Bernd Schemmer wrote:
> How can I use the hme driver for the qfe adapter?
>
> If I remember correct, there was a message in one of the OpenSolaris forums
> about how to do this but I can't find it anymore.
>
> I want to use the hme driver for the qfe adapter because the hme driver is
> already a GLDv3 and the qfe GLDV3 driver isn't ready yet.
>
> I tried it by simply copying the driver file hme to qfe. That seems to work:
>
> # dladm show-link
> hme0 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: hme0
> qfe0 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: qfe0
> qfe1 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: qfe1
> qfe2 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: qfe2
> qfe3 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: qfe3
> qfe4 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: qfe4
> qfe5 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: qfe5
> qfe6 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: qfe6
> qfe7 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: qfe7
>
> But I don't think that is the right way to do it
>
Actually, its not a *terrible* way to do it. But it turns out that in
recent builds of OpenSolaris, you don't have to do this... the qfe
driver uses the same code as hme. (Its actually a very thin module on
top of hme.)
-- Garrett
> regards
>
> Bernd
>
>
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