STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION
NDIS driver
For Ethernet LAN Adapters
GENERAL INSTALLATION GUIDE
This software is licensed by SMC for use by its customers only.
Copyright (c) 1995 Standard Microsystems Corporation.
All rights reserved.
This installation guide provides the following instructions:
1. Overview
2. Configuration
3. PROTOCOL.INI Parameters
4. Error Messages
1. OVERVIEW
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The NDIS driver is designed to work with all SMC Ultra and EtherCard
Families and the older WD Ethernet LAN Adapters. It conforms to the
Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) version 2.0.1 defined
by Microsoft/3Com. The driver has been tested with Microsoft LAN
Manager, 3Com 3+Open, IBM LAN Server, IBM PC LAN Program,
DEC Pathworks and other NDIS compatible network operating systems and
protocol stacks.
SUPPLIED FILES:
NDIS.DOC Installation Guide (this File)
SMC8000.OS2 OS/2 NDIS MAC driver
SMC8000.DOS DOS NDIS MAC driver
PROTOCOL.INI PROTOCOL.INI file sample
SMCDOSMC.NIF NIF file for Micro Channel adapters
using DOS and IBM LAN Server
SMCOS2MC.NIF NIF file for Micro Channel adapters
using OS/2 and IBM LAN Server
SMCDOSAT.NIF NIF file for AT adapters using DOS
and IBM LAN Server
SMCOS2AT.NIF NIF file for AT adapters using OS/2
and IBM LAN Server
SMCDOSJP.NIF NIF file for Western Digital EtherCard
PLUS adapters using DOS and IBM LAN
Server
SMCOS2JP.NIF NIF file for Western Digital EtherCard
PLUS adapters using OS/2 and IBM LAN
Server
SMC.MSG OS/2 Driver Message File
Install the adapter card in your PC using the instructions in the
Installation Guide included with the adapter.
2. Configuration
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The SMC NDIS drivers may be used to install one or two adapter
cards. When installing a LAN software, select either one or two SMC
Adapters. When the LAN setup exits, examine the CONFIG.SYS
file and the PROTOCOL.INI file.
1. The CONFIG.SYS file should have only one DEVICE= line that
contains the SMC8000.XXX driver for DOS/OS2.
For example:
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN\DRIVERS\ETHERNET\SMC8000\SMC8000.DOS
or
DEVICE=C:\LSP\SMC8000.DOS
or
DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\MACS\SMC8000.OS2
2. The PROTOCOL.INI file should specify one or two SMC8000$ entries.
a. For the first adapter
[SMC8000_NIF]
DriverName = SMC8000$
IOBase = 0x280
For the second adapter
[SMC80002_NIF]
DriverName = SMC8000$
IOBase = 0x300
Make sure the IOBase value does not conflict with the
value provided for the first adapter, and that it matches
the second adapter setting. Always include an IOBase
statement with the DriverName.
b. For Micro Channel adapters, for the first adapter
[SMC8000_NIF]
DriverName = SMC8000$
SlotNumber = 3
For the second adapter
[SMC8000_NIF]
DriverName = SMC8000$
SlotNumber = 4
Make sure the SlotNumber value does not conflict with the
value provided for the first adapter, and that it matches
the second adapter setting. Always include a SlotNumber
statement with the DriverName.
c. A sample entry for an older WD Ethernet adapter which
is not software configurable
[SMC8000_NIF]
DriverName = SMC8000$
IOBase = 0x300
RAMAddress = 0xCC00
IRQ = 5
3. Modify adapter values so that the two adapters do not use
the same values for I/O Base Address, RAM Address and IRQ.
Refer to the adapter's Installation Guide for information
about these parameters.
3. PROTOCOL.INI PARAMETERS
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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 left out of 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
quatation marks. The address must be unique among
all network addresses on the network.
CLOAK will enable cloaking. THIS MUST BE ADDED to the
protocol.ini in order for cloaking to work.
ALLOWRIPL enables the driver to be RIPL loaded in an OS/2
environment.
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.
4. ERROR MESSAGES
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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 fram.
Other system ROM already occupies adapter RAM address space.
There is a rom conflict with adapter ram.
Adapter unable to insert into network.
The adapter was unable to re-initialize and re-open the
adapter.
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 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 on illegal boundary.
Adapter ram must start on 200h boundaries.
I/O base address chosen for driver not valid.
The adapter i/o base must be between 200h-ec0h on a 20h
boundary.
RAM base address chosen for driver not valid (out of range).
The ram base must be between a000h-c000h
IRQ chosen for driver not valid (out of range).
IRQ values are 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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