

                              W840OD.LAN

                    Winbond Electronics Corporation



Description:

  1. W840OD.LAN is a Novell ODI Server Driver and defaults to the IEEE 802.2
     frame type.

  2. If there is only one 840 card, the driver will automatically read IOBASE
     and IRQ from the PCI Configuration Space.

  3. If there is more than one 840 card, user must input a specified Slot
     Number.


Use:

  Please refer to the readme.txt file under \NWSERVER.4X directory.


Troubles Shooting:

  1. Message: 'Supported I/O port values are NONE.
               All supported options are ALREADY in use.
               SERVER-4.10-1553: Module initialization failed
                  Module W840OD.LAN NOT loaded.'
     Solution: Make sure that your W89C840 PCI card is plugged into the system.


Histories of Release:

    ***) 2.00,  09-10-1997
         First release.

    ***) 2.10,  09-22-1997
         1. Decrease the utilization of the CPU.
         2. Fix the bug that the driver loaded twice for two cards will down in
            Netware 3.12 OS.

    ***) 2.20,  09-25-1997
         For passing 32-Bit Driver Test of the DDK 5.0(86/7/6).

    ***) 2.30,  11-21-1997
         For passing 32-Bit Driver Test of the DDK 5.0(86/9/8).

    ***) 2.60,  02-05-1998
         For passing 32-Bit Driver Test in SMP environment.

    ***) 2.70,  02-25-1998
         To change the default of txearly from disable to enable.

    ***) 2.80, 03-26-1998
         Fix the bug that this driver can not let the client station to attach
         successfully when it is running in NetWare 5 OS.

    ***) 2.90, 06-02-1998
         1. Add one parameter 'Nway',
         2. Fix the bug issued by DavidCom's PHY.
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