AFT A104d Firmware Change Log
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Release V26
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Sep 27 2007

Type:		Recommended Firmware for PCI/PCI-Express Cards
		Fixes chip security issue.

Changes:	Firmware bug fix for PCI/PCI-Express Cards
		This bug can shut down the driver.

Release V25
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Mar 16 2007
	
Tyep		Mandatory for PCI-Express Cards
		
		This update attempts to further fix the issue related in V24.
		On some systems the symtoms in V24 were still prevalent.
		V25 fixes those issues.


Release V24
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Nov 03 2006

Type		Mandatory for PCI-Express Cards
	
  		A serious bug exists in A104d Firmware for PCI-E cards.
		On each front end access the next pci transaction can
		become corrupted, and if the next pci transaction is dma
		transaction, then an invalid memory can be written to.

Changes:	Firmware bug fix for PCI-E cards.
		This bug can cause hard crashes.
		
		Note: This bug only affects DATA operation of A104d PCI
		Express Card. The TDM Voice operation is not affected.

         

Release V23
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Sep 27 2006

Type:  		Optional (Feature) 

Changes:	This firmware release contains new feature:
		- Global TDM Voice Interrupt:
			It that combines all spans on a single
		   	interrupt. This significantly reduces cpu load.
		  
		  This option is only used in TDM Voice Mode.

Symptoms:	New Feature.

WARNING:	The new feature only works with the driver release beta8-2.3.4 and higher.
		Do not install this firmware if you are running OLDER wanpipe release.
		If you install this firmware on older wanpipe release TDM VOICE driver
		will NOT work.


Release V22
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Sep 27 2006


Type:  		Optional (Feature)   

Changes:	This firmware release contains new feature: 
		- E1 Unframed 
	          Option to run E1 portin Unframed mode (all 32 channels)
		  This option is only used in WAN/IP mode.
		

WARNING:	The new feature only works with the driver release beta8-2.3.4 and higher.
		If you install this firware with OLDER wanpipe release ONLY E1 Unframed 
		feature will not work, rest of the features will work fine.


Release V21
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Jul 17 2006

Type:  		Recomended

Changes:	This release fixes an issue with some boards where the echo canceller would not load properly.
		If your echo canceller currently loads properly, you do not need to upgrade to this firmware.
		
			 
Symptoms:	Echo canceller fails on chip open (err=103xxxx), cannot load echo canceller. 



Release V18
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Feb 06 2005

Type:  		Recomended

Changes:	This release fixes a possible bug when A104D card is used with
	        new Octasic Echo Chip that has lower than 256 echo channels.
		Bug is machine based and only occurs on some pci buses 
		when hardware echo cancellation is being used.   
			 

Symptoms:	Non funcioning Echo Canceler. 



Release V17
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Jan 23 2005

Type:  		Mandatory/Critical

Changes:	This release fixes a critical bug in A104D hw. 
		Bug is machine based and only occurs on some pci buses 
		when hardware echo cancellation is being used.   	 

Symptoms:	Noise and clicking sounds on hardware echo canceled channels.