Release Notes - WinDriver Archive

• 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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• ISA PnP support
• Wizard can generate Kernel Code, supported by KernelDriver.
• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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• Minor improvements in DriverWizard
• Supports Windows NT checked build

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• Minor bug fixes

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• 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.

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• 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().

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• 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.

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• 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.

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