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Conference kernel::csguk_systems

Title:CSGUK_SYSTEMS
Notice:No restrictions on keyword creation
Moderator:KERNEL::ADAMS
Created:Wed Mar 01 1989
Last Modified:Thu Nov 28 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:242
Total number of notes:1855

155.0. "DEMFA notes" by KERNEL::PETTET (Norm Pettet CSC Basingstoke) Thu Nov 12 1992 18:13

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155.1revision 1.4 microcode available but not releasedKERNEL::PETTETNorm Pettet CSC BasingstokeThu Nov 12 1992 18:1618
From:	COMICS::MEGARITY     "Ian Megarity - UK TSC" 11-NOV-1992 18:44:34.74
To:	WEBSTERC,REYNOLDSJ
CC:	MEGARITY
Subj:	Here they are ...

Directory PROXY::PROXY_PUBLIC:[T2027_FIRM.14]

DECNDU_VMS.PS;1        2234/2235    15-AUG-1991 13:34:52.00
DEMFA014.A;1            594/594     23-JUL-1992 16:17:24.00
DEMFA014.SYS;1          495/495      9-JUN-1992 16:38:48.00
DEMFA014_RELEASE.NOTES;1
                          4/6       23-JUL-1992 14:11:41.00
KITINSTAL.COM;30         22/24      23-JUL-1992 14:12:58.00
NDU012.A;1              216/216      9-JUN-1992 14:15:45.00

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155.2DEMFA 1.4 firmware Rel notesKERNEL::PETTETNorm Pettet CSC BasingstokeThu Nov 12 1992 18:17119
From:	COMICS::MEGARITY     "Ian Megarity - UK TSC" 11-NOV-1992 18:47:56.66
To:	WEBSTERC,REYNOLDSJ
CC:	
Subj:	FYI

From:	COMICS::MEGARITY     "Ian Megarity - UK TSC" 11-NOV-1992 18:47:34.68
To:	WELCLU::WOODWARDA
CC:	MEGARITY
Subj:	Ignore my previous mail - here are the DEMFA 1.4 firmware Rel notes

Ashley,


	I've just found the Release Notes and they are attached.



Regards

IanM


Release Notes for DEMFA Firmware Release 1.4

REL14: 23-JUL-1992

	o corrected broadcast filtering.

Release Notes for DEMFA Firmware Release 1.3

rel13: 17-sept-1991

	o enabled promiscuious mode
	o corrected host supplied addresses written into CAM

Release Notes for DEMFA Firmware Release 1.2.

Below are the firmware changes since Release 0.9.

REL12: 26-Aug-1991

	o Disabled promiscuous mode - Promiscuous is not supported

REL11: 22-AUG-1991

	o Mop reqid and sysid problems fixed

REL1: 19-July-1991

Changes: 

	o Changed Firmware Revision to 1.0

BL0E: 10-July-1991


Fixes:

	o Receive Own and Receive Format errors

	o Level Three Diagnostic test errors


BL0D: 24-June-1991


Fixes:
	o Actual MIF fix based on specific hardware behavior

	o Fix of AM responses greater than 1 page


BL0C: 12-June-1991


Fixes:
	o Speculative MIF fix writing lword following AM received
	  frames less than one page in length

	o Allows enabling both LLC and SMT FCs on single promiscuous user


BL0B: 22-May-1991


Fixes:
	o Modified fault recovery delayed scheme to flush frames by
          transitioning to the Halted state with PSQ of FF. Should
          not be counted as error by driver. 

	o Contains fix to Shutdown command processing (later found
          to break level 3 diagnostics). 


BL0A: 19-May-1991


Fixes:
	o New command lengths and formats include architecturally 
	  required ring management information

	o Command based EEPROM update bug fixed. No more DEV-REQ-ERRs. 

	o New ESP ISR eliminates Watchdog Timeout. 

	o New handling of fault recovery delayed (found to have
          bugs, changed in bl0b). 


BL09: 9-April-1991


	  quiver::proj$705:[griesmer.xfa_release.bl9] for mfg
Fixes:
	o Fixed kernel bug that loaded Firmware Rev after power up 
          and prior to init. 
	
	This kernel common to all subsequent images through bl0d.