Installing the SunSoft Solaris Driver
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Installing the SunSoft Solaris Driver
Support is provided for the SunSoft Solaris x86 (Version 2.1) environment. To install
AMD鈥檚 Solaris driver, follow the steps listed below:
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Login as root.
At the prompt, type:
pkgadd -d <devname> pnt
Where <devname> is the floppy drive (/dev/fd0). That is, the above line should
look like the following:
pkgadd -d /dev/fd0 pnt
For more information, see the man page for pkgadd (enter
man pkgadd
for help). Then press <Enter>.
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Insert the AMD Solaris driver diskette into the floppy drive.
Enter the path to the package base directory (/kernel/drv).
Enter the path where you want the driver object installed (/kernel/drv).
The pkgadd application now installs:
/kernel/drv/pnt
/kernel/drv/pnt.conf
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Wait for the process to complete.
Change into the directory where you installed the driver object (cd
/kernel/drv).
Edit the pnt.conf file (vi
pnt.conf).
For more information, see the man
page on driver.conf for help (man
driver.conf).
Make the following
changes:
a. Change
name
to indicate the driver name (name
= pnt ).
b. Change
class
to indicate the system bus type (class
= sysbus ).
c. Change
dmachan
to indicate the DMA channel (
dmachan = 5
for
PCnet-ISA).
d. Change
intr
to indicate the interrupt handle and line (intr
= 5,5
for
PCnet-ISA).
e. Delete additional entries in the table to reflect the number of PCnet cards in
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