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Craig Ian Dewick wrote:
> 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.
> 
I've had success with a generic card using the Intel 21143 chipset on an 
Ultra 5 with Solaris 10. Try 
http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/index.htm for more details