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Version 4.33 (Release Date - Nov 08, 2000)

New feature: On WinNT enabled access to additional PCI devices that are not accessible by Windows.
New feature: Added support to Windows 2000 service pack 1. Previous versions run under Windows 2000 service pack 1, crash the system at boot time.
New feature: On Windows2000 added the capability to generate Windows 2000 INF file for PCI devices. INF file and PnP service is required for PCI cards on Windows2000.
New feature: In WinDriver for Solaris(SPARC), added support for Ultra 220, Ultra 450, CP1500 and CP1400.
New feature: In WinDriver for Solaris, enabled abnormal application termination.
WinDriver and KernelDriver Fixes
Fix: In WinDriver and KernelDriver, fixed the crash that occurred when WD_DMAUnlock() was called from Kernel PlugIn and KernelDriver.
Fix: In WinDriver USB, WD_USB_MAX_DEVICE_NUMBER changed from 20 to 127. This requires programs to be recompiled.
WinDriver Windows Fixes
Fix: On Windows eliminated crashes that resulted from the Delphi code for PCI interrupts that was generated by the wizard.
Fix: On Windows2000 corrected computation of interrupt slot number.
Fixed Interrupt related bugs that caused system hang.
Fix: On Windows2000 fixed crashes that occurred when USB user write buffer is declared as const void * in user-mode code.
WinDriver Linux Fixes
Fix: In WinDriver for Linux, fixed Kernel PlugIn for registered version.
Fix: In WinDriver for Linux, fixed compilation warning about undeclared function int close(int).
Fix: In WinDriver for Linux, removed extra license check which broke the registered version of Kernel PlugIn.
WinDriver Solaris Fixes
Fix: In WinDriver for Solaris, fixed memory leak in abnormal application termination.
Fix: In WinDriver for Solaris, fixed crash on WD_Kernel PlugInOpen().
Fix: In WinDriver for Solaris(SPARC), shortened scan of PCI bus from 40 seconds to 1-2 seconds.
Fix: In WinDriver for Solaris(SPARC), fixed PCI interrupt handling for shared PCI interrupts and cards behind PCI bridges.

Version 4.32 (Release Date - Mar 26, 2000)

Name change: The company name has been changed from KRFTech to Jungo.
New feature: supports USB devices with multiple interfaces.
Major improvement in WinDriver for Solaris: The PCI scan is now performed faster, and we eliminated abnormally long scan times on AXi boards.
Improvement in WinDriver USB: Isoch transfer auto adjust are better capable of overcoming failures in transfers.
Improvement in WinDriver USB: Supports multiple interfaces.
Fix: On Windows 95/98, non-sharable edge-triggered interrupts were in some cases received only once.
Fix: On WinNT/98 (SYS) and Solaris, resources were not released on abnormal termination.
Fix: WinDriver USB would display a message "duplicate object name" after installation.
Fix: In WinDriver USB, A Device can now be stopped.
Fix: In WinDriver USB, No more report error in short USB transfers and transfer of size 0.
Fix: In WinDriver for Linux, Installation fixes on Linux 2.0.kernel.
Fix: In Wizard, Saving inf file without an extension can now be done without causing problems.
Fix: In WinDriver for Solaris, Interrupts are now acknowledged by default which prevents sys log overflow and lock ups.
Fix: In KernelDriver, WinNT samples and the generated code can now be compiled currently using the build utility.

Version 4.31 (Release Date - Feb 24, 2000)

USB support: Improved performance of bulk transfer and isochronous transfer.
Major improvements in handling interrupts in Visual Basic.
Interrupt handling sample in Visual Basic is now available.
New graphical sample in Visual Basic for accessing the parallel port.
VxD files generated with KernelDriver or with 'WinDriver Kernel PlugIn' now communicate with windrvr.sys on Windows 98.
Fix: interrupt handling on Windows 98, WindowsNT/2000 (bug only in V4.30).
Fix: WD_DMAUnlock() on Windows 98, WindowsNT/2000 (bug only in V4.30).
Fix: error message when installing USB INF file on Windows 2000.

Version 4.30 (Release Date - Jan 1, 2000)

Windows 2000 support.
USB support in WinDriver (sold separately)
Wizard enables programmers to detect their USB devices and select the desired configuration.
Wizard enables USB hardware testing (read, write and listen to pipes).
Wizard generates USB driver source code in C\C++ or Delphi.
Wizard generates .INF files for Windows 98/2000.
WinDriver's Kernel PlugIn supports all WinDriver USB APIs.
WinDriver's Kernel PlugIn supports also Solaris and Linux, assures optimal performance for all supported operating systems and full code compatibility among all supported operating systems.
In version 4.3 WinDriver and KernelDriver are integrated into one driver development suite.
KernelDriver now also supports Windows 95/98 (VxD Drivers).
KernelDriver now also supports Linux.
USB support in KernelDriver for Windows 2000.
KernelDriver API is available now also in C in KernelDriver for Windows NT/2000 (previously only in C++).
GUI enhancements: Registers can now be defined as auto-read.
Wizard includes pre-defined resources for parallel port which enable quick access to the port.
Fixed: WD_DMAUnlock() with KERNEL_BUFFER_ALLOC on Windows NT and Linux.
WD_IntWait(): Can now terminate application waiting on IntWait without locking machine.

