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Old 07-24-2007, 01:29 PM   #1
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When I do:
ifconfig -a I get the following...

lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000

I have 2 internal NIC's and 2 PCI NIC's.
The following is the dev file and kernel driver.

/dev/e1000g and /kernel/drv/e1000g

When I do:

ifconfig /dev/e1000g plumb ...The response is...

ifconfig: plumb: /dev/e1000g: No such file or directory

The NIC's appear to be of the right flavor ... Intel Pro 1000.
I would appreciate any help with this.
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Old 07-24-2007, 02:54 PM   #2
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The command should be:
Code:
ifconfig e1000g0 plumb
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Old 07-24-2007, 05:07 PM   #3
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Can't plumb NIC.
Thanks for your reply. Here are the results:

ifconfig e1000g0 plumb
ifconfig: plumb: e1000g0: No such file or directory

BTW: Here are some machine/OS particulars:

# uname -X
System = SunOS
Node = hwz-v60
Release = 5.9
KernelID = Generic_112234-07
Machine = i86pc
BusType = <unknown>
Serial = <unknown>
Users = <unknown>
OEM# = 0
Origin# = 1
NumCPU = 4
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Old 07-24-2007, 05:22 PM   #4
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do a grep e1000g /etc/path_to_inst, see what it shows
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Old 07-25-2007, 03:08 AM   #5
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Your NIC isn't recognized.

In addition to what Necronomicom suggests, try
Code:
ifconfig -a plumb
If nothing shows up, run
Code:
/usr/X11/bin/scanpci
and post the output.
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Old 07-25-2007, 11:59 AM   #6
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Necronomicom: Thank you for your reply. Here are the results:

# grep e1000g /etc/path_to_inst
"/pci@0,0/pci8086,2545@3/pci8086,1460@1f/pci8086,341a@7" 0 "e1000g"
"/pci@0,0/pci8086,2545@3/pci8086,1460@1f/pci8086,341a@7,1" 1 "e1000g"

How does one read this HW path?


jlliagre: Thank you for your reply. As per your suggestions:

ifconfig -a plumb Yielded nothing. The 2nd suggestion:

/usr/X11/bin/scanpci

No such file or directory scanpci doesn't live on this system, even under
/usr/openwin/bin.
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Old 07-25-2007, 12:51 PM   #7
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Sorry, I overlook you were using Solaris 9. scanpci is from Solaris 10 only.

When you write ifconfig -a plumb yeld nothing, do you mean you checked the interface presence with ifconfig -a after and the e1000g still does not show up ?

As an alternative for scanpci, post the result of:
Code:
prtconf -vp | grep pci
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Old 07-25-2007, 02:05 PM   #8
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Can't plumb NIC.
jlliagre:
In answer to your question:
The 1st time I tried it, the system responded with nothing.
I tried it the 2nd time and this is the result:
Code:
# ifconfig -a plumb 
ifconfig: plumb: llc2: no such interface
Then:
Code:
# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
I then tried: prtconf -vp | grep pci with the following results:
Code:
prtconf -vp | grep pci
 screen:  '/pci@0,0/pci8086,244e@1e/display@c'
        bios-primary:  '/pci@0,0/pci8086,2545@3/pci8086,1460@1d/pci8086,341a@7,1/sd@1,0'
        boot-path:  '/pci@0,0/pci8086,2545@3/pci8086,1460@1d/pci8086,341a@7,1/sd@1,0:a'
        bootpath:  '/pci@0,0/pci8086,2545@3/pci8086,1460@1d/pci8086,341a@7,1/sd@1,0:a'
        boot-device:  '/pci@0,0/pci8086,2545@3/pci8086,1460@1d/pci8086,341a@7,1/sd@1,0'
        boot-path:  '/pci@0,0/pci8086,2545@3/pci8086,1460@1d/pci8086,341a@7,1/sd@1,0:a'
        bootpath:  '/pci@0,0/pci8086,2545@3/pci8086,1460@1d/pci8086,341a@7,1/sd@1,0:a'
        pciide:  'true'
        device_type:  'pci'
        name:  'pci'
            compatible: 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,254c' + 'pciclass,060000'
            name:  'pci8086,341a'
            compatible: 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,2541' + 'pciclass,ff0000'
            model:  'PCI: 8086,341a - class: Unknown class of pci/pnpbios device'
            name:  'pci8086,341a'
            compatible: 'pci8086,2545' + 'pci8086,2545' + 'pciclass,060400'
            device_type:  'pci'
            name:  'pci8086,2545'
                compatible: 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,1461' + 'pciclass,080020'
                model:  'PCI: 8086,341a - class: Unknown class of pci/pnpbios device'
                name:  'pci8086,341a'
                compatible: 'pci8086,1460' + 'pci8086,1460' + 'pciclass,060400'
                device_type:  'pci'
                name:  'pci8086,1460'
                    compatible: 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci9005,801f' + 'pciclass,010000'
                    name:  'pci8086,341a'
                    compatible: 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci9005,801f' + 'pciclass,010000'
                    name:  'pci8086,341a'
                    compatible: 'pci8086,1012' + 'pci8086,1012' + 'pci8086,1012' + 'pciclass,020000'
                    name:  'pci8086,1012'
                    compatible: 'pci8086,1012' + 'pci8086,1012' + 'pci8086,1012' + 'pciclass,020000'
                    name:  'pci8086,1012'
                compatible: 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,1461' + 'pciclass,080020'
                model:  'PCI: 8086,341a - class: Unknown class of pci/pnpbios device'
                name:  'pci8086,341a'
                compatible: 'pci8086,1460' + 'pci8086,1460' + 'pciclass,060400'
                device_type:  'pci'
                name:  'pci8086,1460'
                    compatible: 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,1010' + 'pciclass,020000'
                    name:  'pci8086,341a'
                    compatible: 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,1010' + 'pciclass,020000'
                    name:  'pci8086,341a'
                    compatible: 'pci8086,1001' + 'pci8086,1001' + 'pci8086,1026' + 'pciclass,020000'
                    name:  'pci8086,1001'
            compatible: 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,2546' + 'pciclass,ff0000'
            model:  'PCI: 8086,341a - class: Unknown class of pci/pnpbios device'
            name:  'pci8086,341a'
            compatible: 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,2482' + 'pciclass,0c0300'
            name:  'pci8086,341a'
            compatible: 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,2484' + 'pciclass,0c0300'
            name:  'pci8086,341a'
            compatible: 'pci8086,244e' + 'pci8086,244e' + 'pciclass,060400'
            device_type:  'pci'
            name:  'pci8086,244e'
                compatible: 'display' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci1002,4752' + 'pciclass,030000'
            compatible: 'pci8086,2480' + 'pci8086,2480' + 'pciclass,060100'
            name:  'pci8086,2480'
            compatible: 'pci-ide' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,248b' + 'pciclass,01018a'
            device_type:  'pci-ide'
            name:  'pci-ide'
            compatible: 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,341a' + 'pci8086,2483' + 'pciclass,0c0500'
            model:  'PCI: 8086,341a - class: Unknown class of pci/pnpbios device'
            name:  'pci8086,341a'
Thanks!
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Old 07-25-2007, 02:22 PM   #9
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Can't plumb NIC.
I noticed in another Thread the use of "devfsadm" which
I tried with the following results:

