Realtek RTL8139/8130/810x Fast Ethernet

OS/2 NDIS driver for Realtek 8139/8130/810x and compatibles ----------------------------------------------------------- Supported Cards =============== The supported chips may be used on PCI boards or CardBus cards from various vendors, for example: * Accton EN1207D/EN2242A Series PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter * Acer Inc ALN-325 Fast Ethernet Adapter * Allied Telesyn International AT-2500 Fast Ethernet Adapter * Aopen Inc ALN-325C Fast Ethernet Adapter AON-325 * ASUSTeK Computer Inc L2 Series Notebooks integrated NIC * Belkin F5D5000 PCI Card/Desktop Network PCI Card * CAMEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC SOHO-FP32 * Compaq HNE-300 * Compex ReadyLink Express 10/10 Fast Ethernet Adapter * Conceptronics CSP100TCL * D-Link DFE-538TX 10/100 Adapter DFE-530TX+ (Rev.D2) SN5200 Fast Ethernet Adapter DFE-690TXD CardBus * Danpex fe6550tx CardBus 10/100Mbps Ethernet Card * Edimax EN9130 Fast Ethernet Adapter 10/100M Fast Ethernet Adapter EN9130TXA EP-4103DL CardBus * Encore ENL832-TX+ * Fujitsu Ltd Lifebook Series Notebooks * Gigabyte GA-6VEML Mainboard * Hawking Technology PN102TX 10/100 PNP PCI Network Adapter * Kingston EtheRX PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (KNE120TX) * KTI KF-230TX(/2) Fast Ethernet Adapter * KYE Genius GF100TXR Series * LevelOne FPC-0106Tx CardBus * Longshine LCS-8038TX * Mentor * Nortel Networks 10/100BaseTX * OvisLink Fast Ethernet Adapter 10/100Mbps, LFE-8139(/A/H)TX * Peppercon ROL/F-100 * PLANET ENW-3504fc CardBus * Planex FNW-3603/3800-TX 10/100 CardBus * Ruby Tech Corp FE-1439TX Fast Ethernet Adapter * Siemens 1020 PCI NIC 1012v2 CardBus * Sitecom Cardbus PC Card Fast Ethernet 10/100 Mbps * Standard Microsystems Corp SMC EZ Card 10/100 (SMC1211TX) * Surecom EP-320X-R/R-1/R-1L 100/10M PCI Adapter * UNEX Technology Corp ND010 Fast Ethernet Adapter Config.sys Parameters ===================== The following switches are supported: /V Verbose mode, displays controller status during OS/2 initialization. /Q Quiet mode, no display during OS/2 initialization. /2 .. /9 Optional switch to selects other "Drivername =" entry in \ibmcom\protocol.ini. /U Number cards as found. Useful if BUSNO, DEVICENO or ETHERID values are not present in protocol.ini. This parameter can be used for automaticly generated protocol.ini files to work with more than one supported card. Obsolete. Note: All information messages generated during boot are logged to \ibmcom\lantran.log file. Included Files ============== rtl8139.txt this file rtl8139.nif defined characteristics for installer (MPTS icon) rtsnd.os2 driver file rtsnd.sym optional debug file dumpio.exe optional tool to show chip registers rtsnddmn.exe optional deamon to accelerate NOIRQ mode Installation ============ Backup \ibmcom\protocol.ini, \ibmcom\macs\rtl8139.nif, and \ibmcom\macs\rtsnd.os2. Unzip rtl8139.zip to a work directory. Open Network Adapters and Protocol Services. Select Configure MPTS. Select Lan adapters and protocols. Select Configure. Select Have Disk. Enter the path where you unzipped the Realtek driver. Select OK. The updated driver should be installed. Exit and re-boot. Recommended Changes for NetBIOS =============================== You can try to enhance the NETBEUI performance using this mpts/protocol.ini settings: [netbeui_nif] MAXTRANSMITS = 16 MINTRANSMITS = 4 Installation for CardBus cards ============================== Install the CBENABLE package and reboot. This step is needed, since the RTSND.OS2 driver does not contain PCMCIA code ("point enabler"), instead the real work is done by the OS/2 PCMCIA Subsystem and the CBENABLE package. Start PC Card Director: verify that an ethernet card is detected. verify that status button->client includes "CardBus Enabler". verify that