is licensed by SMC for use by its customers only.
        Copyright (c) 1994 Standard Microsystems Corporation.
                         All rights reserved.

                 RELEASE INFORMATION FOR SMC8000.DOS

                   Version 4.02     4 May 1995


This driver conforms to the 3COM/Microsoft LAN Manager Network
Driver Interface Specification, version 2.0.1, 8 October 1990.

This driver successfully passes the Microsoft Certification
Test Suite.

This release information describes:

o  Known problems with the DOS and OS/2 NDIS drivers.

o  The version history of the DOS and OS/2 NDIS drivers.

Note: This driver supports all 8216 (Ultra), 80xx (Elite),
      80xx (PLUS), and 8416 (EtherEZ) Series ISA, EISA, and Micro
      Channel Ethernet adapters.


CONSIDERATIONS

The driver may fail under certain extremely heavy traffic
conditions, when more than 5 simultaneous sessions are
running on a single OS/2 workstation connected to an IBM
LAN Server 3.0 network.

Specifically, this symptom has been observed on a PS/2 model 35
and PS/2 model 40.


VERSION HISTORY

-- Version 4.02 (Current Version) --

    Added support to check frames for multicast or broadcast status.

-- Version 4.01 --

   Added two new keywords for the protocol.ini file: CLOAK which will
      enable cloaking and ALLOWRIPL which will enable the driver to
      be RIPL loaded.
   Added multiple adapter support.

-- Version 4.00 --

   Added Cloaking technology to use the driver in protected memory.
   NOTE:  This driver will not support PC-Agent when it is loaded in
      protected memory (cloaked).

-- Version 3.10 --

   Fixed a problem with cable disconnects.

-- Version 3.09 --

   Fixed a problem with the driver in SunSoft's PC-NFS.

-- Version 3.08 --

   Fixed a problem with the Transmit Timeout routine.

-- Version 3.07 --

   Added support for 8416 Auto Media Detection.

-- Version 3.06 --

   Fixed Driver Reset Code.

-- Version 3.05 --

   Added support for future adapters.
   Fixed machine lockup with PCTCP when cable is disconnected.

-- Version 3.04 --

   Added two adapter support.  Fixed connect problem.

-- Version 3.03 --

   Added LMAC support for 790.

-- Version 3.02 --

   Added simultasking support to the 8216 Ultra adapters.

-- Version 3.01 --

   Added support for 8216 series adapters.

-- Version 2.01 --

   Two adapters are now supported with only one "DEVICE=" line
   in the CONFIG.SYS file.

-- Version 2.00 --

   This driver replaced the SMC v1.x NDIS Ethernet driver for
   all SMC Ethernet adapters.


                 RELEASE INFORMATION FOR SMC8000.OS2

                   Version 3.07     2 August 1994


This driver conforms to the 3COM/Microsoft LAN Manager Network
Driver Interface Specification, version 2.0.1, 8 October 1990.

This driver successfully passes the Microsoft Certification
Test Suite.

This release information describes:

o  Known problems with the DOS and OS/2 NDIS drivers.

o  The version history of the DOS and OS/2 NDIS drivers.

Note: This driver supports all 8216 (Ultra), 80xx (Elite),
      80xx (PLUS), and 8416 (EtherEZ) Series ISA, EISA, and Micro
      Channel Ethernet adapters.


CONSIDERATIONS

The driver may fail under certain extremely heavy traffic
conditions, when more than 5 simultaneous sessions are
running on a single OS/2 workstation connected to an IBM
LAN Server 3.0 network.

Specifically, this symptom has been observed on a PS/2 model 35
and PS/2 model 40.


VERSION HISTORY

-- Version 3.07 (Current Version) --

   Added support for 8416 Auto Media Detection.

-- Version 3.06 --

   Fixed Driver Reset Code.

-- Version 3.05 --

   Added support for future adapters.
   Fixed machine lockup with PCTCP when cable is disconnected.

-- Version 3.04 --

   Added two adapter support.  Fixed connect problem.

-- Version 3.03 --

   Added LMAC support for 790.

-- Version 3.02 --

   Added simultasking support to the 8216 Ultra adapters.

-- Version 3.01 --

   Added support for 8216 series adapters.

-- Version 2.01 --

   Two adapters are now supported with only one "DEVICE=" line
   in the CONFIG.SYS file.

