Intel Software: Intel® SMBus Driver 2.0
v6.8.1.2
Release Notes

June 9, 2010
Microsoft* Windows* XP (Service Pack 2)
Microsoft* Windows* XP 64bit-Edition
Microsoft* Server 2003* (32Bit-Edition)
Microsoft* Server 2003* (64bit-Edition)
Microsoft* Vista* (32Bit-Edition)
Microsoft* Vista* (64bit-Edition)
Microsoft* 7* (32Bit-Edition)
Microsoft* 7* (64bit-Edition)

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Revision History

Date | Driver Revision | Build Number | Draft/Changes
June 9, 2010 | 6.8.1 | 2 | Support CPT and use WDK 7.1 for compilation
Jan 20, 2010 | 6.7.0 | 3 | Fixed MMIO implementation issue. Increase retries number for clearing bus from 1 to 99 on bus hang. Force taking In-Use bit upon timeout. Dynamically support Hardware 32B buffer for Block read/write.
May 8, 2009 | 6.7.0 | 2 | Fixed Win7 WHQL issues
March 18, 2009 | 6.7.0 | 1 | Support PCH, added support for process call protocol and added Win7 installation support (tested only with Win 7 beta).
April 15, 2008 | 6.6.0 | 1 | Support ICH10 Consumer and ICH10 Corporate, support Windows Server 2003 installation.
Sep 27, 2007 | 6.5.0 | 1 | Support 631XESB/632XESB
Jan 9, 2007 | 6.4.0 | 1 | Support ICH9, fixed ClearBus hang bug, support soft-reset for ICH8 and ICH9, WHQL certified.
August 30, 2006 | 6.3.0 | 2 | Fixed SMBus Installer bug. No new features are added.
July 13, 2006 | 6.3.0 | 1 | Support ICH8 Memory Mapped IO and Microsoft Vista 32bit-edition and Microsoft Vista 64bit-edition with digital signature enforcement turn off.

New Features

Features Added

Reference No: | Description | Release Name
| CPT and its derivatives support. | V6.8.1.2
Fixed MMIO implementation issue. Force taking In-Use bit upon timeout and increase retries number for clearing bus from 1 to 99 on bus hang. Dynamically support Hardware 32B buffer for Block read/write. Removed soft reset support for this release only. |
| V6.7.0.3
| None | V6.7.0.2
| PCH Support, support process call protocol, and Win7 installation support | V6.7.0.1
| ICH10 Consumer and ICH10 Corporate Support Windows Server 2003 Installation Support | V6.6.0.1
| 631XESB/632XESB support | V6.5.0.1
| ICH9 support Soft-reset for ICH8 and ICH9 WHQL Certified | V6.4.0.1
| None. | V6.3.0.2
| ICH8 Memory Mapped IO and Microsoft Vista 32bit-edition and Microsoft Vista 64bit-Edition with digital signature enforcement turns off. | V6.3.0.1

Known Issues

Known Issues

Reference No: | Description | Affected OSs
| - | -

Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved

Reference No: | Description | Affected OSs
| - | -

Components Contained in this Release

Components Contained

Component | Filename | Version
Windows* XP/Server 2003/Vista/7 Driver | INTELSMB.SYS | 6.8.1.2
Windows* XP/Server 2003/Vista/7 64bit-Edition | INTELSMB.SYS | 6.8.1.2
Windows* XP/Server 2003/Vista/7 INF | INTELSMB.INF | 6.8.1.2