CP210x Windows 2000 Driver v6.1 Release Notes Copyright (C) 2010 Silicon Laboratories, Inc. This release contains the following components: * x64 directory * silabser.sys * silabenm.sys * x86 directory * silabser.sys * silabenm.sys * CP210xVCPInstaller.exe (v2.8) * setup.ini * silabser.cat * slabvcp.inf * ReleaseNotes.txt (this file) Driver Installation ------------------- See Kit User's Guide for installation instructions. Release Dates ------------- CP210x Windows 2000 Driver v6.1 - July 26, 2010 CP210x Windows Driver Revision History -------------------------------------- version 6.1 Corrections ----------- Corrected a memory leak which could bog the system down after extended use of a contiuously opened COM port, and conditionally yield bluescreens on certain systems Corrected a problem where an IO reqest would sometimes return a busy status to user mode, instead the queue is restarted if necessary before adding an IO request to the queue Corrected a condition which would blue screen on cancelling write request that hasn't been fully sent out USB Corrected the Capabilites return value, which incorrectly reported that timeouts are not supported Corrected several Queue size return values, which affected behavior in the MSCOMM control Corrected DTR/RTS value on device insertion, visible when Serial Enumeration is disabled Corrected the ability to override Baud Rate and Line Control from the INF file version 6.0 Corrections ----------- Corrected blue screen due to a selective suspend error in WDF, selective suspend no longer supported in 2K by the driver Corrected multiple blue screens and driver hangs related to race conditions in the driver Corrected problem where driver hangs when 4 or more devices are connected to a single transaction translator hub Corrected bugs that prohibited serial enumeration Corrected problem where IO requests were not completed/cancelled on a close Corrected problem with dialing out or PPP connections New features/Enhancements ------------------------- Created IO queueing mechanism so that multiple reads, writes, etc. can be queued and waited on version 5.4.29 New features/Enhancements ------------------------- Branched driver from the Win XP/2003/Vista/7 package since it can only use KMDF 1.7