[Sunhelp] PCI Ethernet card.

[Wes Hofmann]

Could you tell me where to start on finding info that
I would need to write a driver?  It looks like Imight
have to write a solaris driver for a wireless pcmcia
ethernet card for my sparcbook.  Unfortunately, I'm
not all tha tfamiliar with the sparc architecture or
the kernel.  I've done some kernel driver work with
linux on the pc and I figure it can't be THAT much
different.  Any info on solaris driver writing you can
give me would be most appreciated.  Thanks!

Wes Hofmann


--- James Lockwood <lockwood at ISI.EDU> wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Han, SangBeom wrote:
> 
> > I want to use two ethernet card on my Ultra 30.
> > Howerver, I can't afford to sun original PCI
> ethernet card.
> > 
> > If i use a ordinary PCI ethernet card such as 3Com
> 905B, it's good.
> > However, I can't get device driver. 
> > 
> > Who knows the solution? 
> 
> Write one.  That's what I'm currently doing.  There
> are currently no cheap
> solutions for 10/100 ethernet cards on
> Solaris/SPARC.
> 
> If 10 megabit ethernet is sufficient for your needs
> then Sun provides a
> sample driver for PCI based AM79C970 cards in the
> DDK.  It's not perfect
> but it does work.
> 
> This is IMHO the largest deficiency in the PCI SPARC
> driver lineup.
> At least some commodity SCSI and video cards are
> already supported.
> 
> -James
> 
> 
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