-- Version 2.00 --

   This driver replaced the SMC v1.x NDIS Ethernet driver for
   all SMC Ethernet adapters.


PROTOCOL.INI PARAMETERS

Several parameters are typically specified in the SMC8000 section of
the PROTOCOL.INI file. The only parameter that must be specified
is the 'DriverName'. All others have default values supplied by the
driver and can be omitted from the PROTOCOL.INI file if the
installed adapter matches the default configuration. Software-
configurable and Micro Channel adapters ignore the values of IRQ,
IOBase and RAMAddress and instead use the values in the POS
registers set up when the card was installed.

Below is a list of parameters and their definitions commonly found
in the PROTOCOL.INI file. Both default values and possible value
ranges are provided for each parameter.

IOBase       Specifies the base I/O address used by the adapter.
             The default is 0x280. This parameter is required for
             all ISA adapters.

SlotNumber   Specifies the number of the slot containing the
             adapter card in a Micro Channel machine. This
             parameter is a decimal number in the range of 1 - 10
             and is required for all Micro Channel adapters.

NetAddress   Overrides the factory set network address of the
             network adapter. The value of this parameter is a
             hexadecimal string of 12 digits between double
             quotation marks. The address must be unique among
             all network addresses on the network.

The following parameters are required for WD adapters, which are not
software configurable

IRQ          Specifies the interrupt used by the adapter. The
             default is 3,

RAMAddress   Specifies the Shared RAM segment address used by the
             adapter. The default is 0xD000.


USING MEMORY MANAGERS

After installing your SMC adapter and drivers, use EZStart to view
your adapter's RAM Window.  Then add an "exclude" statement to the
"DEVICE=" line in your CONFIG.SYS file to exclude the RAM Window.
To exclude the RAM Window between 0000 and D3FF using DOS memory
manager EMM386, for example, add:

     DEVICE=EMM386.EXE  X=D000-D3FF

If you use a memory manager other than EMM386, refer to the manual
that came with it for information on how to exclude memory.

If you use Microsoft Windows 3.x or Windows for Workgroups, use
EZStart to view your adapter's RAM Window, then exclude it from
the "386 Enhanced" area of your SYSTEM.INI file.  The following
example shows how to exclude the RAM Window between D000 and
D3FF using EMM386:

     [386Enh]
     EMMEXCLUDE=D000-D3FF


ERROR MESSAGES

"Could not find an adapter [at slot ___] [at I/O base address ___]"
The driver could not find an adapter at the specified location.

"Cannot access adapter RAM properly"
The memory test for adapter memory failed.

"Adapter hardware failure detected (self-test)"
There was an unidentified failure during adapter initialization.

"Adapter hardware failure detected during initialization"
The hardware did not respond correctly to initialization
commands.

"Other system RAM already occupies adapter RAM address space"
There is a RAM conflict with the adapter RAM.

"Other system ROM already occupies adapter RAM address space"
There is a rom conflict with adapter RAM.

"RAM base address chosen for driver does not match adapter
configuration"
The RAM base address must be specified by EZSTART. The definition
in the configuration file must be removed.

"IRQ chosen for driver does not match adapter configuration"
The IRQ value must be specified by EZSTART. The definition in the
configuration file must be removed.

"RAM size chosen for driver does not match adapter configuration"
The RAM size is stored on the adapter and is fixed in size. The
definition in the configuration file must be removed.

"Adapter IRQ higher than 7 not valid in 8-bit slot"
Adapter RAM base address is set to an illegal boundary. Adapter RAM
must start on 200h boundaries.

"I/O base address chosen for driver not valid"
The adapter I/O base address must be set between 200h-ec0h on a 20h
boundary.

"RAM base address chosen for driver not valid (out of range)"
The RAM base address must be between a000h-c000h.

"IRQ chosen for driver not valid (out of range)"
IRQ values must be between 2-15.

"RAM size chosen for driver not valid (out of range)"
RAM size must be either 200h (8k) or 400h (16k).

"Adapter configuration information corrupted; run software setup
program"
The onboard EEROM contents have been corrupted. Please run EZSTART
to verify and correct.



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SMC and Standard Microsystems are registered trademarks; and EtherEZ,
EtherCard Elite 16 Ultra, EtherCard Elite 16T Ultra, EtherCard Elite
16C Ultra, EliteSeries, EZStart, and SuperDisk are trademarks of
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