Code:
# devfsadm -v
Jul 25 11:12:34 hwz-v60 re1000: WARNING: couldn't allocate 83886080 bytes.  driver will NOT function.  please reboot.
Jul 25 11:12:34 hwz-v60 re1000: WARNING: couldn't reserve 81920K for re1000g0!
Jul 25 11:12:35 hwz-v60 re1000: WARNING: couldn't allocate 83886080 bytes.  driver will NOT function.  please reboot.
Jul 25 11:12:35 hwz-v60 re1000: WARNING: couldn't reserve 81920K for re1000g1!
Jul 25 11:12:35 hwz-v60 re1000: WARNING: couldn't allocate 83886080 bytes.  driver will NOT function.  please reboot.
Jul 25 11:12:35 hwz-v60 re1000: WARNING: couldn't reserve 81920K for re1000g2!
Jul 25 11:12:35 hwz-v60 re1000: WARNING: couldn't allocate 83886080 bytes.  driver will NOT function.  please reboot.
Jul 25 11:12:35 hwz-v60 re1000: WARNING: couldn't reserve 81920K for re1000g3!
Jul 25 11:12:36 hwz-v60 re1000: WARNING: couldn't allocate 83886080 bytes.  driver will NOT function.  please reboot.
Jul 25 11:12:36 hwz-v60 re1000: WARNING: couldn't reserve 81920K for re1000g4!
It appears as though my driver isn't working. I'll reboot the system. If this doesn't do the trick, I'll replace the driver and let you know! Unless there is a better suggestion out there!
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Old 07-26-2007, 12:32 PM   #10
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Can't plumb NIC, (Progress report)
So, I rebooted the machine, and re-ran devfsadm -v. This
time, it reported, in effect that 3 of my 5 interfaces
weren't configured and mentioned that I should modify
the /kernel/drv/re1000g.conf file. There I changed the
number of interfaces to 5, and rebooted the machine.
When completed I re-issued the devfsadm -v command. This
time "devfsadm" did it's thing by creating the dev files for
the remaining 3 interfaces. However, I still cannot plumb
any of the interfaces and ifconfig -a reports only the "loopback" interface and
nothing more. Please see below:

Code:
# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
Any ideas?

Your help is greatly appreciated.
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Old 07-26-2007, 02:59 PM   #11
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Is this driver bundled with Solaris 9 or do you get it elsewhere ?

I know about e1000g, but not re1000g.
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Old 07-26-2007, 03:23 PM   #12
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Yes, this driver came bundled with the OS.
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Okay, what says:
Code:
grep re1000g /etc/path_to_inst /etc/driver_aliases /var/sadm/install/contents
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Old 07-27-2007, 10:24 AM   #14
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It comes back with nothing.
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This seems to contradict the posting where you wrote this driver comes bundled with Solaris.

Who created the /kernel/drv/re1000g.conf file ?

There is no reference to this "r" prefix for the e1000g driver in its documentation.
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