Broadcom Corporation 16215 Alton Parkway, Irvine, CA 92619-7013 Readme File BCM570x Software Release Build 6.6.12 (4/18/2003) Summary: - This release has limited SQA test time, with exception to Windows 2003 and Linux. - The 6.34.4 is currently going through Windows certification. - This is a Gold release UPDATE for the 6.6 project. - 5704/CIOBE support removed from drivers. - EFI, SCO, UnixWare, and Solaris do not have 5704/CIOBE support removed yet. The following highlights the changes between this release version 6.6.12 and the previous version 6.6.11 *** Release Version Information Table *** Product Version Previous Rel. Windows NT4 Driver 6.34.4 6.34 Windows 2000 Driver 6.34.4 6.34* Windows Server 2003 Driver 6.34.4 6.34* Windows Server 2003 64 Bit Driver 6.34.4 6.34* DOS/OS2 NDIS2 Driver 6.34 6.33 Netware ODI Driver 6.01a 6.01 Netware DOS ODI Driver 6.03.1 6.03 Netware SNMP 1.03 1.03 Linux Driver 6.0.5 6.0.2 Linux SNMP 1.0.1 1.0.1 BASP Windows NT 6.0.1 6.0.1 BASP Windows 2000 6.0.1* 6.0.1* BASP Windows Server 2003 6.0.1* 6.0.1* BASP Windows Server 2003 64 Bit 6.0.1 6.0.1 BASP for Netware 2.19 2.19 BASP for Linux 6.0.1 6.0.1 SCO OpenServer 6.0.1 6.0.1 Unixware 7 6.0.1 6.0.1 Solaris 6.0.2 6.0.2 User Diagnostics 6.05 6.05 BACS 6.03 6.03 BMAPI 6.1.1 6.0.2 DMI PCI Hot Plug 1.09 1.09 PXE 6.1.2 6.1.2 EFI User Diagnostics 6.12 6.05 EFI UNDI 6.0.2 6.0.0 SNMP-BASP 1.0.7 1.0.7 SNMP-NetExtreme Gigabit Ctrl. 1.05 1.05 Boot Code for 5700 1.12 1.12 Boot Code for 5700/01 2.2 2.2 Boot Code for 5700/01 2.4 2.4 Boot Code for 5701s 2.19 2.19 Boot Code for 5703 2.25a 2.25a Boot Code for 5703s 2.25 2.25 Boot Code for 5704 3.19 3.19 CIM Provider 6.0.4 6.0.4 CABW32 0.22 0.22 BCM570x Manuals 3.3.24 3.2.27 BCM570x Miniport Driver for Microsoft Windows NT4 - b57nt4.sys BCM570x Miniport Driver for Microsoft Windows 2000 - b57w2k.sys BCM570x Miniport Driver for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - b57xp32.sys BCM570x Miniport Driver for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64 Bit - b57xp64.sys - ********** Special Note: Windows 2000 ********** Due to a change in the Windows friendly name from "Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Controller" to "Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Controller" additional steps will be required when upgrading versions of the driver prior to 1.30 in Windows 2000. Under My Computer -> Manage -> Device Manager -> Network Adapter Double click on the adapter you would like to upgrade. Select - Driver tab Select - Update Driver button The "Upgrade Device Driver Wizard" window should appear Click - Next Select - Search for a suitable driver for my device Click - Next Select - CD or Floppy depending on the media Select - Install one of the other drivers Click - Next The "Driver Files Found" window should appear Select - Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Controller Click - Next Click - Finish At this point the latest version of the driver will be installed. BCM570x DOS/OS2 NDIS2 Driver - BCM570x Server ODI Driver - b57.lan - BCM570x DOS ODI Driver - b57.com - BCM570x Linux Driver - BROADCOM Advanced Server Program (BASP) for Microsoft Windows No changes in this release. ****************** Special Note: BASP ****************** To avoid fail-over issues when using BASP make sure that spanning tree is disabled on the switch that the network adapter is connected to. ******************************************************************** BROADCOM Advanced Server Program for Novell Netware No changes in this release. BROADCOM Advanced Server Program (BASP) for Linux No changes in this release. ********** Special Note: BASP for Linux ********** During a new installation of basp an error condition will occur at step 3 of the installation. /etc/rc.d/init.d/basp start Adding Basp Team 1 (OK) Starting Basp Team 1 (Failed) This failure is normal since no IP address has been assigned to the virtual interface proceed to step 4 and continue. ******************************************************************** BCM570x SCO OpenServer Release 5 driver - VOL.000.000 No changes in this release. Broadcom BCM570x Unixware 7 driver No changes in this release. BCM570x User/Manufacturing Diagnostic No changes in this release. BROADCOM Advanced Control Suite (BACS) for IA32 and IA64 No changes in this release. BROADCOM Management Application Programming Interface (BMAPI) - Support for PCI hot plug via DMI No changes in this release. PXE - Broadcom Preboot Execution - See release.txt in the \pxe folder for details. EFI User Diagnostics No changes in this release. EFI UNDI - No changes in this release. SNMP - Broadcom Advanced Server Program SNMP sub-agents - baspmgmnt.dll No changes in this release. SNMP - Broadcom NetExtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller SNMP sub-agents - bcmif.dll No changes in this release. Boot Code for 570x - See individual release.txt in \dos\bootcode directory CIM Provider - Broadcom CIM Providers for Windows 2000 No changes in this release. CABW32 No changes in this release. BCM570x Manual No changes in this release.