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- Installation
- ------------
- For detailed instructions on how to install the RM Ethernet MCA Adapter, refer
- to the document "RM Ethernet-16 Card, Installation Supplement", a copy of which
- has been supplied. By default, the adaptor is set to use base port address
- 0x300, interrupt request level 3, and the cheapernet connector.
-
- If a single instance of the RM Ethernet MCA MAC driver is required, then the
- ADAPTORADDRESS keyword may be omitted from the PROTOCOL.INI file. If more than
- one instance of the driver is required, then each section in PROTOCOL.INI must
- contain an ADAPTORADDRESS keyword indicating the base port address of the
- required adaptor.
-
- Note that the first instance of the RM Ethernet MCA MAC driver adopts the driver
- name RMETH$. Subsequent instances adopt the names RMETH1$ to RMETH3$. The
- relevant section in the PROTOCOL.INI file is identified by means of the
- parameter to the DRIVERNAME keyword.
-
-
- Trouble Shooting
- ----------------
- The RM Ethernet MAC driver may produce any one of a number of messages at load
- time. The possible messages and their meanings are listed below.
-
- MAC1001E: Protocol Manager not found
-
- The RM Ethernet MAC driver failed to open the device PROTMAN$. Check that the
- Protocol Manager has been correctly loaded before the MAC driver.
-
- MAC1003E: Initialization Error
-
- The RM Ethernet MAC driver failed to register with the Protocol Manager.
-
- MAC1004W: PROTOCOL.INI keyword error := <keyword>
-
- The RM Ethernet MAC driver has encountered an unrecognized keyword in the
- relevant section of the PROTOCOL.INI file. Check that PROTOCOL.INI contains
- only keywords which are described in the relevant README.INI file.
-
- MAC1005W: PROTOCOL.INI parameter error := <parameter>
-
- The RM Ethernet MAC driver has encountered a bad parameter for one of the
- keywords in the relevant section of the PROTOCOL.INI file. Check that
- PROTOCOL.INI contains only keyword parameters which are described in the
- relevant README.INI file.
-
- MAC1006W: PROTOCOL.INI DRIVER parameters not found
-
- The RM Ethernet MAC driver has failed to locate the relevant section in the
- PROTOCOL.INI file. Check that the relevant section is present, and has the
- correct DRIVERNAME parameter.
-
- In order to conform to NDIS 2.0, the RM Ethernet MAC does not access the
- hardware until bind time. If a hardware fault is detected, then the MAC driver
- returns a suitable error code to the Protocol Manager, and this will result in
- the bind failing with a hardware error message. If this occurs, check that the
- adaptor has been correctly installed as described in the relevant README.INI
- file. In particular, for the RM Ethernet MCA card, check that no conflicts exist
- with other adaptors.
-
-
-
- PROTOCOL.INI Parameters
- =======================
-
- The RM Ethernet MCA MAC driver accepts the following keywords
- in the PROTOCOL.INI file:
-
-
- MAXREQUESTS
- -----------
- This keyword accepts a single numeric parameter which defines the number of
- requests which can be queued by the MAC driver. The possible range of values
- for the parameter 1 to 10. A default value of 6 is used if the keyword is
- omitted.
-
-
- MAXTRANSMITS
- ------------
- This keyword accepts a single numeric parameter which defines the number of
- transmit requests which can be queued by the MAC driver. The possible range of
- values for the parameter is 1 to 50. A default value of 6 is used if the
- keyword is omitted.
-
-
- ADAPTORADDRESS
- --------------
- This keyword accepts a single numeric parameter which specifies the base port
- address of the adaptor. For the AT adaptor, possible values for the parameter
- are 0x300, 0x320, 0x340 and 0x360. The base port address for the adaptor is
- defined by means of jumpers. Details of setting the base port address are
- contained in the attached documentation.
-
- If this keyword is omitted, then the driver will attempt to automatically
- detect the base port address of the adaptor. The keyword should only be omitted
- if only a single instance of the MAC driver is loaded.
-
- Note that it is not necessary to specify other hardware parameters such as the
- interrupt request level, since these are determined automatically by the MAC
- driver.
-
- All adaptors are configured to use base port address 0x300 and interrupt
- request level 3 by default.
-
-
- STATIONADDRESS
- --------------
- This keyword accepts a single textual parameter which defines the network
- address to be used by the MAC driver. This parameter should be a twelve-digit
- hexadecimal number. If this keyword is omitted, then the unique network address
- which is hard-wired onto the adapter is used.
-
-
- DRIVERNAME
- ----------
- This keyword accepts a single textual parameter which specifies the name of the
- MAC driver character device. This parameter is used by the MAC driver to
- identify the relevant section in PROTOCOL.INI, and so may not be omitted.
-
- It is possible to load more than one instance of the MAC driver. The first
- instance will adopt the name RMETH$. Subsequent instances will adopt names
- RMETH1$ to RMETH3$. A maximum of four instances may be loaded, and each must
- have a unique ADAPTORADDRESS parameter in PROTOCOL.INI.
-
-