> Dennis Clarke wrote: >>> Dennis Clarke writes: >>>> As for the driver ... there is nothing I can do with a closed driver. >>> You (or anyone not tainted with knowledge of the closed >>> implementation) can write or port an open one. That'd be a heck of a >>> good contribution, I think. >> >> There already is a brilliant driver that I use alll the time. >> >> It is the ae driver from Masa Murayama and it looks like someone is >> already >> working on getting some of his drivers integrated : >> >> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/device_drivers/files/ >> >> Not sure where the ae driver is however. > > The Indiana team is looking at what is needed to include ae and/or > unencumber pcn - whether either or both happens is TBD, but given > the problems in changing the names of network interfaces, just saying > we should drop in "ae" isn't a complete answer for people already > using pcn. >
It is when you consider that pcn does not work and the ae driver does. Feb 20 09:01:20 titan gld: [ID 944156 kern.info] ae1: pcnet driver v2.4.2: type "ether" mac address 00:60:b0:fa:1e:c7 Feb 20 09:01:20 titan gld: [ID 944156 kern.info] ae0: pcnet driver v2.4.2: type "ether" mac address 00:60:b0:fc:14:24 Then again .. this is OT here and I don't know what maillist is on topic. Dennis _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
