Steffen Weiberle wrote: > On 01/15/09 19:46, Michael Schuster wrote: >> All, >> >> I'm looking to get myself a GigE adapter for the PC I recently acquired, to >> run OpenSolaris, and would like to ask if anyone can recommend any given >> device; I'm looking at PCIe devices, but if reports favour regular PCI, I >> could go with that too. >> >> In the HCL, we only see Intel Pro /1000 *PT* Server Adapter (EXPI9400PT) >> devices, whereas intel also has a Intel Gigabit *CT* Desktop Adapter >> (EXPI9301CT), which - at first glance - seems quite a bit cheaper than the >> PT devices. >> >> Has anyone tested the Desktop Adapter successfully with OpenSolaris, or >> provide a good argument why it should work? >> How about the PCI device (Intel® PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter), which I >> don't see in the HCL either? > > I have a number of different Intel 1GbE NICs working on Solaris 10 (and > thus hopefully on OpenSolaris by forward 'support' -- backward > compatibility). Maybe I need to go back and add them to the HCL. > > Based on some invoices, I have: > PWLA8391GT > PWLA8490MT > and I also have dual-port and low-profile cards. All are PCI-X. > > I'm not sure whether I can easily correlate the NICs I have to Intel > part numbers that would be useful in the HCL. > > One benefit of using OpenSolaris/SXCE, is that 'dladm show-linkprop' now > gives lots of info. I am looking forward to knowing things like being > VLAN capable, max MTU, how many TX/RC rings, etc., if they can be gotten > from the NIC.
thx Steffen and Garrett, I had the chance to try a no-name adapter (PCI) using a realtek chip, which - following Garrett's "advice" - just worked, so I'm sticking with that. (I can dig out what little specs there are if someone requests them) Michael -- Michael Schuster http://blogs.sun.com/recursion Recursion, n.: see 'Recursion' _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
