Intermec 6200 Reference Guide

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The PKODI.COM Novell ODI (Open DataĆLink Interface) driver provides the

Media Access Control (MAC) layer interface to the AMD PCnetĆISA Ethernet

network communication chip.  It conforms to the Novell ODI specification for

DOS client MAC drivers.
This driver is a slightly modified version of the Novell NE1500t driver:  The

Ethernet ID is read from a location different from that used by the NE1500t

driver.

PKODI.COM is a DOS TSR. To install it, follow the usual steps taken when

installing an ODI protocol stack.  For example, when installing NetWare Lite,

the following commands might be executed from AUTOEXEC.BAT at boot time.

Note that the NORAND Advanced Power Management (APM) BIOS

(NORAPM.EXE) must be loaded before PKODI.COM.
AUTOEXEC.BAT:

LSL

LSL.COM, Novell ODI Link Support Layer

PKODI

PKODI.COM, ODI MACĆlayer driver

IPXODI

IPXODI.COM, Novell ODI IPX/SPX protocol driver

CLIENT

CLIENT.EXE, NetWare Lite client shell

Novell network software uses ODI MAC drivers.  Many TCP/IP networking

products require MAC drivers written to the packet driver specification,

sometimes referred to as Crynwr packet drivers.
You can use PKODI.COM as a packet driver by installing a packetĆtoĆODI shim

driver on top of it.  A shim driver converts calls to one type of driver into calls to

another type of driver.  Instead of talking directly to hardware, as most MAC

drivers do, the shim talks to another driver.
The ODIPKT.COM driver is a MAC packet driver that talks to an ODI MAC

driver.  When ODIPKT.COM is installed after an ODI driver, it makes the ODI

driver look like a packet driver to the TCP/IP network software.
ODIPKT.COM is also a DOS TSR.  Load it immediately after running

PKODI.COM.  As an example, the following commands might be executed from

AUTOEXEC.BAT at boot time:

LSL

SL.COM, Novell ODI Link Support Layer

PKODI

PKODI.COM, ODI MACĆlayer driver

ODIPKT

Packet to ODI driver shim

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