Hi,

Where are the Intel NIC Drivers for PRO series located. netconfig
does not show them. AM i missing something, failed to install
something, Have OS and MP2 but nothing else yet.

Thanks

Willjay@jpr.com typed (on Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 04:59:17PM -0500):
| Hi,
|
| Where are the Intel NIC Drivers for PRO series located. netconfig
| does not show them. AM i missing something, failed to install
| something, Have OS and MP2 but nothing else yet.

They're not missing...

On my OSR 6 + MP2, I see this in /etc/inst/nd/mdi:

5ess/ EtdK/ bcme/ dfx/ e3H/ japan/ shrkudi/ wdn/
EtMD/ EtdKp/ cet/ e1008g/ e3bc/ nat/ skfp/ wwdu/
EtSR/ EtdM/ cnet/ e3B/ eeE8/ ne/ sme/
EtdA/ EtdMp/ d21x/ e3C/ eeF/ ni1/ smpw/
EtdC/ Xb/ dcxe/ e3D/ etsi/ pcpsm/ spwr/
EtdCp/ Xbm/ dcxf/ e3E/ hfm/ pnt/ tok/
EtdD/ atel/ dex/ e3G/ ipw/ shrk/ trps/



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JP
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I dont know if this is the same problem Willjay is having, but I am
having a similar problem on an IBM x3650. I have installed SCO osr 6.0
and MP2 and the list of network drivers has not increased from the
pathetic initial offering. I can see all the files in
/etc/inst/nd/mpt, but they do not show up in netconfig.

In the MP2 release notes it says to use pkgadd to install the nd.image
from the cd after loading the mp. I did this, and the list did not
change.

After loading this I installed nd.8.0.6d.image. This also did not
change my list in netconfig.

I have installed 6.0 on vmware images before and I got it installed and
working on an IBM x3500. I have no idea why it will work on the 3500
and not the 3650. I have reinstalled the OS several times and keep
getting the same result.

If someone knows a trick to maybe modify the kernel to include the new
drivers or load a network card manually without needing to use
netconfig I would really appreciate it.

Willjay wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Where are the Intel NIC Drivers for PRO series located. netconfig
> does not show them. AM i missing something, failed to install
> something, Have OS and MP2 but nothing else yet.
>
> Thanks

I need to correct my previous statement that the new drivers are not
installing. The version on the previously installed drivers has
updated to 8.0.6d, but there are no no drivers on the list.

This is important because I would like to be able to try generic
drivers to use with several different unsupported network cards. (in
fact, maybe that statement will provide insight to why this isn't
working. Will it only add drivers for detected devices maybe?)

I have been working on this for a week now and have not been able to
change the results of my attempts to install the driver package. Any
help would be greatly appreciated.

phatpenguin wrote:
> I dont know if this is the same problem Willjay is having, but I am
> having a similar problem on an IBM x3650. I have installed SCO osr 6.0
> and MP2 and the list of network drivers has not increased from the
> pathetic initial offering. I can see all the files in
> /etc/inst/nd/mpt, but they do not show up in netconfig.
>
> In the MP2 release notes it says to use pkgadd to install the nd.image
> from the cd after loading the mp. I did this, and the list did not
> change.
>
> After loading this I installed nd.8.0.6d.image. This also did not
> change my list in netconfig.
>
> I have installed 6.0 on vmware images before and I got it installed and
> working on an IBM x3500. I have no idea why it will work on the 3500
> and not the 3650. I have reinstalled the OS several times and keep
> getting the same result.
>
> If someone knows a trick to maybe modify the kernel to include the new
> drivers or load a network card manually without needing to use
> netconfig I would really appreciate it.
>
> Willjay wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Where are the Intel NIC Drivers for PRO series located. netconfig
> > does not show them. AM i missing something, failed to install
> > something, Have OS and MP2 but nothing else yet.
> >
> > Thanks

phatpenguin wrote:
> I dont know if this is the same problem Willjay is having, but I am
> having a similar problem on an IBM x3650. I have installed SCO osr 6.0
> and MP2 and the list of network drivers has not increased from the
> pathetic initial offering. I can see all the files in
> /etc/inst/nd/mpt, but they do not show up in netconfig.

