                             Broadcom (R) Corporation
                         Broadcom Ethernet Software CD for
                           the BCM5751 Ethernet Adapter
                                 RELEASE 8.3.5
                                  (12/23/2005)

                                RELEASE NOTES

Summary:
- Release Candidate for the Broadcom 8.3 Project.
- Updated Windows drivers and driver installer with certified cat files.
- Updated BACS installer with translated docs.
- Updated bootcode for 5751, and 5752.
- Updated PXE to Gold version.

Caveats:
- The 5752m part has some issues that are still under investigation.

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

This release of software supports:
- Broadcom 5751m/5751f Gigabit Ethernet with A0, B0, B1, C1 step silicon
- Broadcom 5752/5752m Gigabit Ethernet with A2 step silicon
- Broadcom 5901 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
- Broadcom 5705 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 

Contents of the CD
==================
*** Release Version Information Table ***
                  
Product                 	   Version   Previous Rel.
                  
Windows NT4 Driver                 8.48e     8.48e
Windows 98SE/ME Driver             8.48e     8.48e
Windows 2000 Driver                8.48e*    8.48e
Windows XP Driver                  8.48e*    8.48e 
DOS/OS2 NDIS2 Driver               8.28      8.28
Linux Driver                       8.3.14    8.3.14
Netware ODI32 Driver               8.60      8.60           
Netware ODI16 Driver               8.27      8.27 
DOS Diagnostics                    8.30      8.30
PXE                                8.3.9     8.3.8 
Bootcode for 5705                  3.18      3.18 
Bootcode for 5751m                 3.56      3.54
Bootcode for 5751f                 3.56      3.54
Bootcode for 5752                  3.21      n/a
Bootcode for 5752m                 3.21      3.18
Bootcode for 5901                  3.27      3.27
PC Doctor                 	   8.30      8.30 
Unattend                           1.07      1.07
Update                             1.0.2     1.0.2
BACS                               8.2.63    8.2.63 
BMAPI for Windows                  7.3.11    7.3.11
CABW32            		   6.1.8     6.1.8 
HTML User Guide                    5.07.21   5.07.21
Driver Installer                   8.22.11   8.22.10 
BACS Installer                     8.68.06   8.68.05


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

This release contains the following software programs:

BCM5751 Miniport Driver for Microsoft Windows XP32 - b57xp32.sys 
Refer to the RELEASE.TXT file on the installation CD in the \WinXP 
subdirectory for latest changes.

BCM5751 Miniport Driver for Microsoft Windows 2000 - b57w2k.sys 
Refer to the RELEASE.TXT file on the installation CD in the \Win2000
subdirectory for latest changes.

BCM5751 DOS NDIS2 Driver - b57.dos.
Refer to the RELEASE.TXT file on the installation CD in the \NDIS2 for latest changes.

BCM5751 Linux Driver 
This driver supports LINUX Redhat Version 2.2, 6.x, 7.0, and 7.2.  Refer to the 
RELEASE.TXT file on the installation CD in the \linux subdirectory for 
latest changes.

BCM5751 Server ODI Driver - b57.lan 
Refer to the RELEASE.TXT file on the installation CD in the \Netware\ODI32 subdirectory for latest changes.

BCM5751 DOS ODI Driver - b57.com
Refer to the RELEASE.TXT file on the installation CD in the \Netware\ODI16 subdirectory for latest changes.

BCM5751 User/Manufacturing Diagnostic 
This DOS program provides a comprehensive user diagnostic to diagnose the 
BCM5751 adapter in pass or no pass criteria.  The test result can be saved 
in a file by executing command b57diag with -l <filename> as an option.  
Refer to the RELEASE.TXT file on the installation CD in the \DOS\UserDiag 
subdirectory for latest changes.

PXE - Broadcom Preboot Execution
Refer to the RELEASE.TXT file on the installation CD in the \pxe 
subdirectory for latest changes, as well as required registry settings.

Boot Code - BCM5751 Boot Code Firmware - Refer to the RELEASE.TXT file on the installation CD in the \dos\bootcode subdirectory pertaining to your network controller for the latest changes.  Please note there are two different boot code images at this time, the 'a' at the end of one of the files denotes it's PCI-E v1.0a complaint.  The file without the 'a' denotes PCI-E v1.0 complaince.

ee5751cX.XXa -  This file is for use on a PCI-E v1.0a compliant system.
ee5751cX.XX  -  This file is for use on a PCI-E v1.0 compliant system.


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