Garrett D'Amore ??: > Jeff Suchomel - Minneapolis SSE wrote: >> Trying to get wireless working on a Tadpole Talin laptop running >> Solaris 10 x86. >> >> I have installed the pcwl driver for the Prism chipset, and added the >> below >> entry to /etc/driver_aliases but can't seem to get things working. >> Modload >> works, but that is as far as I get. Attempting to plumb the pcwl0 >> interface >> results in a "no such interface" error. Also tried rtls1 and eth0 >> interface names. >> (The built-in wired network is rtls0.) >> >> Any pointers are appreciated. > > Hmm... it should have picked up on the pci1260,3873 compatible name, > without needing to add another alias for it. > > Try doing "devfsadm -i pcwl" The pcwl driver on opensolaris doesn't support prism2.5 pci card, while the one integrated into snv_60 does support it. If internally running 'frkit' older version, the *pciwl* driver in it supports the prism2.5 > > I seem to recall that there is "magic" in the ACPI code which Solaris > lacks, which may mean that we cannot easily enable this device. Sure. the 'magic' may have an effect on whether the RF switch is on or off.
--Brian > > I certainly recall that there was difficulty in getting a Solaris x86 > port of my SPARC driver (for other Tadpole hardware) working on that > platform. > > -- Garrett >> >> Thanks, >> Jeff >> >> >> /etc/driver_aliases addition >> >> pcwl "pci144f,7000" >> >> >> Prtconf says this for the wireless card >> >> Node 0x1e3440 >> assigned-addresses: c2021010.00000000.f0000000.00000000.00001000 >> class-code: 00028000 >> compatible: 'pci1260,3873.144f.7000.1' + 'pci1260,3873.144f.7000' + >> 'pci144f,7000' + 'pci1260,3873.1 >> ' + 'pci1260,3873' + 'pciclass,028000' + 'pciclass,0280' >> device-id: 00003873 >> devsel-speed: 00000001 >> fast-back-to-back: >> interrupts: 00000001 >> max-latency: 00000000 >> min-grant: 00000000 >> model: 'PCI: 1260,3873.144f.7000.1 - Network controller' >> name: 'pci144f,7000' >> power-consumption: 00000001.00000001 >> reg: >> 00021000.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000.42021010.00000000.00000000.00000000.00001000 >> >> >> revision-id: 00000001 >> slot: 00000000 >> subsystem-id: 00007000 >> subsystem-vendor-id: 0000144f >> unit-address: '2' >> vendor-id: 00001260 >> _______________________________________________ >> laptop-discuss mailing list >> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org
