Hi Garrett,

Garrett D'Amore píše v so 11. 04. 2009 v 10:52 -0700:
> Bernd Schemmer wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Solaris snv_110 does not like my 3Com Etherlink PCMCIA card anymore:
> >
> > $ uname -a
> > SunOS sol10 5.11 snv_110 i86pc i386 i86pc
> > [r...@sol10 Sat Apr 11 19:11:25 ~ ]
> >
> > in /var/adm/messages I can see this messages:
> >
> > Apr  9 15:59:04 sol10 pcelx: [ID 157528 kern.info] pcelx0 (@0x0): 3COM 
> > EtherLink 10/100 (PCMCIA): ether (10baseT) 0:a0:24:ac:a5:c5
> > Apr  9 15:59:04 sol10 pcmcia: [ID 580848 kern.info] pcelx0 at p...@9 
> > in socket 0
> > Apr  9 15:59:04 sol10 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pcelx0 is 
> > /p...@0,0/pci1002,4...@14,4/pci1025,7...@9/netw...@0
> > Apr  9 15:59:04 sol10 softmac: [ID 226523 kern.warning] WARNING: 
> > pcelx0 has more than 2 minor nodes; unsupported
> > Apr  9 15:59:04 sol10 net_dacf: [ID 730773 kern.warning] WARNING: 
> > net_postattach: cannot create softmac for device pcelx0 (48)
> > Apr  9 15:59:04 sol10 softmac: [ID 226523 kern.warning] WARNING: 
> > pcelx0 has more than 2 minor nodes; unsupported
> > Apr  9 15:59:04 sol10 net_dacf: [ID 730773 kern.warning] WARNING: 
> > net_postattach: cannot create softmac for device pcelx0 (48)
> > Apr  9 15:59:04 sol10 softmac: [ID 226523 kern.warning] WARNING: 
> > pcelx0 has more than 2 minor nodes; unsupported
> > Apr  9 15:59:04 sol10 net_dacf: [ID 730773 kern.warning] WARNING: 
> > net_postattach: cannot create softmac for device pcelx0 (48)
> > Apr  9 15:59:04 sol10 genunix: [ID 667643 kern.warning] WARNING: 
> > Postattach failed for pcelx0
> >
> > What I found out until now is that there are multiple entries for the 
> > pcelx in /etc/minor_perm:
> >
> > [r...@sol10 Sat Apr 11 19:11:07 ~ ]
> > $ grep  pcelx /etc/minor_perm
> > clone:pcelx 0666 root sys
> > pcelx:* 0666 root sys
> > pcelx:* 0666 root sys
> >
> > But I don't know if that is a problem.
> >
> > How can I get this card to work in Solaris snv110 ? It did work with 
> > an earlier release of Solaris.
> 
> prtconf -vp would be more helpful.
> 
> We really should have an open source GLDv3 version of the pcelx 
> driver... I haven't had time to look at it, and I no longer have the 
> necessary 3com hardware....
> 

My case contains some 3com cards which worked with pcelx. But I am not
sure if we have rights to open the code (+ there is pressure to EOL the
old pcelx driver) :-(

Best regards,

Milan

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