Release Notes 93000351_A1 Digi dgdm Driver Package dgdm-1.01-02.i386.rpm Linux Distributions Supported: RedHat 5.2, 6.0, 6.1 Debian 2.1 TurboLinux Server 4.0 Linux Kernels supported: 2.0.36 2.2.5-22 - 2.2.14 RPM Part Number 40002059_A1 01/10/00 1. INTRODUCTION This Digi software package includes device drivers for the DataFire RAS PTE, DataFire RAS B4STU and AccelePort RAS families of adapters. It is currently supported on the following hardware platforms: * Standard i386/Pentium PC and is currently supported on the following Linux distributions: * RedHat 5.2 * RedHat 6 * Debian Linux 2.1 * TurboLinux Server 4.0 with kernel versions 2.0.36 and 2.2.5-22 - 2.2.14. This package requires tix. If it is not installed on the target machine prior to installing this rpm, this rpm will refuse to install. Please reference the following number(s) when searching the Digi International web site (www.digi.com) or ftp site (ftp.digi.com) for the latest software package: RPM Part Number: 40002059_ 2. SUPPORTED PRODUCTS DataFire RAS PTE Family of Adapters - DataFire RAS 24 PT1 DataFire RAS 48 PT2 DataFire RAS 30 PE1 DataFire RAS 60 PE2 DataFire RAS B4STU Family of Adapters - DataFire RAS B4U DataFire RAS B4ST AccelePort RAS Family of Adapters - AccelePort RAS 4 AccelePort RAS 8 3. ENHANCEMENTS 3. BUG FIXES * Makefile changes to properly detect SMP on a system with AMD processor(s) 4. KNOWN LIMITATIONS * The maximum combined number of Acceleport RAS and DataFire RAS adapters in one system is currently set to 4. * Although there are numerous places within the rpm that might imply support for additional hardware platforms, this release is valid only for i386 * The ISDN adapters supported by this release of the driver package can send and receive analog calls and also 64Kbs and 56Kbs digital ISDN calls. This driver package DOES NOT support the isdn4linux interface. In the case of ISDN calls, the firmware assumes the caller begins data transfer in sync PPP mode, and received sync PPP packets are translated into async PPP packets and passed up through the standard asynchronous devices. Transmitted async PPP packets are likewise translated into sync PPP packets before being transmitted over the ISDN link. This mode is initiated by either an incoming ISDN digital call or by a dialout with the AT dial command "ATDIXXXX" where XXXX is the phone number to dial. 5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION * The dgdm driver is installed when the rpm is installed, i.e., the rpm dgdm.spec file does a "cd /usr/src/dg/dgdm/drv/linux" and a "make install". In order to make the driver available for use, you must cause the driver to be loaded. This can be accomplished by doing a "chkconfig --add dgdm" to cause the driver rc scripts enabled for start and stop, and then reboot the system. You can also do a "insmod dgdm" to cause the driver to be loaded without having to reboot. By combining these two steps, you can cause to driver to be loaded immediately and whenver the system is rebooted. Once the driver has been loaded, you must create device nodes before you can configure the dgdm adapters. To create device nodes, do a "/proc/dgdm/mknod". You must run this command any time adapters are added or changed. It creates device nodes for all dgdm adapters found on your system. It will not, however, remove any device nodes that do not match your current hardware configuration. In order to remove device nodes before creating new ones, do a "/proc/dgdm/mknod -d". This will remove ALL dgdm device nodes. Then do a "/proc/dgdm/mknod" to create device nodes that match your hardware configuration. NOTE that all device nodes are made with permissions equal to 664 and group/owner equal to root. Once device nodes have been created, you can configure the adapters that have been found on your system by the dgdm driver. See dm_driver(4) for additional details on the dgdm driver. * This package includes several support and configuration utilites including dm_admin, a command line utility, and dm_gui, a graphical utility. Both can be used to configure adapters as well as to display adapter configuration and status information. Refer to the man pages for these utilities for additional information. * A copy of these release notes can be found in: /usr/src/dg/dgdm/drv/linux/release.notes after the rpm has been installed. 6. HISTORY Version 1.01-02 January 10, 2000 Version 1.01-01 January 7, 2000 - Initial product release * Added code to detect and process correctly libdxb callbacks that occur after close * Changed several APR (goes to the console) messages to DPR (goes to dtrc buffer) messages * Uses Release J firmware * Removed the requirement for swig for the dm_gui utility * Driver start up messages now include Versioning Information and Digi Part number * Added xtime to the driver start-up message and to all dtrc entries