Does any one know what the difference is between the two third party drivers located on this server?
After extracting them on VirtualBox the file sizes are the same?!?
I also HEX edited the PIIX PCI AutoDetect ID's with my ICH4M because it's backwards compatible but the driver doesn't seem to pick it up :/
Quote from: pTeK on November 17, 2023, 06:04:01 PMDoes any one know what the difference is between the two third party drivers located on this server?
After extracting them on VirtualBox the file sizes are the same?!?
I also HEX edited the PIIX PCI AutoDetect ID's with my ICH4M because it's backwards compatible but the driver doesn't seem to pick it up :/
The difference between the 4.03 driver and the 4.031 driver is the addition of a custom table file (EIDE_ALI.table) that someone added to configure the EIDE driver for their hardware. You can add custom table files or modify existing ones to improve performance and compatibility with newer hardware.
You can also open 'configure.app', select the EIDE driver and choose 'expert' to make changes too. It may be necessary to reboot after making those changes. You'll have to play around with the settings to see what works and what doesn't. You can use the 'DrivePerformance.app' to check for performance improvements.
Quote from: Nitro on November 17, 2023, 08:38:46 PMThe difference between the 4.03 driver and the 4.031 driver is the addition of a custom table file (EIDE_ALI.table) that someone added to configure the EIDE driver for their hardware. You can add custom table files or modify existing ones to improve performance and compatibility with newer hardware.
You can also open 'configure.app', select the EIDE driver and choose 'expert' to make changes too. It may be necessary to reboot after making those changes. You'll have to play around with the settings to see what works and what doesn't. You can use the 'DrivePerformance.app' to check for performance improvements.
Thanks Nitro. When I extracted the 4.03 driver I must have renamed it to 4.031tp.config and extracted the 4.03 driver again :-[
I really need to install
bash the convenience of tab completion and pressing up for command history really does come in handy.
Does any one know where the EIDE.config (3.37) version came from that supports PIIX3, PIIX4 hardware that is hosted on this site? Was it listed on NeXT answers and internet archive didn't back it up?
Quote from: pTeK on January 17, 2025, 04:20:47 PMDoes any one know where the EIDE.config (3.37) version came from that supports PIIX3, PIIX4 hardware that is hosted on this site? Was it listed on NeXT answers and internet archive didn't back it up?
The 3.37 version of the EIDE driver is in the NEXTSTEP3.3/Drivers/3.3BetaDrivers directory on the Update CD that includes the Y2K patches. It's also on the 4.2 Update CD.
Quote from: tjallen on January 17, 2025, 05:16:58 PMThe 3.37 version of the EIDE driver is in the NEXTSTEP3.3/Drivers/3.3BetaDrivers directory on the Update CD that includes the Y2K patches. It's also on the 4.2 Update CD.
Ah ok thanks, I didn't know there was a official CD. I think the CD uploaded to the site was one compiled by a user from the board?
Quote from: pTeK on November 17, 2023, 06:04:01 PMI also HEX edited the PIIX PCI AutoDetect ID's with my ICH4M because it's backwards compatible but the driver doesn't seem to pick it up :/
The problem I had here was I copied the drivers to a 2.88MB disk image then used a hex editor on the disk image. The way I got it working was by doing a hex edit on NeXTSTEP 3.3/OpenStep with a util or a /bin/sh script either on the files on the disk partition or before I copied it to the partition which makes sense as doing a hex edit on the disk image out side of the emulator would of resulted in incorrect disk checksum.