[rescue] kind of [SUMMARY] SIL3124 and Solaris Sparc support

[Jerry Kemp]

In addition to this list, I also posted my question to the OpenSolaris 
ZFS list, which in turn, prompted a reply from Eric Trimble @ Oracle.

To cut to the chase, my card will not work in my Sparc system, but not 
due to lack of software or drivers.  Apparently, my real problem is 
actually a hardware problem.  I would need a card that supports Openboot.

It was suggested that I would not be able to find such an animal, and 
that my Plan B should be to replace my eSATA card with a SAS hba.  I was 
given an added pointer that the LSI1068 chip set would be a good place 
to start looking, again with the stipulation of OpenBoot support.

So now I am looking for a SAS hba for my Netra T1 and/or a V120.

Jerry



On 02/08/11 00:07, Jerry Kemp wrote:
> apologies to the SIL3114 discussion
> ....................................
>
> As part of a small home project, I have purchased a SIL3124 hba in hopes
> of attaching an external drive/drive enclosure via eSATA.
>
> The host in question is an old Sun Netra T1 currently running
> OpenSolaris Nevada b130.
>
> The card in question is this Sil3124 card:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16816124003
>
> although I did not purchase it from Newegg. I specifically purchased
> this card as I have seen specific reports of it working under
> Solaris/OpenSolaris distro's on several Solaris mailing lists.
>
> After installing the card, and associated components, I did numerous
> things in an attempt to see the single drive attached to my Netra, to
> include reconfigure boot, several different devfsadm commands, and
> looking for components using scanpci and cfgadm. Although I am not
> functional yet (I can't see my drive with format or format -e), I
> believe I see my hba with both prtdiag and prtconf. I will post some
> additional system information at the bottom of this note.
>
> To cut to the chase, after jumping on Yahoo for some RTFM stuff, it
> looks like there is a system package called *SUNWsi3124*. I looked on my
> Netra, and it isn't there. I reviewed my OpenSolaris Nevada b130 iso,
> and it also doesn't have a SUNWsi3124 package.
>
> On a whim, I looked on my Sun Ultra20m2 system (X64 AMD system) which is
> also running OpenSolaris Nevada b130, and this package is there. So it
> looks like the SUNWsi3124 package is x86/x64 only?
>
> I don't know if this specifically is why my Netra doesn't see my eSATA
> drive, but the SUNWsi3124 package is the best lead I have so far.
>
> Thanks for any comments,
>
> Jerry
>
> .....................................................................
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> =====================================================================
>
> # prtdiag
> System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Netra T1 200
> (UltraSPARC-IIe 500MHz)
> System clock frequency: 100 MHz
> Memory size: 2048 Megabytes
>
> ========================= CPUs =========================
>
> Run Ecache CPU CPU
> Brd CPU Module MHz MB Impl. Mask
> --- --- ------- ----- ------ ------ ----
> 0 0 0 500 0.2 13 1.4
>
>
> ========================= IO Cards =========================
>
> Bus# Freq
> Brd Type MHz Slot Name Model
> --- ---- ---- ---- -------------------------------- ----------------------
> 0 PCI-1 33 12 ebus
> 0 PCI-1 33 3 pmu-pci10b9,7101
> 0 PCI-1 33 3 lomp
> 0 PCI-1 33 7 isa
> 0 PCI-1 33 12 network-pci108e,1101 SUNW,pci-eri
> 0 PCI-1 33 12 usb-pci108e,1103.1
> 0 PCI-1 33 13 ide-pci10b9,5229
> 0 PCI-1 33 5 network-pci108e,1101 SUNW,pci-eri
> 0 PCI-1 33 5 usb-pci108e,1103.1
> 0 PCI-2 33 8 scsi-glm Symbios,53C896
> 0 PCI-2 33 8 scsi-glm Symbios,53C896
> 0 PCI-2 33 5 raid-pci1095,7124 <---------------
>
>
> No failures found in System
> ===========================
> mark /root 246 #
>
> .....................................................................
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> =====================================================================
>
> relevant section from prtconf -v
>
> raid (driver not attached)
> Hardware properties:
> name='compatible' type=string items=3
> value='pci1095,7124' + 'pci1095,3124' + 'pciclass,010400'
>
> .....................................................................
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> =====================================================================
> output from prtdev.ksh script, from here
> http://bolthole.com/solaris/HCL/
>
>
> VendorID=0x1095, DeviceID=0x3124
> Sub VendorID=0x1095, Sub DeviceID=0x7124
> name: 'raid'
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