status button->informations shows power connected (3.3 V). verify that status button->resource reports IRQ and IO window correctly. Install as for PCI cards, but enter "1" into the "CardBus enabler" settings field. Inserting/Removing Realtek CardBus Cards ======================================== The driver checks during system boot if a Realtek Card is installed. If none is found and the EtherID is not specified and you have Verbose mode set, you will be prompted to insert one. Inserting the card in the socket: - Insert card - Connect media coupler (see Realtek Card User's Guide) - Check Card Director to ensure card is detected and functioning - Start the network -- ("\MPTN\BIN\setup.cmd", "net continue"...) Removing the card from the socket: - Stop the network: -- "net stop requester".. (peer) -- "ifconfig lan0 down" (tcpip). - Power off the card using Card Director or cbe_msg.exe. - Remove the media coupler (see Realtek Card User's Guide) - Press the eject button. Note: Ejecting the card during heavy network traffic without following the above guidance may result in a system reboot. NOIRQ mode ========== If using the IRQ set by BIOS or spciirq IRQ assignment does not work, You can use the NOIRQ=1 mode as an fallback solution. Since the driver uses the default 1/18 second OS/2 timer, performance will degrade to 167/252 KB/s instead of 11 MB/s. The driver will try to detach the rtsnddmn.exe program automaticly, to gain more network bandwith at higher CPU time cost. 8139C+ Mode =========== There exist a "server" variant of the 8139 chipset, that has an addidtional "Plus mode", where the CPU usage is reduced. However it will not implemented without having an actual card... Perhaps the "Plus mode" is compatible with 8169 models (rtgnda02.zip)? Problem Reports =============== To diagnose problems it may be helpful to send file \ibmlan\lantran.log file \ibmlan\protocol.ini result of rmview /irq > irq.log result of rmview /io > io.log result of pci -b -p -d > pci.log Question and Answers ==================== Q. "Resource manager call for I/O address failed. Check for conflicts" A. You may have devices that allocate more than its regular IO address room. Example: You may have an ISA COM port card that only decodes the lower 10 instead of 16 bit addresses and not only answers on 02F8..02FF, but also on 06F8..06FF, 0AF8..0AFF,... FEF8..FEFF. Solution: Request an BIOS update from the vendor, replace the ISA card or ignore the message. Important Changes ================= 2003.09.25 Current version of cbenable package required, beacause of interface enhancement. Nif file change for CardBus= entry, please correct old values. CardBus card can be inserted/reinserted in any socket, the card may even be removed at startup time if EtherID is specified. rtsnddmn.exe is automaticly started, and no longer needs speed configuartion. 2003.10.31 Altered BusNo/DeviceNo/FuncNo back to decimal numbers in range 0..255/0..31/0..7 2004.07.16 added more pci vendor/device numbers obsoleted the IRQ parameter, use the spciirq package 2005.09.10 Compatibility with early 8139 chip versions. The meaning of the power management enable setting has changed. This caused to print the driver good connection message, but when the card was to be used (DHCP client), the card did not send/receive packets. The early chip also uses less I/O address space - 128 instead of 256 bytes. This driver takes advantage of the PCIBUS.SNP replacement: it tries to create the Reseource Manager entry for the card below the actual PCI_Bus_x, for example x=2 on newer machines. Also attaches "PCI DevFunc" Adjunct. Obsoleted IOBase configuration option, use PCIConf package instead. If you use the paramter with older version, revisit the driver configuration -- see "Installation" paragraph.

Realtek RTL8139 OS/2 NDIS MAC driver.