The GX280 uses a Broadcom 57xx series Gig card. All that is needed is an update to the PCI IDs just like I had to do back with the betas of 10 to make it work on my HP laptop.
On 10/26/05, James Lick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nikhil wrote: > > >I have installed solaris 10 on my optiplex 280, but I see that my NIC card > >is not getting detected. I have jst confirmed by ifconfig -a. > >looks like I need to have some drivers installed in ..Can someone please > >tell me where I can find the NIC drivers please.. > > > > > > This forum is for OpenSolaris, but the same things apply. First, > ifconfig -a is not a valid test. First run 'ifconfig -a plumb' and then > 'ifconfig -a'. If it still doesn't find anything, you will need to > figure out what kind of ethernet card it is. If you already know, look > at this site of open source drivers to see if it matches yours: > > http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/ > > Alternatively your NIC may be supported by a built in driver but is not > being recognized. If you can run 'prtconf -v' and then look for the > device with description 'Ethernet Controller', look at the device ID at > the beginning of the section which will look something like pci110d,13 > and then check here to find out what kind of card it is: > > http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/iii// > > Once you have collected more information we will be better able to offer > advice. > > -- > James Lick -- 黎建溥 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://jameslick.com/ > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
