RELEASE.TXT Diagnostic Driver for the DIGITAL ATMworks 351 PCI ATM Adapter ============================================ Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation, 1997. All Rights Reserved. Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States. RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in Subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of DFARS 252.227-7013, or in FAR 52.227-19, as applicable. Contents: 1. VERSION INFORMATION 2. KNOWN BUGS 3. LIMITATIONS 4. BUG FIXES AND NEW FEATURES *********************** * VERSION INFORMATION * *********************** To determine the version number of an existing driver, highlight the dglpadia.sys filename using the file manager (usually \winnt35\system32\drivers\dglpadia.sys or \winnt40\...) and use the file->properties pull down menu to view the version number. ************** * KNOWN BUGS * ************** If the FULL test suite is run without an external loopback cable, some packet tests fail. While it is unnecessary to have an external loopback cable for the FULL test suite, it advisable to have an external loopback cable installed whenever the FULL diagnostic test suite is executed. *************** * LIMITATIONS * *************** Refer to the diagwrks.hlp file in the \winnt directory on your installation floppy or in \winnt\system32. Diagnostics are unsupported on an Alpha 4100 under Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51. Diagnostics are unsupported on an Alpha Station 600 running Window NT 4.0. Diagnostics are unsupported on a Digital Prioris ZX5000 MP. If you are installing diagnostics from the CD, you must type "cd_drive:\diags\", where cd_drive is the letter assigned to the cd drive on your machine, when NT prompts you for the source directory during the installation phase of the Network Control Panel Applet. If you are installing from a floppy, the installation procedure defaults to "A:\". Correct this as needed. ****************************** * BUG FIXES AND NEW FEATURES * ****************************** FOR VERSION 1.00 Corrected bug in DIAGwrks. DIAGwrks would not be able to locate the help file following version 0.2. Corrected software so that DIAGwrks now looks in expected directory despite the current working directory. There were several minor changes to the diagnostic driver. The driver now uses VCs in the upper range for the VC mode currently configured on the hardware. Other modifications were incidental. Also corrected a bug in the receive data FIFO overflow test. The test now looks for the proper failure conditions. FOR VERSION 0.2 This version adds a file called mac_addr.txt which contains the MAC addresses for those NICs passing all tests. DIAGwrks creates the file when the MAC Address button is selected on the test page after the test suite has executed on at least one NIC. The file is guaranteed to be up-to-date when the above conditions are followed. NOTE: Run the EXTENDED test suite prior to selecting the MAC Address button. The Board page may be interrupted when running in the continuous mode. To use this feature, select the Alt-o keyboard buttons. DIAGworks will finish executing the current set of tests and, when complete, stops all testing. You should not have to wait more than the current test suite completion time before stopping the testing. DIAGwrks correctly handles missing physical adapters on boot-up. Release version 0.1 would not recognize any ATMworks 351 if the "first" adapter it searched for was missing. This version finds any NIC regardless of where it is installed. The diagnostic driver has a bug fix for the EEROM test. On occasion the EEROM test would fail reporting an incorrect prefix, e.g. 0xFD08002B. The test now initializes the expected value correctly and parses the actual value correctly. FOR VERSION 0.1 None FOR VERSION 0.0 This is the initial release. ==================== TRADEMARKS DEC, DIGITAL, and DECpc are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders.