[SPARCbook] Re: Start-from-scratch full procedure for PCMCIA ethernet card?

[Bob Hoekstra]

Rich Kulawiec wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 09:09:29AM +0100, Chris Powell wrote:
> 
>>SPARC Solaris will only recognise certain PCMCIA Ethernet cards - check
>>out the pcelx manual page. I've had success with a 3com 3c589B card,
>>but failed with another 3com card (I think that was a 3c589 - without
>>the B suffix). Check /var/adm/messages for the kernel recognising the
>>card correctly, then start toying with plumbing the interface.
>>
> 
> I'm pretty sure that I have a supported card: but I *can't* plumb
> the interface because I don't have the entries in /dev or /devices
> to support it. (*Why* I don't have them is another issue: I certainly
> never deleted them, but OTOH this is a used machine, so perhaps someone
> else did...or perhaps they never existed.)


Have you tried a reconfigure boot? do something like 'reboot -- -rv' 
(with the PCMCIA slot occupied) to see if the devices are made 
automagically. Unfortunately Solaris has only had PCMCIA support 
recently, so I suspect that if you are not running a very recent Solaris 
this may not work, but it can't do any damage.