Installing The SunSoft Solaris Driver

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Installing The SunSoft Solaris Driver

Support is provided for the SunSoft Solaris x86 (Version 2.1) environment. To install AMD's Solaris driver, follow the steps listed below:

1 Login as "root."

2 At the prompt, type:

  pkgadd -d <devname> pnt
  

Where <devname> is the floppy drive (/dev/fd0). That is, the above line should look like:

  pkgadd -d /dev/fd0 pnt
  

For more information, see the "man" page for pkgadd (enter "man pkgadd" for help). Then press <Enter>.

3 Insert the AMD Solaris driver diskette into the floppy drive.

4 Enter the path to the package base directory (/kernel/drv).

5 Enter the path where you want the driver object installed (/kernel/drv).

6 The pkgadd application now installs:

  /kernel/drv/pnt

  /kernel/drv/pnt.conf

7 Wait for the process to complete.

8 Change into the directory where you installed the driver object (cd /kernel/drv).

9 Edit the "pnt.conf" file (vi pnt.conf). For more information, see the "man" page on "driver.conf" for help (man driver.conf). Make the following changes:

a. Change "name" to indicate the driver name (name = "pnt").

b. Change "class" to indicate the system bus type (class = "sysbus").

c. Change "dmachan" to indicate the DMA channel ("dmachan = 5" for PCnet-ISA).

d. Change "intr" to indicate the interrupt handle and line ("intr = 5,5" for PCnet-ISA).

e. Delete additional entries in the table to reflect the number of PCnet cards in the system.

Example (for PCnet-ISA):

name="pnt" class="sysbus" dmachan=5 intr=5,5 reg=0,0,0;

10 At the prompt, type the following:

  add_drv pnt

Then press <Enter>. For more information, see the "man" page on "add_drv" for help (man add_drv).

11 Edit the "hosts" file (vi /etc/hosts). Make the following changes:

Add the IP address, hostname, and set entry as loghost.

Note:Remove default local host entries.

For example,

  if IPaddress = 77.0.12.4
  hostname = Solaris-24-1 
  127.0.0.1 localhost #loghost #Solaris-24-1
  77.0.12.4 loghost Solaris-24-1 

12 Edit the hostname.pcn0 file (vi /etc/hostname.pnt0). Enter the hostname in the file. For example,

  if hostname = Solaris-24-1

  Solaris-24-1
  

13 Edit the netmasks file (vi /etc/netmasks). Add the entry to conform to network requirements. For example,

  if IPaddress = 77.0.12.4

and you wish to limit access to the local segment

  77.0.12.4 255.255.255 0 

This will permit the system to recognize stations with IP addresses between 77.0.12.0 and 77.0.12.255.

14 Reboot the system (shutdown -g0).

The following message is displayed during the reboot phase:

  configuring network interfaces: pnt0
  

The installation of the SunSoft Solaris driver is now complete.

SunSoft Solaris Driver Keywords

See Table 5 for SunSoft Solaris Driver Keywords.

Table 5. SunSoft Solaris Driver Keywords

Keyword Description	Keyword Name	Additional Keyword Details	Range	Default
Driver name	name= "pnt"	This is required.	N/A	N/A
Driver class	class= "sysbus"	This indicates the system bus not the device type.	N/A	N/A
Interrupt	[intr=5,x]	See Common Keywords.
I/O Address	[ioaddr= io_addr]	See Common Keywords.
DMA	[dmachan= dma_no]	See Common Keywords. (ISA only)
Full Duplex	FDUP	FDUP keyword is used to enable or disable full duplex on the 10BaseT and AUI ports. See Common Keywords.	UTP AUI OFF	Not Present (What is in the EEPROM)