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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, David Wilson wrote:

> In aus.computers you write:
> >I need to find a couple of x1033a PCI 'hme' cards or something else such
> >as PCI SunSwift cards. Do you have anything available, and if you do, at
> >what cost? I don't feel comfortable asking for the cards as free donations
> >(being that they're for machines that are part of APANA), but I would be
> >very happy to accept cards as donations too.
>
> What O/S are you running? I have found Sparc Solaris drivers for Intel &
> Realtek cards and some other PC type ethernet cards.
>
> http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/
>
> I didn't have much luck with an Intel Pro 100 in an Ultra 5 - the system
> stopped recognising there was even a PCI card plugged into it.

Solaris 9 is the OS. I have seen that companies like LSI and other makes
SCSI/ethernet combo cards that supposedly work under Solaris, but I'm not
sure how many use Sun-supported chipsets (like the Intel SCSI controller
used on the PCI SunSwift card), and which of them require special drivers.

Special drivers are ok as long as they're supported while the hardware is
a currently usable product in whichever target platform it's intended for.

Ideally, it should be possible to use basic PC-style ethernet cards under
Solaris but it's doubtful any public-domain and well-supported drivers
exist for those? Does anyone know?

Regards,

Craig.

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