IBM-AUSTRIA - PC-HW-Support    30 Aug 1999

New Features

1.  Modifications due to a warning from idistributed routine on  some platforms. Changed the space.h file and altered the installation procedure.
2.  Changed Space.c file to allow autonegotiation as the default mode.
3.  Changed pnt-pci file to increase device number range to 24.

•  96bit IPG
•  Override auto-negotiation and automatic network port selection  via keywords provided in space.c
  •  To select a connecting medium, make only one variable from AUI,  (internal) 10BaseT, or MII equal to '1'. If AUI, 10BaseT, and  MII are all '0', then automatic port selection is activated.  Only the MII port is supported on the IBM Netfinity 5500 and  this port will be selected if automatic port selection is enabled.
  •  To select 100 Mbits speed, set the variable SPEED100 to '1'  in the space.c file. Set it to '0' to select 10 Mbits speed.
  •  To select full duplex mode, set FULLDUP to '1' in the space.c  file. Set FULLDUP to '0' for half duplex mode.

•  LED programming via keyword provided in space.h
  •  The LED keyword is provided for knowledgeable users who want to  override the default settings. If the user provides specific  values for the LEDs in the driver's space.h file, then these  values override the factory default values. The user specified  values are then reflected by the adapter's LEDs.

     Go to the directory /etc/conf/pack.d/pnt/ in the system where  the pnt driver config files are located. The space.h files  contain the driver LED values. If the values are all 0xFFFFFFFF  then the driver takes the default LED values from the EEPROM.  The user can edit the space.h file to reflect the desired LED  values. After the change is made, link the kernel by the command

      /etc/conf/cf.d/link_unix

     Reboot and when the system comes up the new LED value is reflected by the LEDs.

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