Driver Updates
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Installation 
============

The drivers included in this directory are direct replacements for the
original LSS 5.00 drivers. Install and configure drivers as normal and
then  if you  experience  any of the  problems described below, simply
replace the driver with corresponding update from this directory. 
 

MADGEODI.LAN
============

With the  release  of  NetWare  4.11  with  Symmetric  Multiprocessing 
support,  a  new server driver is required. This version of the server 
driver (MADGEODI.LAN v5.13) has completed Novell YES certification for 
NetWare 4.11 SMP as well as rigorous in-house testing.

It  is  recommended  that  this  driver  is used in all NetWare server 
environments together with the Novell support modules provided.  These 
modules are those available from Netwire as LANDRV9.EXE.

Note,  the  original LSS 5.0(0) server driver (MADGEODI.LAN v5.09) and 
the associated support files are still shipped on the Smart LSS CD and 
can be found in the directory \LSS.500\NETWARE\SERVER.


MADGEODI.COM, MDGND.DOS and SMART.EXE
=====================================

A customer issue was reported with EMM386.EXE producing  an  exception 
error  when  a  Smart  16/4  AT Plus Ringnode was installed in certain 
machines using the Bus Master DMA data transfer method. The issue  was 
traced  to  the  BIOS of these machines not resetting the I/O range of 
the host DMA Controller, resulting in EMM386 incorrectly detecting  an 
illegal  DMA transfer operation. The solution to this issue is for the 
drivers to reset the DMA Controller  registers  relevant  to  the  DMA 
Channel that the adapter is using.

A separate customer issue was reported  whereby  the  DOS  ODI  driver 
(MADGEODI.COM)  was failing to correctly report a DMA clash in a badly 
configured ISA machine.   The  driver  would  fail  to  load  in  this 
situation  in  either DMA or PIO mode. The driver should have given an 
error message indicating that the  card  should  be  configured  to  a 
different  DMA  channel  or PIO mode should be selected. Selecting PIO 
mode should have allowed the driver to successfully load.

The  above  issues only apply to Smart 16/4 AT Ringnode, Smart 16/4 AT 
Plus Ringnode and Smart 16/4 AT PnP Ringnode when used in  conjunction 
with  the  DOS ODI driver (MADGEODI.COM v5.06), the DOS  NDIS2  driver 
(MDGND.DOS v3.07)  and  the  DOS  SMART.EXE driver  (SMART.EXE v3.64).
There is no need to upgrade from the original LSS 5.0(0) driver if you
do not use these adapters or drivers.

The  new drivers (MADGEODI.COM v5.07 and MDGND.DOS v3.09) are provided 
to address these issues. These  drivers  have  successfully  completed 
Madge's  extensive  in-house test procedure and additional measures to 
ensure that the issues have been fully resolved.