Short: SANA-II parallel port driver Author: mag@sysgo.de Uploader: ruppert amigaworld com Type: comm/net Version: 38.1 Replaces: magplip37.8.lha Requires: SANA-II compliant protocol stack Architecture: m68k-amigaos Kurz: SANA-II Treiber für die parallele Schnittstelle magPLIP - SANA II compliant PLIP device driver for AmiTCP/IP, Envoy, AS225 and other networking packages (C) Copyright 1993-1994 Oliver Wagner, Michael Balzer (C) Copyright 1995 Jan Kratochvil & Martin Mares (C) Copyright 1995-1996 Marius Groeger All Rights Reserved. Changes have been made by Stéphane Zermatten to the driver to connect a LinuxBox to an Amiga via a LapLing cable, based on the release 37.8. This modified version (38.x) is distributed with the permission of the author, Marius Groeger and compiled by Stefan Ruppert. NOTE: The main addition to the 37.7 version is the linplip.device driver, which can connect to a LinuxBox. Also there are two bugfixes for the magplip.device driver, which fixes a problem with Miami and possible system crash for big file transfers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTE! PLEASE READ THE UPGRADE INFORMATION IN THE SUPPLIED AMIGAGUIDE® DOCUMENT! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is another PLIP device driver. PLIP means Parallel Line Internet Protocol. Originally based upon the plip.device released by Oliver Wagner and Michael Balzer, this version has been completely rewritten. The main distinguishing features to the original version include * Much more line security through machine independent timeout handling * Option to omit CRC checks * MTU 256 Bytes to 128KBytes * SANA-II special statistic counters * Much better configurable, especially with regard to slow systems * Major code cleanup, including the removal of assembler fragments, globals, errors * Several protocol stacks may use magPLIP simultaneously * Installer script * AmigaGuide® online documentation Please read also the supplied AmigaGuide® document to obtain further information about the installation and usage of magPLIP. You should install this software package by using the supplied Installer script. If you have any suggestions or comments please contact the following people : Linux related: Stéphane Zermatten Amiga related: Stefan Ruppert (mainly bug fixes) General concept related: Marius Groeger NOTE: Marius has stopped development on the Amiga, so don't bother him about the V38 release. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 38.1 (compiled by Stefan Ruppert) * added a version of the driver (linplip.device) that will connect an Amiga to a PC running Linux, using a LapLink cable. The driver for the Linux side is also included. By Stéphane Zermatten. * bugfix: the command S2_ONLINE now returns 0 (success) if the device is already online. * bugfix: now works also for large file tranfers, no system crashes anymore. Release 37.8 * bugfix: magPLIP can be used by multiple protocol stacks simultaneously. Release 37.7 * Improved packet type tracking * SANA-II special statistic counters * Improved documentation * schematic drawing included that shows the cable wiring Release 37.5 * on early startup time the MTU reported to protocol was not yet the customized value but the default setting; At least Envoy had problems with this bug * Frame buffer handling is now done dynamically, MTU can be set to values up to 128K. A large MTU increases performance for large data transfers such as in a file-server system. * Code more robust against initialization errors * ENV: settings are better checked for validity Release 37.4 * Some documentation changes * minor changes in the transfer code Release 37.3 * Timeout handling is now system independent and gives a great improvement to configuration and line security * ARBITRATIONDELAY no longer used, but supported for old config-files Release 37.2 * Significantly better performance (transfer routines rewritten in assembly language) * internal code cleanup Initial Release 37.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is Freeware, but not in the public domain. It's strictly forbidden to include this archive in any kind of software collection except Fred Fish's AmigaLibrary, Meeting Pearls CD's, Aminet, Aminet CD's and BBS fileareas. This software is provided "as is". No representations or warranties are made with respect to the accuracy, reliability, performance, currentness, or operation of this software, and all use is at your own risk. This doesn't apply to the linux kernel patch (Linux/plip.c), which is distributed under the GNU Public Licence. (SZ)