Cirrus Logic AN83 - Manual (Page 56)

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DEVICE DRIVERS AND
SETUP/INSTALLATION SOFTWARE
This chapter discusses the software provided by
Cirrus for use with the CS8900A. That software in-
cludes a broad family of device drivers, driver-re-
lated data files, and utilities. A single-user,
evaluation copy of that software is included with
this Kit. The following drivers are included in the
Kit:
- Novell ODI 4.x DOS (for use with Netware
clients)
- Novell ODI 4.x OS/2 driver (for use with Netware
OS/2 clients)
- Novell ODI 4.x Server driver
- Microsoft NDIS 3.X driver (for use with Windows
95, 98, Windows NT, and Windows for
Workgroups)
- Microsoft NDIS 2.X DOS driver (for use with
many NOSs including Microsoft LAN
MANAGER, IBM LAN SERVER, Banyan Vines,
LANtastic, DEC Pathworks)
- Microsoft NDIS 2.X driver for OS/2
- Boot PROM program (for ODI and NDIS)
allowing a diskless PC to load a simple LAN
driver from PROM and then use the simple
driver to boot DOS from a server over the
network. Also known as RIPL (Remote Initial
Program Load).
- Packet Driver V1.09 (for use with TCP/IP
protocol stacks, including PC/TCP, SUN PC-
NFS, Wollongong)
- SCO UNIX driver and installation script
Additionally Cirrus provides two utility programs:
- DOS Setup and Installation Utility
- EEPROM Programming Utility, for use in OEM
manufacturing environments.
Additional drivers and links to other supported op-
erating systems may be found on the Cirrus web-
site, http://www.cirrus.com.
Cirrus’s Software Licensing Procedures
The CS8900A developer’s kit contains a single-
user copy of object code which is available only for
internal testing and evaluation purposes. This ob-
ject code may not be distributed without first sign-
ing a LICENSE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF
EXECUTABLE SOFTWARE, which may be ob-
tained by contacting your sales representative. The
LICENSE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF EXECUT-
ABLE SOFTWARE gives you unlimited, royalty-
free rights to distribute Cirrus-provided object
code.
DOS Setup and Installation Utility
SETUP.EXE allows you to install a driver (in a non
UNIX machine), and to configure a CS8900A-
based adapter card.
The Utility will allow the user to select configura-
tion settings, for example, interrupt number, DMA
channel, IO base address and memory base ad-
dress. The selected values are stored in the
CS8900A’s EEPROM and will thereafter be loaded
from the EEPROM, whenever the CS8900A IC is
reset.
The Utility is menu driven. The menu items can be
selected using either the mouse, or the arrow keys.
The arrow keys are enabled by first typing the ALT
key.
In an embedded or motherboard application (non-
adapter-card application), there may not be an EE-
PROM attached to the CS8900A. In this case, the
system BIOS may store the CS8900A configura-
tion information in system memory such as system
CMOS. This utility is not applicable to such em-
bedded or motherboard applications.
Installation Procedure
1) Install the CS8900A-based adapter card into
the PC. The adapter must be installed to use the
Setup and Installation Utility.
2) Place the DOS Setup and Installation Utility
diskette into drive A: (or B:).
3) From a DOS prompt, type: A:\SETUP (or B:\
SETUP)