show firmware of network card

pressy · #1 (**permalink**) 03-20-2006

hi,
is there a command or way to see which firmware my network card(s) has?
i could imaging that i would see it in the OBP (show-nets; cd /...@../...; .properties) but is there a way to see it in solaris?

Solaris9 (09/05) on a V440 with GigaSwift Ethernet MMF (X4151A) adapters (using ce drivers)

thanks
-PRESSY

RTM · #2 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006

Not sure if this is what you can use or not - modinfo command (search for modinfo in that page).

Plus, I don't know how you would check if the version this shows is 'up to date'.

pressy · #3 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006

thanks for your answer RTM, but modinfo only shows the version of the kernel module, not the hardware firmware/fcode....

i found a solution:

first, it is possible to see it in the OBP like i wrote...

2nd:
to see it in a running system, you could use:
# prtpicl -v -c network | grep version
--snip--
:version Sun PCI Gigaswift 1000Base-X FCode 2.12 04/04/22
--snip--
#

or 3rd:
# prtconf -pv | grep version
--snip--
version: 'Sun PCI Gigaswift 1000Base-X FCode 2.12 04/04/22'
--snip--

thanks for your time...

regards pressy

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