Hi,

netconfig(ADM), when run, will attempt to autodetect the network cards
(NICs)
that are present on your server. netconfig uses the "bcfg" files
located in

/etc/inst/nd/mdi/<driver_name>

to see if the board ids of the driver map to any devices present in the
server.

If netconfig cannot map a driver to a piece of detected hardware then
it will
offer a list of (very) old ISA cards that you can proceed to manually
configure.

The fact that you are not seeing any card is probably due to the fact
that
either:

1) The card you are trying to configure in the server is not supported
by
the drivers we provide
2) The card has a board id that is different from those mentioned in
the bcfg files.

For more details on troubleshooting NICs on Openserver 6 see:

http://wdb1.sco.com/kb/showta?taid=110131

Regards,

John

So if I understand your post correctly... netconfig will only
autodetect the nic, and the list of drivers I see if the nic does not
autodetect can never be changed, and in fact does not represent the
actual list of drivers available on the system?

If this is the case, then maybe you could figure out a scenario in
which the x3500 I have already installed shows a larger list of network
card drivers after installing the 8.0.6d update for the network drivers

jboland@sco.com wrote:
> phatpenguin wrote:
> > I dont know if this is the same problem Willjay is having, but I am
> > having a similar problem on an IBM x3650. I have installed SCO osr 6.0
> > and MP2 and the list of network drivers has not increased from the
> > pathetic initial offering. I can see all the files in
> > /etc/inst/nd/mpt, but they do not show up in netconfig.
>
> Hi,
>
> netconfig(ADM), when run, will attempt to autodetect the network cards
> (NICs)
> that are present on your server. netconfig uses the "bcfg" files
> located in
>
> /etc/inst/nd/mdi/<driver_name>
>
> to see if the board ids of the driver map to any devices present in the
> server.
>
> If netconfig cannot map a driver to a piece of detected hardware then
> it will
> offer a list of (very) old ISA cards that you can proceed to manually
> configure.
>
> The fact that you are not seeing any card is probably due to the fact
> that
> either:
>
> 1) The card you are trying to configure in the server is not supported
> by
> the drivers we provide
> 2) The card has a board id that is different from those mentioned in
> the bcfg files.
>
> For more details on troubleshooting NICs on Openserver 6 see:
>
> http://wdb1.sco.com/kb/showta?taid=110131
>
> Regards,
>
> John

phatpenguin wrote:
> So if I understand your post correctly... netconfig will only
> autodetect the nic, and the list of drivers I see if the nic does not
> autodetect can never be changed, and in fact does not represent the
> actual list of drivers available on the system?

Correct.

> If this is the case, then maybe you could figure out a scenario in
> which the x3500 I have already installed shows a larger list of network
> card drivers after installing the 8.0.6d update for the network drivers

Well as a start, the nd package yoou are installing adds support
for additional nics.

Maybe if you could tell the group what exactly you are trying to do
with netconfig you might get a more precise answer.

Regards,

John

For what it's worth, I had a devil of a time finding
drivers for the embedded NIC on Asus motherboards.
It turns out that it is a Marvell Yukon Gigabit NIC
and the Unixware 7.1.3/OpenUnix 8/UnixWare 7.1.4/
OpenServer 6 driver can be found at this URL:

http://www.marvell.com/drivers/drive...dId=115&pId=31

Hope this helps someone,

Chen Coulter

Willjay wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Where are the Intel NIC Drivers for PRO series located. netconfig
> does not show them. AM i missing something, failed to install
> something, Have OS and MP2 but nothing else yet.
>
> Thanks