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    Readme File for yukonnw.lan v7.03
    Marvell Yukon Ethernet Controller Driver
    for Novell NetWare 6.0 and 6.5

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1 Overview
2 Required Files
3 Installation
4 Parameters

## 1 Overview

    The YUKONNW.LAN driver is a 32-bit ODI HSM Novell NetWare server driver for
    the Marvell Yukon Ethernet Controller.
    The driver complies with the CHSM Driver Specification Version 1.11 from
    January 29, 1998.

## 2 Required Files

    	YUKONNW.LAN	driver
    	YUKONNW.LDI	installation script

## 3 Installation

    NOTE:	The setting for MINIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS in the STARTUP.NCF must
    	be increased to at least 120 per adapter (e.g. for three adapters you
    	should add "SET MINIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS=360" to STARTUP.NCF).
    	On SMP systems, you may have to multiply this number with the number
    	of active processors.

    If the adapter is installed in the machine NetWare detects the new adapter
    and tries to install a driver. Press <ENTER> to get a list of all available
    drivers and then <INSERT> to install an unlisted driver. Enter the path to
    the driver and select YUKONNW.LAN. Choose Yes to copy the driver to
    the server. NetWare will now install the driver.

    Once the driver has been installed, the adapter parameters or bindings
    can be changed in the AUTOEXEC.NCF file using the NWCONFIG tool.

## 4 Parameters

    SLOT = [ 1 .. 65535 ]
    	Description:	Defines the slot in which the adapter is installed.
    	Help:		If you do not enter a slot number, the driver scans
    			automatically for network adapters and prompts the
    			slot number in which the network card is found at
    			the server console.
    	Example:
    			LOAD YUKONNW ... SLOT=3 ...

    FRAME = [ ETHERNET_802.2 | ETHERNET_II | ETHERNET_SNAP | ETHERNET_802.3 ]
    	Description:	Sets the frame type used by the network.
    	Help:		The NetWare Server and the Workstations must use
    			the same frame type. Otherwise they cannot
    			communicate with each other.
    	Example:
    			LOAD YUKONNW ... FRAME=ETHERNET_II ...

    NODE = [ xxxxxxxxxxxx ]
    	Description:	Overwrites the network card node address.
    	Help:		With this parameter, you can overwrite the default
    			node address.
    			In a network, every network card must have its own
    			unique node address.
    			Do not change this address unless you are prepared
    			to administer local addresses according to the
    			IEEE 802.2 specifications.
    			The driver defaults to the node address on the
    			board, which corresponds to an undefined override.
    	Example:
    			LOAD YUKONNW ... NODE=40005A123456 ...

    MAXFRAMESIZE = [ 512 .. 9018 ]
    	Description:	Set the maximum frame size.
    	Help:		The value has to be in the range 512 to 9018.
    			The default value is 1514.
    			Setting the value above 1514 is only effective if you
    			use an ETHERTSM.NLM that supports Jumbo Frames and
    			if you load the frame type ETHERNET_II as the first
    			frame type on the specific adapter.
    			When you change this parameter you should change the
    			setting for MAXIMUM PHYSICAL RECEIVE PACKET SIZE in
    			your STARTUP.NCF accordingly.
    	Example:
    			LOAD YUKONNW ... MAXFRAMESIZE=9018 ...

    HWCSUM = [ ON | OFF ]
    	Description:	Controls hardware checksum offloading
    	Help:		By default ON the hardware checksum offload for
    			IP/TCP/UDP is enabled. There should be no need to
    			disable checksum offload.
    			Offloading computation of internet checksums is only
    			supported by NetWare 5.x or higher.
    	Example:
    			LOAD YUKONNW ... HWCSUM=OFF ...

    QUIET = [ AUTO | ON | OFF ]
    	Description:	Suppress driver status messages.
    	Help:		By default AUTO will be used which means that
    			status messages will not be suppressed if running on
    			a server and will be suppressed if running on a
    			client.
    			OFF means that messages will not be suppressed.
    			ON means that messages will be suppressed.

    Auto-negotiation

    CONTYPE = [AUTO | 100FD | 100HD | 10FD | 10HD ]
    	Description:	Set mode for auto-negotiation, speed duplex-mode.
    	Help:		The default value will is AUTO.
    	Example:
    			LOAD YUKONNW ... CONTYPE=10HD ...

    FLOWCTRL_A = [ SYMORREM | SYM | LOCSEND | NONE ]
    	Description:	Define flow control capabilities for the port.
    	Help:		Used as workaround for switches that do not behave
    			standards-compliant.
    			By default, SYMORREM will be used.
    			The values represent the following configurations:
    			SYMORREM:	supporting symmetric flow control and
    				asymmetric flow control towards me
    				(possible results: symmetric flow
    				control, asymmetric flow control
    				towards me, no flow control)
    			SYM:	supporting symmetric flow control only
    				(possible results: symmetric flow
    				control, no flow control)
    			LOCSEND:	supporting asymmetric flow control to
    				other station (possible results: flow
    				control to other station, no flow
    				control)
    			NONE:	supporting no flow control
    	Example:
    			LOAD YUKONNW ... FLOWCTRL_A=NONE ...

