Rick Hedin wrote:
> Good evening.
>
> I have been trying to configure my Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 ABG card on
> Solaris Express 10/06, using the ndis wrapper.
>
> Earlier, Casper got me over hurdle of trying to put a 32-bit device driver
> into a 64-bit kernel. I booted a 32-bit Solaris kernel.
>
> Everything appears to build, and the modload step appeared to work, but when
> I tried to:
>
> add_drv -i '"8086,4222"' pcindis
>
Hmm.... try maybe add_dv -i '"pci8086,4222"' pcindis
(note the "pci" prefix in the driver alias).
More below...
> the system hesitated for a while, and then rebooted itself. This normally
> is where you quit, and work on something else.
>
> I wonder two things:
>
> 1) There are two DLL's that go along with the .SYS file. Could the problem
> be that the DLL's are not picked up by ndis wrapper?
>
Not being a windows guru, it seems possible. Certainly if these DLLs
represent part of the kernel architecture, it would be a problem. But
if they are only used by configuration tools, then it shouldn't be an issue.
> 2) Now, when I try to add_drv again, I get the message:
>
> (ipwndis) already in use as a driver or alias.
>
What you really want is not add_drv, but update_drv. See the man page.
-- Garrett
> Can you tell me how to wipe out ipwndis wherever it is lurking around the
> system? I don't see a remove_drv command.
>
> ------
>
> For those who like to chew on data, here is some output from prtconf -pv.
> The vendor,device -- 8086,4222 -- appears as a "compatible" device, but not
> as the "name" of the device.
>
> Node 0x00001c
> assigned-addresses:
> 82100010.00000000.f4000000.00000000.00001000
> reg:
> 00100000.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000.02100010.00000000.00000000.0000
> 0000.00001000
> compatible: 'pciex8086,4222.103c.135b.2' +
> 'pciex8086,4222.103c.135b' + 'pciex8086,4222.2' + 'pciex8086,4222' +
> 'pciexclass,028000' + 'pciexclass,0280' + 'pci8086,4222.103c.135b.2' +
> 'pci8086,4222.103c.135b' + 'pci103c,135b' + 'pci8086,4222.2' +
> 'pci8086,4222' + 'pciclass,028000' + 'pciclass,0280'
> model: 'Network controller'
> power-consumption: 00000001.00000001
> devsel-speed: 00000000
> interrupts: 00000001
> subsystem-vendor-id: 0000103c
> subsystem-id: 0000135b
> unit-address: '0'
> class-code: 00028000
> revision-id: 00000002
> vendor-id: 00008086
> device-id: 00004222
> pcie-capid-pointer: 000000e0
> pcie-capid-reg: 00000011
> pci-msi-capid-pointer: 000000d0
> name: 'pci103c,135b'
>
>
> Thanks for your ideas and insights.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick
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