[rescue] solaris usb question

[Michael Schiller]

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On Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 04:23  AM, Klaasjan Brand wrote:

> Just wondering if anyone has tried this:
>
> Solaris 9 has some usb support. I'd like to have some usb ports on my
> ultra 30 to use a better optical mouse that the type 5 "where's my mat"
> one. Since the ultra's have a pci bus, a $10 pc usb controller should
> fit, but does solaris support it? (maybe only some controller types?) 
> Is
> it possible to use a usb mouse? Does anyone want me to buy a usb card
> and find out ;)

I have a Sonnet Tango Firewire/USB card in my U30 and it works fine. 
The Tango card is designed for Mac computers, so it has openfirmware 
support built in, and I believe that's why it works with Solaris 
without extra drivers.


- -Mike
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