TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              Compaq HiLance Driver
DOCUMENT ID:        TID300091
DOCUMENT REVISION:  B
DATE:               25JAN95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         PCNET    

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
UnixWare 1.1

ABSTRACT:

The pcnet file contains pcnet - Compaq HiLance Driver "AMD PCnet-32
Ethernet Controller" The UnixWare HiLance driver provides support 
for the AMD PCnet-32 Single-Chip 32-Bit Ethernet Controller.  The 
driver is intented to work with Compaq ProSignia VS Servers which 
have the Single-Chip Ethernet Controller built-in on the motherboard.  
It is certified to work under UnixWare 1.1.

SYMPTOM

Support needed for pcnet - Compaq HiLance Driver "AMD PCnet-32 Ethernet
Controller" with UnixWare 1.1

SOLUTION

Apply the pcnet file.

Installation Instructions:

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the pcnet and pcnet.txt files to the /tmp directory on
    your machine.

2.  Read the release notes contained in this file.

3.  Now become root, and add the package to your system using the following
    commands:

     $su
     #pkgadd -d /tmp/pcnet pcnet

Solution Specifics

UnixWare 1.1 Compaq HiLance Driver "AMD PCnet-32 Ethernet Controller"

RELEASE NOTES

The UnixWare HiLance driver provides support for the AMD PCnet-32 
Single-Chip 32-Bit Ethernet Controller.  The driver is intented 
to work with Compaq ProSignia VS Servers which have the Single-Chip 
Ethernet Controller built-in on the motherboard.  It is certified 
to work under UnixWare 1.1.

HARDWARE NOTES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Compaq HiLance driver has been CERTIFIED on the Compaq 
Prosignia VS 486/66 for the following configuration only 
(other configurations will also work, but have not necessarily been tested):


     Driver Name:             pnt
     Interrupt Request Level (IRQ):     10
     I/O Address:             8800
     Connector Type:               AutoSense (TP).

SOFTWARE NOTES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1) To install this package, you need a system running UnixWare 1.1. This
driver will not work under UnixWare 1.0. 

If you have got this from CompuServe or anonymous 'ftp' then you need to make
an installation diskette. Execute the following steps to make an installable
diskette. All the steps have to be done with 'root' permissions.  

0) Get the file pnt.txt (this file) and pnt.Z onto your system.

1) Format the floppy using the following command,
# format /dev/rdsk/f03ht (f13ht if drive is B:)

2) Make an installable diskette using the following command,
# uncompress -c pnt.Z | dd of=/dev/dsk/f03ht 


INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To install this package on your computer, you need to do a 'pkgadd' of the
diskette, using the following command. 

# pkgadd -d diskette1

Note : If you are working from the desktop, you can do the installation 
by selecting the "System_setup" icon from the root window, followed by
"Appln_setup". Then, click on "View", select "Uninstalled_apps" and 
select the floppy diskette.

The Interrupt Vector (IRQ) required by the board will be prompted.  
Please make sure you know the IRQ number. The IRQ number can be 
obtained when you configuring the system via EISA Configuration Utility (ECU).

Once the package is installed, then you need to shutdown and reboot the
computer. Please refer to the UnixWare 1.1 System Administrators Manual 
on how to do this. If you have other Ethernet/TokenRing Drivers Installed, 
and you want this driver to be your default driver for IPX/SPX, then 
please edit the file "/etc/confnet.d/netdrivers" and put this driver 
(pnt_0) as the first line in that file.

TROUBLESHOOTING
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After the system is rebooted, please see whether the "slist" command 
returns the correct names of servers on the network. If so, your new 
driver has been loaded and is working. If not, please follow the steps 
given below.

1. Do a "modadmin -s" and see if the module "pnt" is loaded. If so, then
please check whether you have the network properly connected. If so, please
contact Novell Customer Support for more help.

2. If the module "pnt" is not loaded, please check whether the IRQ settings as
specified matches with the settings on the board (in EISA NVMRAM). If not,
please modify the settings so that the two match and retry.