Version 4.20 (Release Date - Nov 15, 1999)

Wizard now also generates driver code in Delphi.
Enhanced support for Altera PCI cores.
Enhanced support for PLX IOP480.
Automatic generation of INF file for windows 95/98.
Wizard generates makefiles simultaneously for all operating systems and IDEs chosen by the user.
All samples include makefiles for all supported IDEs.
Debug Monitor now integrated into Wizard environment.
GUI enhancements in the Driver Wizard.
The default when adding new ISA interrupts in Wizard is now sharable interrupts.
Contiguous DMA also for Linux 2.2 (only 2.0 supported previously).
Fixed scatter gather DMA in Windows 98.
Unix make files: Fixed DOS slashes.

Version 4.14 (Release Date - Jul 28, 1999)

ISA PnP support
Wizard generates Borland CBuilder Ver 3 and Ver 4 make files.
PLX 9052 support.
PLX 9054 and 9080 added DMA function enabling non-busy wait for DMA to complete.
Added WD_VB_GetAddress() for VB to get an address of a variable.
Overcome Windows NT inability to map addresses at the end of the physical memory (???-0xffffffff)
Fixed 9054 and 9080 EEPROM access and corrected register names.
WD_VERSION structure correction in Delphi.
Fixed interrupt handling in Windows CE.
Fixed WD_PciGetCardInfo() on Windows 98.
Fixed Wizard Halting after interrupt is disabled.

Version 4.10-4.12 (Release Date-Feb 02, 1999)

New support for Linux, Windows CE and Alpha NT.
Graphical KernelTracer introduced.
Robust support for Delphi and VB (Visual Basic). More Delphi and VB samples.
Support for Marvell GT64 chip sets.
V4.1 Includes The Enhanced Driver Wizard
Automatic Vendor and Device detection.
Automatic handling and code generation for Level sensitive interrupts.
Wizard allows multiple concurrent register and memory dialogs.
Improved GUI.

Version 4.0 (Release Date - Dec 12, 1998)

Windows 98 support.
WinDriver Kernel PlugIn - allows running parts of the driver code from the kernel Mode.
Sleep function - For accessing slow hardware.
ISA Plug and Play support.
Debugging monitor - Allows tracking of errors, warnings and trace messages from the WinDriver's kernel module.
Dynamic driver loader - WinDriver enables the driver created to be loaded and unloaded without rebooting the machine.
Enhanced source code generation for interrupts - DriverWizard creates full interrupt source code.
PLX 9050 library enhancements - EEPROM read/write support functions and Enhanced interrupt handling.

Version 3.03 (Release Date - May 31, 1998)

Enhanced support for Multi-CPU Multi-PCI bus
Corrected the interrupt count value returned by WD_IntWait.

Version 3.02 (Release Date - Apr 24, 1998)

Minor improvements in DriverWizard
Supports Windows NT checked build

Version 3.01 (Release Date - Oct 11, 1997)

Minor bug fixes

Version 3.0 (Release Date - Sep 28, 1997)

Added DriverWizard to package.
DriverWizard enables the programmer to 'talk' and 'listen' to his card via a windows user-interface.
The DriverWizard then creates the source code for the driver.
DMA option DMA_LARGE_BUFFER added for locking regions larger than 1MB.
Removed limitation of 20 concurrent DMA buffers in use.

Version 2.12 (Release Date - Mar 21, 1997)

For memory mapped cards: you can now directly access the memory region, without calling WD_Transfer(). the pointer to the memory region is returned in dwUserDirectAddr returned by WD_CardRegister().
DMA transfers: DMA contiguous buffer allocation by WinDriver is available by setting dwOptions = DMA_KERNEL_BUFFER_ALLOC, when calling WD_DMALock(). the linear address of the buffer allocated will be returned in pUserAddr, and the physical address in Page[0]. the buffer is available until calling WD_DMAUnlock().

Version 2.11 (Release Date - Mar 11, 1997)

For PCI cards: Structure used for calls to WD_PciScanCards() was changed. Use pciScan.searchId.dwVendorId and pciScan.searchId.VendorId and the same for dwDeviceId.

Version 2.10 (Release Date - Feb 20, 1997)

For memory mapped cards, changed item dwUserAddr to dwTransAddr.
Use dwTransAddr when calling WD_Transfer(). added dwUserDirectAddr for direct memory transfers without calling WD_Transfer(). dwUserDirectAddr NOT YET IMPLEMENTED.