On 29.07.09 08:12, andrew wrote:
>> On 29.07.09 06:20, andrew wrote:
>>
>>> I just checked on my VM running OpenSolaris 2009.06
>> which has been
>>> upgraded to build 118 on the dev repository. For
>> some reason the SUNWbfe
>>> package which contains the driver is not installed
>> when you do an
>>> image-update.
>> erm ... sorry for being imprecise. I already did that ("which contains
>> ..."), but that didn't change anything.
>
> In that case, get to a root shell and type "ifconfig -a plumb", then
> "ifconfig -a".
also tried that, didn't work either.
> With any luck you should then see an interface named
> bfe0. (I would expect OpenSolaris to attempt to attach the driver and
> plumb the interface on boot however). Can you also check you have a line
> like this in /etc/driver_aliases:
>
> bfe "14e4,170c"
no, I don't, I have "pci14e4,970c". you seem to have nailed it - how do I
get it there? just edit the file?
> and that the driver exists for your platform (/kernel/driver/bfe for
> 32-bit, /kernel/driver/amd64/bfe for Intel or AMD 64-bit).
they're there.
thx
Michael
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