nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (06/09/89)
In article <244@opus.NMSU.EDU> rocks@nmsu.edu (Dave Rocks) writes:
I need a packet driver for 3C523mc adapter for NCSA TELNET and
NOVELL.
You and about a billion other people. Anyway, release 3.x of the
Clarkson packet driver collection is now available. The READ.ME file
appears below.
Availability
The Clarkson collection of packet drivers is available by FTP, by
archive-server, and by modem.
FTP:
sun.soe.clarkson.edu:/pub/ka9q/drivers.arc
grape.ecs.clarkson.edu:/e/tcpip/drivers.arc
flash.bellcore.com:/pub/ka9q/drivers.arc
louie.udel.edu:/pub/ka9q/drivers.arc
(On these last two, look in /pub first -- I had to ask the sysadmins to
move the drivers to /pub/ka9q, and they may not have gotten around to it.)
Archive-server:
Send mail to archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu and put the following
command as the body of your message:
send ka9q drivers01
Repeat for drivers02, drivers03, and drivers04. Combine the four parts
and unarchive it.
Modem:
Call the Clarkson Heath User's Group's BBS: (315)268-6667, 8N1,
1200/2400 Baud, 24 hours. Change to file area 24 and download drivers.arc.
Opus:
260/360 in the Nodelist. Drivers.arc is file requestable.
Release 3.0 of the Clarkson packet drivers
If you are a user, all you need do is locate the correct packet driver for your
interface, and read DRIVERS.DOC.
Enclosed you will find
3C501.ASM Device dependent 3COM 3C501 code.
3C501.COM Executable for a packet driver for the 3COM 3C501.
3C503.ASM Device dependent 3COM 3C503 code.
3C503.COM Executable for a packet driver for the 3COM 3C503.
3C523.ASM Device dependent 3COM 3C523 code.
3C523.COM Executable for a packet driver for the 3COM 3C523.
DEFS.ASM Definitions and macros.
DRIVERS.DOC User documentation.
GENERIC.ASM Device dependent generic code (a skeleton only).
HEAD.ASM Resident device independent generic code.
MAKEFILE Makefile. Uses tasm and tlink, but MS may work.
NI5010.ASM Device dependent Interlan NI5010 code.
NI5010.COM Executable for a packet driver for the Interlan NI5010.
NI5210.ASM Device dependent MICOM-Interlan NI5210 code.
NI5210.COM Executable for a packet driver for the MICOM-Interlan NI5210.
PACKETQA.TXT Questions from R. Nelson and Answers from jbvb@vax.ftp.com
PACKET_D.108 Packet driver spec version 1.08
READ.ME This file.
README.503 Bob Clements' README file for the 3c503.
SLIP8250.ASM Device dependent SLIP driver using IBM-PC 8250.
SLIP8250.COM Executable for a SLIP packet driver for the IBM-PC 8250.
TAIL.ASM Non-resident device independent generic code.
WD8003E.ASM Device dependent Western Digital WD-8003e code.
WD8003E.COM Executable for a packet driver for the Western Digital WD-8003e.
I have been in a quandry for some time about the credit that I should take
for these packet drivers. I created the infrastructure for the packet
drivers, but all of the device dependent portions were written by other
people. So I feel uncomfortable about taking all the credit. Probably
the best term to describe what I do is "Editor and publisher", because I
perform a function similar to that served in the literary world. So, I
sign myself,
Russell Nelson, Editor of the Clarkson packet drivers.
nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu, nelson@clutx.bitnet
Changes from version 2.0 to 3.0 of the drivers:
NOTE: Only the SLIP8250, NI5210, and 3c523 drivers have been tested. All
others are believed to work.
GNU General Public License adopted. The restriction on commercial usage
prevented some companies from distributing the packet drivers. This
is entirely my idea, so send any comments to nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu.
3c523 driver added, thanks to Dan Lanciani (ddl@harvard.edu).
Gregg Stefanik (wstef@eng.clemson.edu) is working on a 3c505 driver. Don't
bug him about it unless you're willing to be a alpha tester.
User documentation added (DRIVERS.DOC).
Brad Clements (no relation to Bob Clements) fixed the NI5210 driver so that
it will work with a MTU of 1500.
The NI5210 now checks for shorts and opens before it starts up, thanks to
Brad.
All memory-mapped packet drivers now check the packet length in send_pkt to
ensure that too-long packets get trapped. All packet drivers will
work with MTUs of 1500 (plus 14 bytes of Ethernet header).
Deborah Swanberg noticed that attach_type was returning NO_CLASS
when it meant to return NO_TYPE.
She also noted that packet drivers weren't returning unique handles. This
is only a problem with Phil Karn's code, as his code directs *every*
packet driver to the same receiver routine. With non-unique handles,
it was impossible to tell which packet driver was upcalling the
receiver. Unique handles are now generated, based on the starting
segment of the driver. The latest version of Karn's code uses different
receiver routines, so the code to implement this will eventually go away.
Tail.asm now prints the Ethernet address of the interface (if it is an Ethernet
class device)
Micom has sold Interlan, and Racal has bought it, so perhaps the NI5210 is
now the Racal-Interlan NI5210?
If anyone is interested in using the Zenith Z-100 with a SLIP packet driver, please
send me (Russell Nelson) mail. I have it partially written, but will
probably never use it myself.
WD8003E and 3c503 sped up slightly -- stole movemem from NI5210.
Changes from version 3 to 2.0 of the drivers:
Version numbering now changed. If the skeleton changes, the major version is
incremented and all the minor versions are reset to zero.
Support for version 1.08 of the packet driver spec included.
Bob Clements' 3c503 driver added. See README.503.
Some comments improved.
BAD_COMMAND checking code fixed.
cld instructions added to ensure that DF=0.
NI5210 sped up slightly -- look at movemem in ni5210.asm for an especially
fast routine to move memory around.
Changes from version 2 to 3 of the drivers:
SLIP8250 can now be one of three classes: SLIP, AX.25, and KISS.
Tail.asm now checks for a packet driver already at the given interrupt.
Tail.asm now echoes its arguments in hex and decimal.
Tail.asm will close stdout so that a file handle won't be used up in
case the user redirects stdout to NUL.
Head.asm now supports driver termination.
Termin.com added to terminate a driver.
Head.asm now does a stack swap to avoid pushing too many things when
interrupting MS-LOSS.
Changes from version 1 to 2 of the drivers:
!! Arguments are now in decimal by default !! Use a 0x prefix for hex.
DEFS.ASM created.
The loadport macro improved.
SLIP8250 driver added, thanks for a C version from Phil Karn.
I've tried to put some 16550 support in, but I don't have one to
test it with. The documentation insists the TBRE goes low when
the transmit buffer is not empty, while it makes sense for it to stay
high while the buffer is not full. I suspect the documentation is
wrong.
NI5010 driver added, thanks for a C version from Bill Doster.
WD8003 driver added, by Bob Clements.
Loadport macro added to WD8003 driver by Russell Nelson.
Numeric arguments may now be specified in octal, decimal or hex, using the
C notation.
Numeric arguments can now use up to 32 bits.
Source files reformatted.
--
--russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu])
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