[lug] [OT] Solaris device names

[Mark Horning]

Gary Masters wrote:
> 
> On Wed Feb 14, 2001 at 06:43:23 -0700, John Starkey wrote:
> > > What kind of a card is it???
> >
> > Right now I have a D-Link 530TX 10/100 in there. I believe it's a Tulip.
> >
> > > le0 = 10mb
> 
> Although /dev/le0 on a Sun will be a 10 Mbps interface, le0
> means the first Ethernet interface based on the Lance chipset.
> 
> I can't remember what the 'hm' in hme stands for, but these
> are 10/100 interfaces of a specific type.
> 
> Each type of hardware has a different driver name (contrary
> to Linux where each Ethernet interface is ethX, or HP-UX where
> they're all lanX).
> 
> I don't know if the DFE530TX is supported.  Take a look at the
> drivers listed at...
> 
> http://docs.sun.com:80/ab2/coll.40.5/REFMAN7/@Ab2PageView/15446?DwebQuery=x86+OR+ethernet&oqt=x86+ethernet&Ab2Lang=C&Ab2Enc=iso-8859-1
> 
> ...and see if any seem likely.  You could also do a sys-unconfig
> and see if you have better luck.
> 
> >
> > Then this should be le0?
> 
> Only if it's Lance hardware, which your D-Link card is not.

I think a good place to start to find a compatible
card would be with sun's hcl page.
(I didn't see the dfe-530tx listed, with linux
I use the via-rhine driver fwiw)
http://soldc.sun.com/support/drivers/hcl/index.html#S8

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Mark Horning
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