    Interrupt Moderation (Paced Packet Batch)

    Interrupt moderation can be used to decrease the CPU load on systems
    with high utilization. But the latency of packets will increase. To
    enable interrupt moderation you must specify the mode and the interrupt
    rate. The parameters IRQPERSEC and MAXIRQPERSEC are mutual exclusive.

    MODERATE = [ NONE | RX | TX | BOTH | ALL ]
    	Description:	Interrupt moderation mode.
    	Help:		By default, NONE will be used which means interrupt
    			moderation is disabled.
    			If RX is used only receive interrupts are moderated,
    			which means if more than the specified rate of
    			interrupts occur they will be congested to reach the
    			specified rate. But other interrupts may occur without
    			any limitation.
    			If TX is specified transmit complete interrupts will
    			be moderated.
    			BOTH will lead to a moderation of receive and transmit
    			interrupts.
    			By using ALL, all interrupts will get moderated.

    IRQPERSEC = [ 1000 .. 15000 ]
    	Desription:	Interrupt rate for static moderation.
    	Help:		Independent of the interrupt load only at specified
    			intervals interrupts occur. This will increase
    			latency of receive or transmit path dependent on
    			the mode specified using parameter MODERATE.
    			This parameter has a different meaning if used
    			together with POLL.
    	Example:
    			LOAD YUKONNW ... MODERATE=TX IRQPERSEC=5000

    MAXIRQPERSEC = [ 1000 .. 15000 ]
    	Desription:	Interrupt rate for dynamic moderation.
    	Help:		Using dynamic interrupt moderation means that
    			interrupt moderation will be enabled only if more
    			than the specified number of interrupts occur. The
    			measured interrupt rate is not limited to receive
    			or transmit interrupts as specified in MODERATE.
    			All interrupts will be counted. If more interrupts
    			occur the interrupts specified in MODERATE are
    			moderated. If the number of interrupts goes down
    			below the specified level moderation is disabled.
    			Using dynamic interrupt moderation has the
    			advantage that the latency is increased only
    			if interrupt load is high.
    	Example:
    			LOAD YUKONNW ... MODERATE=BOTH MAXIRQPERSEC=1000

    Other Parameters

    Please do not try changing these parameters in a production environment
    unless you have figured out that they fit your needs. The changes can
    affect the server performance in a postive or negative way. It depends
    on the purpose of the server. The default settings of the driver should
    meet the requirements of a normal server.

    TXCOPYSIZE = [ 0 .. 9018 ]
    	Description:	Size of Transmit Copy Buffers.
    	Help:		The first fragments of a frame will be copied
    			together as long as they fit into this buffer.
    			This may lead to a higher transmit throughput
    			but it will cost some CPU load. A value of 0
    			will disable this feature. The default value
    			is 128 on a server and 0 on a client.
    			If the driver cannot get physically contiguous memory
    			for copy buffers of size 4097 and above, it will not
    			load.

    POLL
    	Description:	Use polling instead of interrupts.
    	Help:		In polling mode the adapter will not generate
    			interrupts for every received and transmitted
    			frame. Interrupts are used for backup purposes
    			only. The interrupt rate can be modified using
    			parameter IRQPERSEC between 10 and 15000 per
    			second (10 by default).
    			Polling may be useful if there are multiple
    			adapters in the server and interrupts become a
    			problem. By default the adapter works in
    			interrupt mode.

    TXDESC1 = [ 20 .. 200 ]
    	Description:	Number of transmit descriptors used.
    	Help:		It may be useful to decrease this value if there
    			is not enough memory in the server. The default
    			value is 100 on a server and 40 on a client.

    RXDESC1 = [ 10 .. 200 ]
    	Description:	Number of receive descriptors used.
    	Help:		It may be useful to decrease this value if there
    			is not enough memory in the server. The default
    			value is 100 on a server and 20 on a client.

    HWCSUMCAP = [ 00 .. FF ]
    	Description:	Limit the capabilities for hardware IP/TCP/UDP
    				checksum offload.
    	Help:		It is possible to disable specific checksum offload
    			capabilities. The parameter specifies the allowed
    			checksum offload capabilities for the adapter. It
    			is in hexadecimal format and you have to add the
    			values for the desired capabilities. The default
    			value is FF.
    			00: Checksum offload not supported
    			01: TCP checksum verification (RX)
    			02: UDP checksum verification (RX)
    			04: IP checksum verification (RX)
    			10: TCP checksum generation (TX)
    			20: UDP checksum generation (TX)
    			FF: all checksum offloads the adapter can support
    	Example:
    			LOAD YUKONNW ... HWCSUMCAP=7 ...

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