Brad Hollingshead, Sun Microsystems, Inc. wrote:

>Anyone done any work to get their linux environment to work under
>S10/X86?
>  
>
Do you mean Sierra AirCard 850/860? We can potentially make it work but 
there's a problem.

As a PC Card, it reports itself as a NIC, but it can actually work as a 
serial modem. On Linux it's configured via /etc/pcmcia/config:
manfid 0x0192, 0x0710
cis "cis/SW_8xx_SER.dat"
bind "serial _cs"

This is to override the PC Card's CIS with an external file 
"SW_8xx_SER.dat", so the card can be identified as a modem. In Solaris 
we have the driver pcser for PC Card modems but we don't have the 
mechanism to override the CIS (Card Information Structure) in the card's 
firmware.

So when I tried it, the card showed up in Solaris as a network interface 
with no driver. However if there's an updated firmware that identifies 
itself as a modem, then we are very likely to make it work.

Vincent.


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