STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION

            Novell NetWare OS/2 Workstation Requester Driver
                      For Ethernet LAN Adapters

                        RELEASE INFORMATION

                  Version 4.02         22 April 1996

VERSION HISTORY

-- Version 4.02 --

   Updated driver to OS/2 ODI v2.1 specifications. 
   This release refreshes the node address registers of the 8416 if they
   have been overwritten before the driver loads.

-- Version 4.01 --

   Added support for Automatic Media Detection.

-- Version 4.00 --

   Added support for I/O mapped boards.

-- Version 3.04 --

   Added fix to prevent receive underuns.

-- Version 3.03 --

   Recompiled with latest LMAC to support 8003 and Microchannel adapters.

-- Version 3.02 --

   Added fix for 8-bit 8003 adapters. 

-- Version 3.01 --

   Updated driver with new Novell MSM (v2.02) and Ethernet TSM (v1.13) modules 
   to fix OS/2 Requester SPX timeout problem.
   Added LMAC changes to fix Tx underrun condition.

-- Version 3.00 --

   Added support for 8216 series adapters.  
   The SMC8000.SYS driver supports all SMC 8XXX series Ethernet 
   adapters.

-- Version 2.15 --

   Corrects excessive out of resources and improves performance.

-- Version 2.13 --

   Fixed inoperability when adapter is set to IRQ 2.

-- Version 2.12 --

   Updated driver messages.

-- Version 2.11 --

   Fixed lockup when using 8003ET/A adapters.

-- Version 2.10 --

   Made various driver names consistent, so that Link Driver and
   bind names are all SMC8000.

-- Version 2.00 --

   Rewrote driver to support multiple protocol stacks and to 
   provide support for OS/2 V2.0. Name of driver changed to
   SMC8000.SYS
  
-- Version 1.23 --

   Fixed minor problem in Novell Certification tests.

-- Version 1.22 --

   Fixed minor problems in Novell certification tests.

-- Version 1.21 --

   This adds support for the WD83C690 chip.
   Also, it discontinues support for Promiscuous
   Receive.  The Reception Control I/O Control
   routine, and all Promiscuous routines will
   now return an error.
   There is also additional support for 8013EP/A 
   and 8013WP/A.

-- Version 1.20 --

   Added support for the 8003EP.
   Added support for the 8013EB, 8013W, and 8013EW.
   Works with OS/2 Version 1.2.

-- Version 1.10f --

   The user must specify a slot number for use
   with Micro Channel machines.

-- Version 1.10e --

   Problems found in 1.10d have been fixed.
   However, this is still a pre-release version.

-- Version 1.10d --

   All problems associated with Version 1.10c have been
   fixed.
   StarLAN is supported.
   The NET.CFG may be used to select a MicroChannel slot
   number.

-- Version 1.10c --

   MicroChannel code has been tested and debugged.
   Most configuration error handling has been implemented.
   StarLAN boards are not supported.
   Using the NET.CFG file to specify a MicroChannel slot
   will not work. The driver will always search for
   the adapter starting at slot 1.
   Novell test suite has not been run on this driver
   because none of those test suites were available.

-- Version 1.10b --

   Added support for all boards but did not test
   MicroChannel code.
   Driver is configurable, but configuration error handling
   is not finished.

-- Version 1.10a --

   Ported from 3com 3c503 driver written by Ian Stiles &
   Drex C. Dixon on 5/22/89.
   Only works on 8003E compatable boards configured for
   bio=280, irq=3, RAMbase=0x000D0000, and RAMsize=8k.


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