Release Notes 93000575_A Digi C/X PCI & Xem PCI Systems Asynchronous Device Driver Version 2.2.0 AIX 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 32bit and 64bit Software Package P/N 40002506_G 12/05/05 CONTENTS Section Description 1 Introduction 2 Supported Products 3 Enhancements 4 Bug Fixes 5 Driver Installation 6 History 1. INTRODUCTION The Digi AIX C/X & Xem PCI device driver makes the ports on a (C/X) C/CON concentrator or (Xem) PORTS/em module appear as though they are local AIX tty devices directly attached to the computer. 2. SUPPORTED PRODUCTS C/X PCI adapter and associated C/CON concentrators. Xem PCI adapter and associated PORTS/em modules. 3. ENHANCEMENTS Added support for AIX 5.x 64bit. Dropped support for AIX 4.x, ISA products and dscreen. 4. BUG FIXES Fixed problems where a PCI board would work in some PCI slots in a system, but not others. 5. DRIVER INSTALLATION You should have received a driver package with this file. Assuming you copied this file to your /tmp directory, you can install the driver from the command line with: installp -ad /tmp/ all You may also install with "smit", using the following procedure: Select "Software Installation and Maintenance" Select "Install and Update Software" Select "Install/Update Selectable Software (Custom Install)" Select "Install/Update from All Available Software" When smit asks you for the "INPUT device / directory for software", enter "/tmp/", and hit ENTER. Then for "SOFTWARE to install" enter "all" and hit ENTER twice. NOTE: This driver's minor numbering scheme has CHANGED! If you are upgrading from a 1.x version based driver, you MUST remove all odm entries for your products AND ttys! 6. HISTORY Version 1.4.0 - March 3rd, 2000 Bug Fixes A problem with the driver not releasing a memory address in the Xem PORTS/em module initialization has been fixed. The symptom of this error was only seen in AIX 4.3.2, and resulted in a system crash when configuring Xem PORTS/em modules or upon boot if the modules were not previously configured. An incorrect smit description has been corrected. The symptom of this error was smit incorrectly displaying ISA Xem modules as PCI Xem modules. A FEP/OS problem has been fixed. The symptom of this error was seen as the fourth "daisy-chained" connected PCI C/X concentrator not being recognized upon configuration. Version 1.3.0 - June 24, 1999 Enhancements Added support for Xem adapters (PCI & ISA). Version 1.2.0 - August 5, 1998 Bug Fixes Fixed a problem with certain ODM entries not being removed upon deinstallation of the driver. Corrected a busresolve issue seen on systems with more than one PCI bus. Version 1.1.0 - March 2, 1997 Bug Fixes Fixed a problem downloading remote-rs232 concentrators. Fixed a Multi-processor related system hang. Fixed a port hang on PCI C/X ttys. Version 1.0.0 - February 2, 1997 Initial product release.