Installation guide

Chapter 9 Network Device Driver Options 215
NCR StarCard (8 bit)
Required entry:
• drivername = starlan$
The following table summarizes the possible entries and values in the
[ncrslan] section of the LAN Manager PROTOCOL.INI file:
Entry Units Range Default
dma_channel0 integer 1, 3 3
dma_channel1 integer 1, 3 1
drivername — — starlan$
external_rom hex. D0000, D8000 —
func_address — new, old new
interrupt integer 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 3
lan_id_rom hex. 0180, 0300 0300
node_address hex. 08000E000000–
08000EFFFFFF
—
num_genreq integer 10–500 10
num_rcvs integer 3–20 5
num_xmt_bufs integer 2–8 3
port_address hex. 380, 388, 390 380
rcv_buf_size integer 1600–10000 4500
Entries in the [ncrslan] section of the LAN Manager PROTOCOL.INI
file have the following meanings:
dma_channel0
Indicates the DMA channel used for Request 0 (receive). System
DRQ 1 and DRQ 3 can be used. The value used for dma_channel0
must differ from the value used for dma_channel1.
dma_channel1
Indicates the DMA channel used for Request 1 (transmit). System
DRQ 1 and DRQ 3 can be used. The value used for dma_channel1
must differ from the value used for dma_channel0.
drivername
Identifies the driver name of the network device driver.
external_rom
Specifies the address of the external ROM on the adapter. If no value
is entered, the external ROM is disabled. Enter the address in
hexadecimal digits.