[comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc] Problems with V8 packet drivers and int_no

JSBOUR@UALR.BITNET (Steve Bour) (03/28/91)

>I could not get IBMTOKEN.COM from version 8 to work.  However, the
>driver from version 7 works for us.  We load it as follows:
>
>     ibmtoken 0x66 0
>               |   |__ card # ( you could have two token-ring cards)
>               |______ software interrupt vector ( between 60 and 7f)
>
>Also, version 6 worked ok but would not recognize the last parameter
>for the card number (default was 0).

I had to hack on TAIL.ASM to get the version 8 one to work; seems it was
assuming that IBMTOKEN.ASM (or any other packet driver, for that matter)
needed a qualified HARDWARE interrupt number, and had parsed it from the
command line (thus the confusing error about int_no needing to be between
2 and 15 when you know the SOFTWARE interrupt should be between 0x60 and
0x67).

(PS -- I'll just bet this is the problem with IPXPKT and the localtkl
driver as well)

Steve Bour
JSBOUR@UALR (BITNET)
jsbour@ualrspider.uark.edu (Temporary Internet)
jsbour@ualr.edu (someday, I hope)