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

[Rich Faulkner]

New h/w is not an option but getting a driver written may be.  I am
making some headway but slowly.



On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 16:04 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> 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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>         > >> --
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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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