================================================================================ Perle Fast Driver for Solaris Intel and Sparc Platform Copyright 2006-2009 Perle Systems Limited readme.txt ================================================================================ Driver release : 2.6.0 Date : December 2009 O/S Compatibility : Solaris (Intel) 2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (Sparc) 8, 9, 10. ================================================================================ Installation : -------------- 1. Copy the driver image file - Use the 'cp' command to copy it to a directory on your target system like /tmp. 2. Use the following commands depending on your OS version. Solaris 9.X and earlier: export NONABI_SCRIPTS="true" pkgadd -d /tmp/fast-sol-..pkg Solaris 10.0 and later: pkgadd -d /tmp/fast-sol-..pkg where: is the version of the driver image is the machine architecture (i386 or sparc) Configuration : --------------- Solaris 9.x and earlier: Serial Ports are configured using the Solaris admintool. Solaris 10.0 and later: Serial Ports are configured using the Solaris Management Console. For detailed installation instructions see the User Guide which can be found on the CDROM that came with your serial card or the Perle Web Site at http://www.Perle.com/ EIA-422/EIA-485 Configuration of UltraPort SI Cards : ----------------------------------------------------- The default configuration for the port interface protocol of UltraPort SI cards is EIA-232. If you wish to configure any of the UltraPort SI ports for EIA-422 or EIA-485 then a command line utility program called /etc/setultrap is supplied with this driver. Type "/etc/setultrap -h" for usage. The commands may be added to a startup script, or put at the end of the /etc/inittab file, to cause them to run automatically whenever the system is started. A sample commented out startup script /etc/init.setultrap is supplied with this driver. For detailed instructions on UltraPort SI card's port interfaces configuration please see the User Guide which can be found on the CDROM that came with your serial card or the Perle Web Site at http://www.Perle.com/ . Known issues in this release : ------------------------------ * Parity character are not handled properly with PARMRK, -IGNPAR and INPCK set * Repeated droping and raising of DCD may cause the port to remain in a closed state These issues are currently under investigation. Driver Updates : ---------------- This driver will be updated from time-to-time. Please visit the Perle Web-Site at http://www.Perle.com/ to ensure you have the latest release. ================================================================================ Release History --------------- Version Description ------- ----------- 2.6.0 * Added support for the new versions of the UltraPort 4 Express and UltraPort8 Express 2.5.11 * Maintenace release. Changed install directory for files so that the location was independant of the platform. 2.5.10 * Maintenance release Do not install port monitors. 2.5.0 * Added support for new UltraPort 1 and UltraPort2 Express cards with DB9 connectors. 2.4.0 * Added support for new PCI UltraPort SI cards which have Perle as the VENDOR ID. The UltraPort16 SI is not affected by this change. The serial number of the UltraPort SI cards has the following form: 57-xxWWYYxnnnn where WW is the week of production and, YY is the year of production. If the serial number on an Ultraport SI card shows that it has been produced on or after the first week of Sept (WW=36) of the year 2006 (YY=06), then a driver of version 2.4.0 or later is required to recognize the card. 2.3.0 * UltraPort 8i cards will now always report the DSR signal as active. 2.2.0 * Added support for Sun Sparc platform both 32-bit and 64-bit. 2.1.0 * Added support for 64-bit Solaris on Intel platforms * Added support for for UltraPort Express cards 2.0.0 * Added support for for UltraPort SI cards 1.4.0 * Added support for universal 3.3/5 V PCI-RAS4 V.92 and PCI-RAS8 V.92 Multi-Modem cards * fixed software flow control issue where some characters would be transmited when any character was received while flowed off 1.3.0 * Added support to SPEED driver for the UltraPort1 serial card 1.2.0 * Added support for the UltraPort2, UltraPort8i PCI cards 1.1.0 * Added support for the UltraPort 4, 8 and 16 port PCI cards * Added support for shared interrupts * Adding and removing cards were not automatically detected on IPL * Configuration boot was required after driver was installed * Call out devices were not properly added to system 1.0.1 * Updated for Solaris 8 1.0.0 * Initial driver release for Solaris 2.6/7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************** *** END README *** ********************