I'm hoping someone can help me. I've had a Dell Optiplex 745 for quite awhile
now, and have been running all versions of LINUX (SUSE, Fedora, Ubuntu, etc)
with no problems. But every time I try to load Solaris x86, either the
released V10, or any OpenSolaris version (V11) NONE of them can find the
Broadcom 5751 NIC. Broadcom does not list a 5751 driver for Solaris, they have
570X drivers, which I've tried and doesn't work. I've attached both the
prtdiag showing the on-board NIC:
Broadcom 5751 NetXtreme Gigabit Controller
and the pkgadd command which all works fine, EXCEPT for the lines:
devfsadm: driver failed to attach: bcme
Warning: Driver (bcme) successfully added to system but failed to attach
I assume this is because it is the wrong driver. I've sent a request to
Broadcom, but so far no answer, so i thought i'd post here to see if anyone has
dealt with this. Does a 5751 driver exist for Solaris 10 or 11?
This message posted from opensolaris.org
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System Configuration: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 745
BIOS Configuration: Dell Inc. 2.1.0 12/04/2006
==== Processor Sockets ====================================
Version Location Tag
-------------------------------- --------------------------
Unknown Microprocessor
==== Memory Device Sockets ================================
Type Status Set Device Locator Bank Locator
------- ------ --- ------------------- --------------------
DDR in use 0 DIMM_1
DDR empty 0 DIMM_3
DDR in use 0 DIMM_2
DDR empty 0 DIMM_4
==== On-Board Devices =====================================
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Broadcom 5751 NetXtreme Gigabit Controller
High Definition Audio Controller
==== Upgradeable Slots ====================================
ID Status Type Description
--- --------- ---------------- ----------------------------
10 in use proprietary SLOT1
2 available PCI SLOT2
3 in use PCI SLOT3
4 available PCI Express SLOT4
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# pkgadd -d ./BRCMbcme.pkg
The following packages are available:
1 BRCMbcme Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver
(i386) v10.0.3
Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:
Processing package instance <BRCMbcme> from </usr/local/src/sol86/BRCMbcme.pkg>
Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver(i386) v10.0.3
Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Broadcom Corporation, Inc.
All rights reserved.
This product is protected by copyright and distributed under
licenses restricting copying, distribution and decompilation.
Using </> as the package base directory.
## Processing package information.
## Processing system information.
7 package pathnames are already properly installed.
## Verifying package dependencies.
## Verifying disk space requirements.
## Checking for conflicts with packages already installed.
## Checking for setuid/setgid programs.
This package contains scripts which will be executed with super-user
permission during the process of installing this package.
Do you want to continue with the installation of <BRCMbcme> [y,n,?] y
Installing Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver as <BRCMbcme>
## Executing preinstall script.
## Installing part 1 of 1.
/kernel/drv/amd64/bcme
/kernel/drv/bcme
/kernel/drv/bcme.conf
/usr/share/man/sman7d/bcme.7d
[ verifying class <none> ]
## Executing postinstall script.
devfsadm: driver failed to attach: bcme
Warning: Driver (bcme) successfully added to system but failed to attach
Installation of <BRCMbcme> was successful.
# ifconfig bcme0 plumb
ifconfig: plumb: bcme0: no such interface
# ifconfig bcme1 plumb
ifconfig: plumb: bcme1: no such interface
# ifconfig bcme2 plumb
ifconfig: plumb: bcme2: no such interface
# ifconfig bcme3 plumb
ifconfig: plumb: bcme3: no such interface
