On Sunday 14 May 2006 11:46 am, W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
> The problem here is actually more than just frustrating but insulting.  We
> appreciate the helpful comments, but, when Solaris does not supply the NIC
> driver for the NIC at issue here (which happens to be the most popular NIC
> in the entire universe), how in the world are we supposed to "download" the
> driver from the net?

Agreed, and I'm focusing on getting community drivers putback now, and working 
on one of Murayama's (broadcom 10/100 fast ethernet).

> I will be more than happy to write a howto on installing the driver from a
> USB stick.  But this requires at least a minimum knowledge of Solaris,
> which most of us don't have.  As I mentioned in a previous comment, many of
> us have pretty much given up on trying Solaris (for now anyway).  But is it
> wise for Sun or Sun's engineers to shut the door to those millions of
> potential Solaris-wannabes?

How about having it on the media, and a part of OpenSolaris? I think that 
would be easier.<wink>

-- 

Alan DuBoff - Sun Microsystems
Solaris x86 Engineering - IHV/OEM Group


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