============================ R E L E A S E N O T E S ============================ Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Driver (570x chipset) For Windows 2003 32/64 bit versions , Windows XP 32/64 bit versions, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows ME, Win98/SE. Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved. Contents: -------- The following files are included in this zip: b57win32.cat b57xp32.sys b57win32.inf release.txt Installation Instructions: ------------------------- When the Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 system first boots up after installing a new hardware device, the system automatically detects the new hardware and prompts you to install the driver software for that device. Choose the Install the Software Automatically (recommended) option, click Next. The Found New Hardware Wizard then searches for the appropriate driver and automatically installs the software. If asked to specify the location of the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM, click Browse and locate the path to the Gigabit Ethernet drivers that was previously specified. When the software installation is complete, click Finish to close the wizard and complete the software installation. To Update to this version of the driver from a previous version: 1. Right-click My Computer and go to Properties. 2. Select the Device Manager tab and expand Network Adapters. 3. Double-click the Broadcom adapter. 4. Select the Driver tab. 5. Select Update Driver, and specify the location of the new driver. Fixed Issues: ------------ Version 7.100 January 17, 2005 ---------------------------------------- 1. Problem: CQ11139, CQ11143 - PCI Config Offset 0x30 (rom base address) is writable. 2. Problem: Unable to read past offset 264 of the flash on 5703, 5704 and 5705. 3. Problem: Unable to read serial eeproms on 5700 and 5701. Version 7.99 January 11, 2005 ---------------------------------------- 1. Problem: CQ11158 - Low performance when LSO is enabled on 5788 when running chariot. 2. Problem: CQ11819 - Driver returns 0 for statistics when calling OIDs using a 32 bit buffer 3. Problem: CQ11780 - MAC address corruption issue after cold or warm boot CQ11764 - Burned in address shows up as Multicast or wrong address on NICs with IPMI Version 7.98 December 21, 2004 ---------------------------------------- 1. Problem: CQ11723 - Internal file name in properties for b57amd64.sys of v7.97 had extra characters and displayed b57netamd64.sys Version 7.97 December 06, 2004 ---------------------------------------- 1. Problem: CQ11487 - AMD64 inf is missing Checksum Offload, LargeSend, and Wirespeed options 2. Problem: CQ11532 - Need to remove 5753F support. 3. Problem: CQ11521 - Configuring ASF in Windows XP32 using ASFConfig Corrupts Firmware on 5721 B1 (Flash ST M45PE10) Version 7.96 December 01, 2004 ---------------------------------------- 1. Problem: CQ11151 - NDIS driver does not properly support Dot3Stats OIDs 2. Problem CQ11472 Unstable PLL output can lead to the chip lock-up when transitioning to D3 Cold. Extremely rare HW lock-up on 5751 devices when going into S3/S4 that causes the 5751 to intermittently not be visible to the system after resuming from S3/S4. 3. Problem: CQ11466 Add generic 5753 support to OEM desktop windows .inf files. 4. Problem: CQ11453, CQ 11454 - BACS not working correctly under NT 4. 5. Problem: CQ11463 5705 BSOD during WHQL 2c_OffloadTaskMisc test on server system. Version 7.95 November 29, 2004 ---------------------------------------- 1. Problem: CQ11446 - Unable to pass network traffic after resume from S3 when cable is disconnected during S3 and reconnected in S0. Version 7.94 November 24, 2004 ---------------------------------------- 1. Problem: CQ11433 - System gets NMI error during shutdown. Version 7.93 November 24, 2004 ---------------------------------------- 1. Problem: CQ11147 - Performance lower than expected in a few rare test scenarios with 5751 family of devices. When this occurred, throughput would periodically drop to zero for short periods of time which would lower the average throughput. This problem was only seen when running high throughput peer-to-peer performance tests with a single Linux client. The issue would not be seen in tests involving multiple remote stations, or tests involving Windows clients 2. Problem: CQ11187 - b57win32.inf file is recognized by WinXP AMD64 Version 7.92 November 22, 2004 ---------------------------------------- 1. Problem: CQ11323 INF entry for one of OEM ID is incorrect. 2. Problem: CQ11316 Change default value of LargeSendMinNumSeg to 2 for 5705 family. 3. Problem: CQ11224 5753A1 12x12 with 256k flash (SA25F020) is not detected by AsfConfig. CQ11268 BACS does not show firmware version CQ11269 System hangs on firmware upgrade 4. Problem: CQ11308 Cable Length Diagnostics reports cable length of zero. 5. Problem: CQ9949 Blue Screen when 1cPrivateDevIOctl optional WHQL test script is run. 6. Problem: IPMI does not work on 5704 when adapter is in low power state and link speed is forced to 10mb. Version 7.91 November 05, 2004 ---------------------------------------- 1. Problem: CQ11183 Adding support for two new OEM Mobile platforms. 2. Problem: CQ11165 Add 5788 device ID's to support new OEM mobile project. 3. Problem: CQ11132 OEM would like to default ChkSum Offload to TX ONLY on their 5701 products. 4. Problem: CQ11209 and CQ11210 OEM would like to new IDs for 5703 and 5704 products; and wants them to default ChkSum Offload to TX ONLY. 5. Problem: CQ11216 Wake On Link Option is not available in the Advanced Tab of Network Properties on some 5751M OEM laptop models. 6. Problem: CQ11226 Intermittent blue screen during BACS MII test on 5751. Enhancement Request: ==================== 1. Request: CQ11104 Gpio2 pin should always be configured as an input pin for Shasta 12x12 implementations. Version 7.90 October 19, 2004 ---------------------------------------- 1. Problem: CQ11088 Remove the ability to set speed and duplex on the OEM specific model embedded adapter. 2. Problem: CQ10714 b57xp64.inf file needs to include 64-bit Windows 2003 in the header for applicable OS 3. Problem: Poor performance on 5751 BX parts. Enhancement Request: ==================== 1. Request: Certain gpio pins should not be modified by the device driver on LOM implementations.