RAW ARCNET Interface Driver

Supported SOHARD Product Families:
	- ISA (SH ARC-66, SH ARC-ISA, SH ARC-PC104)
	- PCI (SH ARC-PCI, SH ARC-PCIu, SH ARC-PCI104)
	- PCMCIA (SH ARC-PCMCIA)
	- PCI-Express (SH ARC-PCIe)

History of Changes
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v7.4
	Features:
		1) added support for Windows 8
		2) released for Windows 10
	Changes:
		1) safe completion of Read and Write IRP's to prevent theoreticaly
		possible race race-condition.
	Bugfixes:
		1) fixed very rare issue detected in to 2 node network. The SMSC controller
		reported ExNAK on packet transfer even if count of FBE-NAK sequences
		was not equal to 4 or 128. As result of such an incorrect controller behaviour
		outgoing data transfer was blocked.
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v7.3
	Features:
		- 
	Changes:
		-
	Bugfixes:
		1) fixed incorrect detection of SH ARC-PCMCIA resources that 
		lead to an error by start.
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v7.2
	Features:
		- 
	Changes:
		1) GUID for SOHARD ARCNET interface is declared in 'farc.h'
		2) report error if application tries to use advanced parameters 
		   (clock multiplication, reconfiguration timeout, receeve all) 
		   on SH ARC-66.
	Bugfixes:
		1) fixed detection of SH ARC-66 under specified resourcen
		2) fixed E_FARC_EXCESSIVE_RECON error on ReadFile() execution, 
		   that appeared direct after successful initialization of 
		   SH ARC-66 in breaked mode.
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v7.1
	Features:
		- 
	Changes:
		-
	Bugfixes:
		1) fixed incorrect output of serial number if it contains 
		   leading zeros
		2) fixed incorrect link to the event message file
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v7.0	(internal release)
	Features:
		1) added support for Windows 7
		2) added support for 64-bit version of Windows
		3) added new IOCTL function IOCTL_FARC_GET_HW_VERSIONS that 
		   reports serial number, hardware and firmware revisions
	Changes:
		1) improved error output to event log. The driver reports 
		   the error with text description
	Bugfixes:
		1) fixed system crash on shutdown under Windows 7
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v6.6
	Features:
		1) added support for Windows Vista
		2) added support for PCI104 ARCNET card
	Changes:
		1) driver package was splitted to:
			- driver package for Windows 98/Me
			- driver package for Windows 2000 and later
	Bugfixes:
		1) fixed crash by installation of PCI driver without hardware
		2) fixed flaw by IRP canceling that could lead to unpredicted 
		   behaviour on cancel of ReadFile() or WriteFile()
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v6.5	(internal release)
	Features:
		-
	Changes:
		1) copyright information was updated
	Bugfixes:
		-
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v6.4
	Features:
		1) Driver package digitally signed
	Changes:
		-
	Bugfixes:
		-
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v6.3
	Features:
		-
	Changes:
		-
	Bugfixes:
		1) fixed possible crash (BSOD) due to substantial line 
		   disturbances
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v6.1
	Features:
		1) Driver supports SH ARC-PCIu
		2) New IOCTL function IOCTL_FARC_GET_RESOURCE_USAGE. 
		   This function allows the application to check if the needed 
		   voltage resources are available.
		3) New IOCTL function IOCTL_FARC_SET_READ_TIMEOUT/
		   IOCTL_FARC_GET_READTIMEOUT. Allows the application to set 
		   timeouts on ReadFile operations. 
		4) IOCTL_FARC_GET_CARDID function returns more detailed 
		   information about the used ARCNET hardware 
	Changes:
		-
	Bugfixes:
		-
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v6.0
	Features:
		1) Driver provides netmap to the user
	Changes:
		-
	Bugfixes:
		-
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v5.18
	Features:
		-
	Changes:
		-
	Bugfixes:
		1) solved problems on some pc systems during driver init
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v5.10
	Features:
		1) Driver supports Windows 98/Me
	Changes:
		-
	Bugfixes:
		-
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v5.0
	Features:
		1) Driver supports Windows 2000
		2) CancelIO supported (consult Windows API for details)
		3) PnP Installation with SH ARC-PCMCIA and SH ARC-PCI adapters 
		   in Windows 2000
		4) Added autodetection of PCMCIA resources in Windows NT
	Changes:
		1) No licencenumber needed
	Bugfixes:
		-
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