Intel PRO Keyword Alphabetical Reference, For 32-bit NDIS3 Driver M32A.SYS only, Ioaddress

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Configuration Reference

Keyword Alphabetical Reference

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displays command summary for driver

CACHE

sets the system cache line size on the CardBus

 

Bridge. Valid arguments are system dependent

 

and may include only 0 (cache disabled), 4, 8,

 

16, or 32. Changing this parameter may affect

 

network performance.

DIRECTENABLE

For 32-bit NDIS3 Driver (M32A.SYS) only:

 

DIRECTENABLE forces the method used by the

 

driver to determine if a PRO/100 CardBus

 

adapter is present. Valid parameters are

 

AutoDetect, Off, and On. Using AutoDetect

 

allows the driver to determine if the CardBus

 

bridge has already been setup by another enabler

 

such as a Socket and Card Services. If so, the

 

driver will use the current configuration. Using

 

On, forces the driver to enable the CardBus

 

bridge without checking its current state.

DRIVERNAME=INTEL$ required as first item in the INTEL section of the

 

PROTOCOL.INI file for the M32ANDIS driver.

ERT

specifies the Advanced Look-ahead Pipelining

 

threshold. Valid settings are LOW, MEDIUM,

 

and HIGH. Changing this value will affect

 

network performance, depending on the

 

computer system.

INT

See IRQ.

INTERRUPT

See IRQ.

INTERRUPTSTYLE

For 32-bit NDIS3 Driver (M32A.SYS) only:

 

INTERRUPTSTYLE forces the driver to use

 

ISA IRQ routing or PCI IRQ routing. Some

 

CardBus bridges have the capability of

 

supporting both PCI and ISA style IRQ routing.

 

Valid parameters are AutoDetect, PCI-IRQ,

 

and ISA-IRQ. The default keyword is

 

AutoDetect.

IOADDRESS and

 

IOBASEADDRESS

specifies the base I/O address of the Intel adapter

 

I/O ports, in hexadecimal notation. The PRO/100

 

CardBus adapter requires 128 contiguous I/O

 

addresses if run in I/O mode. If using memory-

 

mapped I/O mode, no I/O ports are necessary. If

 

this parameter is not specified the driver will

 

detect an I/O port automatically.

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