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Operating Systems Solaris Network card drivers for solaris? Post 302280469 by candlejack on Tuesday 27th of January 2009 03:40:12 AM

01-27-2009

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EDIT: Duke Nukem's method is much quicker. I didn't know about that command.

First we have to determine what kind of NIC we have. Solaris provides the prtconf command to print the system configuration. We need to run prtconf -pv to look at info derived from the device tree (p option) and we want it to be verbose (v option). Here is the output showing where the Ethernet adapter appeared:

Code:

 # prtconf -pv
...
model:  'Ethernet controller'
            power-consumption:  00000001.00000001
            devsel-speed:  00000001
            interrupts:  00000001
            max-latency:  00000008
            min-grant:  00000003
            subsystem-vendor-id:  00001106
            subsystem-id:  00000102
            unit-address:  '12'
            class-code:  00020000
            revision-id:  00000078
            vendor-id:  00001106
            device-id:  00003065
            name:  'pci1106,102'

Note the vendor-id and device-id lines. This is the manufacturer and model number of the NIC. We can look up these numbers in the PCI ID Repository. In this case, the vendor-id of 1106 corresponds to VIA Technologies, Inc. and the device-id of 3065 corresponds to a VT6102 (Rhine-II).

The /boot/solaris/devicedb/master file contains a record of all drivers on the system. If our NIC's driver is in this file, we can manually load it into the kernel. Otherwise, we'll have to go download it from the Web.

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NAME

       install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       install-solaris

       install-solaris	invokes  the  Solaris  Install	program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
       install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.

       The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:

       For SPARC machines:

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       384 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       For x86 machines:

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       512 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number  of  fea-
       tures available.

       install-solaris	exists	only  on  the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the  for more
       details.

       install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
       installation media. Refer to the  for disk space requirements.

       Refer to the  for more information on the various menus and selections.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcdrom  (Solaris instal-  |
       |			     |lation media)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.

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