Broadcom (R) Corporation

Broadcom Ethernet Software CD for

the BCM440x Ethernet Adapter
RELEASE 6.5.3
(10/2/2002)

RELEASE NOTES

Summary:
- Miniport drivers have been updated to v3.48 which corrected the following . . .
a. Driver issue of not logging Link Speed during Windows XP WHQL test:
WHQLCheckConfig
b. LED display initialization in driver after wake from Standby or Hibernate.
- Netware ODI Driver updated to fix a register corruption problem in the timer
function.
- DOS Diagnostics updated, please see the diagrel.txt and udiagrel.txt in the
\DosDiag for detail changes.
- BACS, BMAPI, and CabW32 updated to our latest "best tested" software versions.
- The Driver Installer updated to package v3.48 drivers.

Software Compatibility
======================

This release of software supports:

- Broadcom 440x 10/100 Ethernet Network Adapter with A1 step silicon

Contents of the CD
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*** Release Version Information Table ***

Product Version Previous Rel.

Miniport Driver - WinNT 3.48 3.46

Miniport Driver - Win2k/98SE/ME 3.48* 3.46*
Miniport Driver - WinXP 3.48* 3.46*
DOS NDIS2 Driver 1.00 1.00
Netware DOS ODI Driver 1.07 1.06
DOS Diagnostics 1.24 1.18
PXE 1.0.3 1.0.2
BACS 3.06 3.02
BMAPI 3.0.7 3.0.3
CABW32 0.22 0.20
440x Driver Installer 3.13 3.08

Note: An asterisk (*) following a version number represents a certified driver.

This release contains the following software programs:

Miniport Driver for Windows XP and Windows 2000 - bcm4sbe5.sys Refer to the
RELEASE.TXT file on the engineering CD in the \440x\Drivers subdirectory for latest
changes.

DOS NDIS2 Driver - b44.dos

Refer to the RELEASE.TXT file on the engineering CD in the \440x\Drivers for latest
changes.

DOS ODI Driver

Refer to the RELEASE.TXT file on the engineering CD in the \440x\Drivers
subdirectory for latest changes.

DOS Diagnostics
Refer to the RELEASE.TXT file on the engineering CD in the \440x\DOSDiag
subdirectory for latest changes.

HTML User Manual - Located in the \440x\HTML subdirectory (when available)

BROADCOM Advanced Control Suite (BACS)

This is an integrated GUI application that allows you to view information of
all NICs on the desktop. The NICs diagnostic, Cable Analysis, and NICs statistic
are supported in this release. Refer to the RELEASE.TXT file on the
engineering CD in the \WinDiag subdirectory for latest changes. This
application should be installed by running setup from the \WinDiag
subdirectory on the engineering CD.

BROADCOM Management Application Programming Interface (BMAPI)

This DLL (bundled with the MgmtApps Installer) provides a common interface to
BROADCOM Advanced Server Program, SNMP agents,DMI and Broadcom Advanced Control
Suite. Refer to the RELEASE.TXT file on the engineering CD in the \WinDiag
subdirectory for latest changes.

CABW32 - Cable Management Dynamic Linked Library (DLL) Module. Refer to the
RELEASE.TXT file on the engineering CD in the \WinDiag subdirectory for latest
changes.

440x Driver Installer - Installs Windows drivers on Windows 2000 and Windows XP
platforms only. The new hardware wizard may appear if the system has not detected
the NIC. If this wizard appears, click cancel, and the installer will continue to
install the driver.

Broadcom Management Programs Setup Application- located in the \MgmtApps

subdirectory on the CD. This setup application will allow you to install BACS onto
your system.

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