can anybody point me to a broadcom 5751 gigabit ethernet driver for
solaris 10?

thanks

nlehrer wrote:
> can anybody point me to a broadcom 5751 gigabit ethernet driver for
> solaris 10?
> 
> thanks

Interrogate the usual suspects: Sun and Broadcom.

If neither one has such a driver there probably is none!

On 2009-07-21 15:56:59 +0100, "Richard B. Gilbert" 
<rgilbert88@comcast.net> said:

> nlehrer wrote:
>> can anybody point me to a broadcom 5751 gigabit ethernet driver for
>> solaris 10?
>> 
>> thanks
> 
> Interrogate the usual suspects: Sun and Broadcom.

Also try Masayuki Murayama 's drivers at 
<http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/>

-- 
Chris

On 07/21/09 10:23, nlehrer wrote:
> can anybody point me to a broadcom 5751 gigabit ethernet driver for
> solaris 10?
> 
> thanks

This should be the bge device on Solaris 10, according to bge(7D).



docs.sun.com Home  > Solaris 10 Reference Manual Collection  > man pages 
section 7: Device and Network Interfaces  > Device and Network 
Interfaces   > bge(7D) � SUNW,bge Gigabit Ethernet driver for Broadcom 
BCM57xx

On Jul 22, 2:00=A0pm, Martha Starkey <martha.star...@sun.com> wrote:
> On 07/21/09 10:23, nlehrer wrote:
>
> > can anybody point me to a broadcom 5751 gigabit ethernet driver for
> > solaris 10?
>
> > thanks
>
> This should be the bge device on Solaris 10, according to bge(7D).
>
> docs.sun.com Home =A0> Solaris 10 Reference Manual Collection =A0> man pa=
ges
> section 7: Device and Network Interfaces =A0> Device and Network
> Interfaces =A0 > bge(7D) =96 SUNW,bge Gigabit Ethernet driver for Broadco=
m
> BCM57xx

so does that mean the driver is in my sol 10 u7 i386 distrib and it
should have found the network card when i installed?  or that i need
to get it?

In article <c99c74ce-a7a4-4efc-914a-4843a938a61c@c29g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
nlehrer  <nlehrer@yahoo.com> wrote:
>so does that mean the driver is in my sol 10 u7 i386 distrib and it
>should have found the network card when i installed?  or that i need
>to get it?

Maybe. What is the output of "prtconf -pv"?

John
groenveld@acm.org

On Jul 24, 3:46=A0pm, groen...@cse.psu.edu (John D Groenveld) wrote:
> In article <c99c74ce-a7a4-4efc-914a-4843a938a...@c29g2000yqd.googlegroups=
..com>,
>
> nlehrer=A0<nleh...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >so does that mean the driver is in my sol 10 u7 i386 distrib and it
> >should have found the network card when i installed? =A0or that i need
> >to get it?
>
> Maybe. What is the output of "prtconf -pv"?
>
> John
> groenv...@acm.org

i'll get the prtconf.  when i looked at one before it did not show the
nic.  does prtconf show all hardware?  even if i had said no network
during installation?

On Jul 24, 3:46=A0pm, groen...@cse.psu.edu (John D Groenveld) wrote:
> In article <c99c74ce-a7a4-4efc-914a-4843a938a...@c29g2000yqd.googlegroups=
..com>,
>
> nlehrer=A0<nleh...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >so does that mean the driver is in my sol 10 u7 i386 distrib and it
> >should have found the network card when i installed? =A0or that i need
> >to get it?
>
> Maybe. What is the output of "prtconf -pv"?
>
> John
> groenv...@acm.org

well, i think i fixed it, but i don't understand why.
i tried re-installing solaris with the computer plugged into the
network.  still got attempting to configure
bge0......propeller.....skipping bge0.

but just because, i took the cable out and then put it back in just
after the skipping and the link messages started and it was getting
config files.

so i restarted installation, waited until after the bge0 attempt was
made and skipped then plugged the cable in and it worked.

why?  this is so strange.

then i  went along and told it dhcp.  ok.  then why does it need to
know the dns server?  that info is served out by the dhcp server.
anyway, installed and rebooted.  and ifconfig - a shows a bge0
interface.

any explanations would really help.

thanks