GENMU is currently a TEST MODE warpIn installer.

WARNING: The GENMU_TEST installer may contain not working device drivers. Please test them, and
report your results to the news group, or the mail list. Thanks.

NOTE: GENMU_TEST 0.1.6 was inadvertently distributed as version 1.6.0. Version 0.1.7 is a later version.

The TEST version contains drivers for Network Interface Cards (NICs) that users have supplied to me, 
to build an installer for them using the GENMAC UNSUPPORTED mode, or by patching genm32w.os2 (I am
not allowed to distribute patched versions, so the patch is applied at install time, when necessary).
As such, there is NO SUPPORT, and no guarantee that they will work, for anything that is in this 
package, although you can subscribe to the GENMAC user list, and request help there.

NOTE: The patches that are applied by the installer, expect to find an unaltered copy of 
\IBMCOM\macs\genm32w.os2
as it is installed by the GENMAC installer. The patch may not work if an altered copy is found.
There should be an unaltered copy in the GENMAC driver directory. Do not alter that because it will 
be used to restore an unaltered copy to \IBMCOM\MACS when you uninstall the GenMU_TEST package.

NOTE: The instructions in the following section are not necessary when installing the GenmU_TEST 
package. The installer now does the patching automatically. If you are using this package as a base 
to try to get a different device to work, you will probably need the next section.

NOTE: It seems that GENMAC does not enable wireless device support when it is used in UNSUPPORTED mode.
To get around that limitation, you will need to edit a similar device in 
\IBMCOM\macs\genm32w.os2
(other copies of this file are not used). There is a tool called EGENM32W that is designed to make 
changes to that file. It is at:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/system/drivers/network/EGenM32W_V02.zip
Look up a similar device, and change the ID, and file names (if required). Then, edit
\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL.INI to change the word "UNSUPPORTED" to "NONE"
There is NO GUARANTEE that this will work, but it is worth a try. Please let me know if you
get it to work.

Please send feedback to the GENMAC User list. You can subscribe to e-mail, by sending a message 
containing:

Subject: Subscribe to Genmac-user
to:
genmac-user-subscribeATnetlabs.org
(change "AT" to "@").

or by subscribing to the news group:

gmaneDOTorgDOTnetlabsDOTgenmacDOTuser
on the server:
newsDOTgmaneDOTorg
(Change all of the "DOT" to "."). 

TEST devices included:
RALINK Wlan [1814:2790]
Atheros Wlan [168C:0023]
3COM Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card [10B7:5157]
Atheros Wlan [168C:002B]
Realtek 8172 Wlan [10EC:8172]
Realtek 8199 Wlan [10EC:8199]
Ralink Wlan [1814:0781]
Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 3x3 AGN [8086:4238]
Atheros Wlan [168C:0024]
Attansic [1969:1063]
Attansic [1969:1083]
Attansic [1969:1062]
Intel (Dell) [8086:4232]
Broadcom B/G [14E4:4315]
Intel Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2200 [8086_0891]
Realtek 8168 [10EC:8168]
Broadcom A/G [14E4:4353]

If you have a device that *WORKS* in UNSUPPORTED mode, or, if you have a device that is 
supported, but works better with an updated driver, please add to the database by following 
these instructions:

To upload such a driver, please zip up the required parts (you know what they are, because you 
made it work, right?), with the name such as:
0123-4567.ZIP
which is the device identifier, as GENMAC uses it.  Add a small text file called USER.TXT, 
to the contents of the ZIP file, with any useful information, and your contact information, 
if you like. Be sure to note that this is either working in unsupported mode, or if it is an 
update to a supported driver.

Okay, where to put it:
Use an FTP program, that can upload files in BINARY mode. I use FTP-PM. The web site is:
ftpDOTos2voiceDOTorg
(replace "DOT" with ".")

the user ID is:
genmac

the password is:
unsupported
(lower case)

The Remote directory is:
/

Please don't abuse this site, and don't pass on the user id, and
password, in an obvious URL format. I expect that this site will be
temporary, while we see what the response is, and see if this is
actually going to work as planned. 

Thanks for your support, for the unsupported...


Doug Bissett...