[ale] Seeking Solaris 10 driver (Intel 82578DM PHY)

[Jim Kinney]

It sounds like you are about to be in the market for some new hardware....
http://www.intel.com/support/ethernetcomponents/controllers/82578/sb/CS-031230.htm
doesn't list ANY Solaris options for that chip.

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Rich Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org> wrote:

> Thanks Chuck but I already have a copy of 10/09 in hand.  The problem is
> getting driver(s) for the PHY controller on the System Host Board (SHB)
> that I'm using.  Solaris x86 Installation Check Tool (v1.7) reads the
> h/w as all compatible save the Intel 82578DM PHY which seems to bugger
> the NICs on the I/O bracket.  So far I know that Oracle says the device
> is not on the HCL (not even on the "Reported to work" list) -- so I was
> hoping there may be a driver out there for this.  I have already been to
> Intel and don't see a blessed thing for Solaris drivers of any kind.
>
> Thus is my quandary...Rich
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 15:03 -0400, Chuck Payne wrote:
> > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Rich Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>
> wrote:
> > > No.  Was wondering if OpenSolaris would be compatible to 10.  Will
> > > check-out the link too.  Thanks!
> > >
> > > RinL
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 14:19 -0400, Ed Cashin wrote:
> > >> Have you already looked at Opensolaris and https://www.illumos.org/ ?
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Rich Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>         Great news!  I've got my first paying gig with a foot in
> > >>         *NIX!!  Thus
> > >>         now I'm troubleshooting a system which is desired to have
> > >>         Solaris 10 but
> > >>         the SHB/BP includes the Intel 82577LM PHY (for which Solaris
> > >>         sees it as
> > >>         the same as the Intel 82578DM PHY).  Neither has drivers
> > >>         native to
> > >>         Solaris and it is not on the HCL.  A check of Intel shows NO
> > >>         Solaris
> > >>         drivers at all.
> > >>
> > >>         Anyone have knowledge of a driver or alternative source for
> > >>         drivers for
> > >>         Intel on Solaris?
> > >>
> > >>         Crossing fingers here...
> > >>
> > >>         Rich in Lilburn
> > >>
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> > openSolaris was more like Fedora is to Red Hat. openSUSE is to SUSE
> > Enterprise Linux.  If you want Solaris 10 for X84, I have a dvd a
> > round somewhere, if I remember it is Solaris 10 update 6.  The plan
> > was for at some point for openSolaris to replace Solaris, but like
> > anything else good or cool, Oracle has killed it.
> >
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