AT&T IPC-1600 manual Unix System Device Driver Installation

Introduction

Comment: If you are using only native MS-DOS for IPC-1600 operation, you can skip this chapter. Chapter 2, “MS-DOS Device Driver Installation,” provides MS-DOS driver installation and setup instructions. If you intend to run MS-DOS under Simul-Task 386, use the installation instruction in this chapter.

This chapter provides instructions for installing the IPC-1600 UNIX system device driver, which is on the diskette labeled “Intelligent Ports Card (IPC-1600) UNIX System V/386 Device Drivers, Version 1.0.” This chapter also provides software-related information about removing a board and installing additional boards.

Note: The same software is provided on both a 5.25-inch diskette and a 3.5-inch diskette.

It is strongly recommended that you install the device driver before you install the hardware.

Requirement 1: Certain system tunable parameters should be adjusted to obtain proper system performance. Also, sufficient system memory must be available to support the number of boards being installed. Refer to the “Tunable Parameters and Memory Requirements” section of this chapter for more information. It is recommended that the tunable parameters be adjusted before installing the IPC-1600 UNIX system software to avoid having to do a separate idbuild process.

Requirement 2: Be sure to take notes throughout this phase of installation. Write down the Interrupt ReQuest (IRQ) assignment(s), I/O address(es), and the controller memory address(es) so that once the device driver has been installed you will have a permanent record to which you may refer when you install the hardware. Likewise, if you are going to remove or add a board, write down any changes that you make in the process. A sample configuration record is shown in Appendix A.

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