SUNWarn was not installed by default when I upgrade from opensolaris
2009.06(build_111b) to build123.
After set publisher to http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev, I installed the
package from package manager gui with below informations:
qli at unknown:~$ pkginfo -l SUNWarn
PKGINST: SUNWarn
NAME: Atheros IEEE 802.11 Wireless NIC Driver
CATEGORY: system
ARCH: i386
VERSION: 11.11,REV=2009.09.01.18.47
VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DESC: Atheros AR9xxx 802.11 Wireless NIC Driver
HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider
STATUS: completely installed
qli at unknown:~$ uname -a
SunOS unknown 5.11 snv_123 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
qli at unknown:~$ md5sum /kernel/drv/amd64/arn
8db9b5bad9397eefd62e10a218084832 /kernel/drv/amd64/arn
qli at unknown:~$ md5sum /kernel/drv/arn
34c80c04d68cbd34643504d79ac553ae /kernel/drv/arn
Thanks,
Michael
Lin Wang wrote:
> Calum Mackay ??:
>> thanks for the reply, Lin,
>>
>>>> I can see that the two /kernel/drv/arn binaries I have (b118 & b123
>>>> boot envs) are identical.
>>> This may be the root cause of bad tarp, you have two driver binary and
>>> old driver is loaded in new updated b123, please remove your old driver
>>> in b118 and use the driver shipped with b123, your wireless should
>>> be ok.
>>
>> Apologies, I don't quite understand.
>>
>> The two arn driver binaries I have are identical: one in the b118
>> boot env, and one in b123; same checksum.
> I don't know how you update your system using image-update, but i
> strongly recommend a fresh install of b123 in your EeePC,
> if the bad tarp appears again, it must be a bug; sometimes an updating
> of system can make something mismatch of interdependent module
> and lead to the unexpected result.
>
> BTW, arn driver has little changes from opensolaris version to b123
> while kernel modules changed a lot, and b123 with arn driver enabled
> works normally in my NB205.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Br,
>
> Lin
>>
>> So where are these "old" and "new" drivers on my system? Has arn
>> changed between b118 and b123?
>>
>> thanks much.
>>
>> cheers,
>> calum.
>
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