sis900
network driver
version 1.0.1ß (August 17th, 2003)
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introduction.
This is a driver for SiS 900 based network cards as found in the embedded chipset SiS 630, 735 and many other chipsets from SiS.
!! This is a beta release; it might not work correctly in some cases !!

disclaimer.
This product is copyrighted ©2001-2003 by pinc Software. All Rights Reserved.
You may freely use this product as is. However, no warranty is given on the functionality. In no event  shall the author be liable for any damages it caused.

installation.
The easiest way to install the driver is to execute the included Install script.
If you don't want to use that, just move the driver sis900 to /boot/home/config/add-ons/kernel/drivers/bin and make a link in /boot/home/config/add-ons/kernel/drivers/dev/net.

After this, type "rescan sis900" in a shell.

To install the net_server add-on (not necessary for BONE):
If you feel like wanting to manually add the interface to the network preferences, then move the add-on sis900 to /boot/home/config/add-ons/net_server. See a BeOS powered computer with working net for details (file /boot/home/config/settings/Network).
If not, just move the add-on to the system folder, /boot/beos/system/add-ons/net_server - this seems to be a bug in the Network preferences application.

author.
This driver was written by Axel Dörfler <axeld@pinc-software.de>.
visit: http://www.pinc-software.de

history.
version 1.0.1 beta (August 17th, 2003)
	- added support for some new/other revisions of the chip (if your card didn't 
	  report a MAC address, this version could help).

version 1.0.0 beta (May 16th, 2002)
	- completely rewritten MII PHY handling - it does no longer use the SiS 900
	  internal interface, and includes workarounds needed for some other PHYs
	- now supports the SiS 735 chipset, and probably other modern SiS chipsets, 
	  too (tested on an Elitegroup K7S5A)
	- now utilizes a timer for automatic link change detection
	- added power management stubs for BeOS/Dano
	- added an Install script

version 0.9.6 beta (March 6th, 2002)
	- interrupt/packet handling rewritten - it now works almost perfectly
	- shouldn't deadlock the system anymore
	- began support for SiS 735 (not yet working)
	- promiscuous mode implemented

version 0.9.0 beta (August 14th, 2001)
	- thanks to Hank Sackett (hank@be.com) the driver finally works in
	  combination with the net_server

version 0.3.0 development (August 8th, 2001)
	- first official release
