Import for Intel 82801GB SMBus controller fails for lack of "vendor" information.

[Hank Schupp]

Hello all,

I have been trying to import the drivers for the Intel 82801GB chipset with
no real luck. Has anyone updated the chipset.inf sld fileset that was
floating around several years ago?

I did find an interesting PDF on the Intel website titled:
"MS Windows XP Embedded Image Creation Procedures for the Intel 3100
Chipset" dated June 2006. Tried the steps listed there and it failed for
me - would be interested to know if anyone else has the same issue.
Document # is 313422-002US.


Hank Schupp

 

[Andy Allred [MS]]

Hank, can you provide a URL to this PDF? Thanks.

If 'vendor' information is missing from the INF, have you tried supplying
whatever information may be needed? Do you have more details on the error
you're seeing? Did you check xpefiles.com for a version of the SLD you can
use?

--
Andy

Check out the Embedded team blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/embedded/

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Hank Schupp]

The link for the file (which contains the document as well as the driver
files) is:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scr...All&OSFullName=All Operating Systems&lang=eng

The error I am getting when I try to import the files is:

Inforocessing file : C:\inteldrvr\3100\Driver\iaAHCI.inf
Info:C:\inteldrvr\3100\Driver\iaAHCI.inf: type PNP device INF
*** Error ***:C:\inteldrvr\3100\Driver\iaAHCI.inf: An error occurred
while getting the vendors list section name.
Info:Completed processing file [Import succeeded] :
C:\inteldrvr\3100\Driver\iaAHCI.inf

This may be as simple as adding a specific entry into the inf file telling
it who the "vendor" is but I haven't found it in the designer docs as yet.
Any hints?
btw: Andy - I had looked through the xpefiles site for references to a
prebuilt sld. Was a great suggestion though and much appreciated.

fyi: Am working with the new DELL 850's with two 500GB SATA drives installed
each. One is set up to use the internal SATA controller (No RAID) and the
other is using a Adaptec CERC 1.5/6 RAID Controller. Am trying to create an
embedded system running little more than WinPCAP and Ethereal to test out
how much of an impact the storage configuration affects the read/write
throughput. I will also be testing an internal application which is
Windows-based and will be the application the embedded system boots into in
the final build. That is why I am using "embedded" instead of a *nix
environment to perform the pre-testing.

I configured the unit using the built-in SATA controller and loaded XP Pro
w/SP2.
After making sure all the drivers were loaded I ran the TAP.EXE utility and
created the PMQ file.
When I imported the PMQ file the results showed that it had been unable to
find the following devices:

1. Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit NIC
2. XGI Volari Z7 Graphics adapter
3. 82801 SMBus Controller
4. Dell CERC SATA 1.5/6ch RAID Controller.

I was able to inport the INF's for everything but the 82801 SMBus
Controller. Running the Intel Chipset ID utility reports that it can't find
the Chipset ID but then in the table it shows the 82801GR Controller is
installed. I noticed this morning that there is an SMBus INF file in the
download that contains the document that I mentioned earlier. I'm going to
go give that a try. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Hank Schupp

 

[JoP]

Which Intel 82801 SMBus controller do you have exactly?

There are a lots of related components in the xpe database :
Intel(r) 82801AA SMBus Controller
Intel(r) 82801AB SMBus Controller
Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller - 2443
Intel(R) 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller - 2483
Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM SMBus Controller - 24C3
Intel(R) 82801EB SMBus Controller - 24D3
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM SMBus Controller - 266A

I componentized these and tested :
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller - 27DA
Intel(R) 82801GB SMBus Controller - 27DA

For the Vendor error do the following, it works for me :
Error message:
*** Error ***:C:\WINDOWS\INF\????.inf: An error occurred while
getting the vendors list section name.
What to do:
Open the INF file in notepad. Locate the [Manufacturer] section.
Comment all the related 'NTamd64' information.
I.e.:
%INTEL%=INTEL_SYS
;,NTamd64
;[INTEL_SYS.NTamd64]
;Comment all this section...

When your INF file is modified, import it in Component Designer, this
error will not reappear and the component will work....

Jonathan Proulx

The link for the file (which contains the document as well as the driver
files) is:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scr...All&OSFullName=All Operating Systems&lang=eng

The error I am getting when I try to import the files is:

Inforocessing file : C:\inteldrvr\3100\Driver\iaAHCI.inf
Info:C:\inteldrvr\3100\Driver\iaAHCI.inf: type PNP device INF
*** Error ***:C:\inteldrvr\3100\Driver\iaAHCI.inf: An error occurred
while getting the vendors list section name.
Info:Completed processing file [Import succeeded] :
C:\inteldrvr\3100\Driver\iaAHCI.inf

This may be as simple as adding a specific entry into the inf file telling
it who the "vendor" is but I haven't found it in the designer docs as yet.
Any hints?
btw: Andy - I had looked through the xpefiles site for references to a
prebuilt sld. Was a great suggestion though and much appreciated.

fyi: Am working with the new DELL 850's with two 500GB SATA drives installed
each. One is set up to use the internal SATA controller (No RAID) and the
other is using a Adaptec CERC 1.5/6 RAID Controller. Am trying to create an
embedded system running little more than WinPCAP and Ethereal to test out
how much of an impact the storage configuration affects the read/write
throughput. I will also be testing an internal application which is
Windows-based and will be the application the embedded system boots into in
the final build. That is why I am using "embedded" instead of a *nix
environment to perform the pre-testing.

I configured the unit using the built-in SATA controller and loaded XP Pro
w/SP2.
After making sure all the drivers were loaded I ran the TAP.EXE utility and
created the PMQ file.
When I imported the PMQ file the results showed that it had been unable to
find the following devices:

1. Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit NIC
2. XGI Volari Z7 Graphics adapter
3. 82801 SMBus Controller
4. Dell CERC SATA 1.5/6ch RAID Controller.

I was able to inport the INF's for everything but the 82801 SMBus
Controller. Running the Intel Chipset ID utility reports that it can't find
the Chipset ID but then in the table it shows the 82801GR Controller is
installed. I noticed this morning that there is an SMBus INF file in the
download that contains the document that I mentioned earlier. I'm going to
go give that a try. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Hank Schupp

Hello all,

I have been trying to import the drivers for the Intel 82801GB chipset
with no real luck. Has anyone updated the chipset.inf sld fileset that
was floating around several years ago?

I did find an interesting PDF on the Intel website titled:
"MS Windows XP Embedded Image Creation Procedures for the Intel 3100
Chipset" dated June 2006. Tried the steps listed there and it failed for
me - would be interested to know if anyone else has the same issue.
Document # is 313422-002US.


Hank Schupp