SOLARIS 2.4 x86 DRIVER UPDATE 10 OVERVIEW and INSTRUCTIONS The Solaris x86 Driver Updates are the mechanism by which new device drivers and video support are distributed to our customers. ========================================================================= LEGEND: * - New support in this release; u - Updated support in this release Driver Update 10 includes support for the following devices: DISK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Enhanced IDE / ATAPI (IDE CD-ROM) SCSI Host Adapter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Adaptec AIC-6260/6360, AHA-1510A, AHA-1520A, AHA-1522A, AHA-1530P, AHA-1532P Adaptec AHA-2940/AHA-2940W, AIC-7870/7850 * Adaptec AHA-2940U, AHA-2940UW (see NOTE 1 below) Adaptec AHA-274x/AHA-284x, AIC-7770 AMD PCscsi, PCscsi II, and PCnet-SCSI BusLogic BT-440C, BT-445C, BT-445S, BT-542B, BT-545C, BT-545S, u Compaq 32-Bit Fast-SCSI-2 (53c710 - EISA add-in card) u Compaq Integrated 32-Bit Fast-SCSI-2 (53c710 - ProLiant 2000, 4000) * Compaq Integrated 32-Bit Fast-SCSI-2/P (53c810 - ProSignia 300, 500) * Compaq Integrated 32-Bit Fast-Wide SCSI-2/E (53c825 - ProLiant 4500) * Compaq Integrated 32-Bit Fast-Wide SCSI-2/P (53c825 - ProLiant 1500) * Compaq 32-Bit Fast-Wide SCSI-2/P (53c825 - PCI add-in card) DPT SmartCache III Models PM-2024 and PM-2124 IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Adapter/A Siemens Nixdorf PCE-5S integrated SCSI (NCR53C710) Symbios Logic NCR53C815 SCSI Trantor T348 miniSCSI Plus Tricord Intelligent SCSI Subsystem Controller RAID CONTROLLERS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Compaq SMART SCSI Array Controller DPT SmartRAID Models PM-3222 and PM-3224 IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Streaming RAID Adapter/A IBM SCSI-2 RAID Controller ETHERNET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3Com Etherlink III PCMCIA (3C589, 3C589B) Accton EtherCombo-16 Allied Telesyn AT-1500T, AT-1500AT, AT-1500BT Alta EtherCombo-16 T/C AMD PCnet Ethernet controller (ISA, PCI) Asante EtherFAST 10/100 Cabletron E2210 CNet CN970EBT Cogent EM960TP u Cogent EM960C u Compaq Netflex-2 DualPort ENET, NetFlex-2 ENET-TR Controller (Ethernet only) D-Link DE-510CT D-Link DE-530CT Intel EtherExpress 16 Intel EtherExpress 32 Intel EtherExpress PRO Kingston KNE-2000T+ Kingston KNE-2002+ Kingston KNE-2031+ Kingston KNE2121H Microdyne NE2000 Mitron LX2100p Novell/Eagle Technology NE2000 Novell/Eagle Technology NE3200 Olicom EtherCom ISA/II Racal Interlan ES3210 Ethernet Racal Interlan PCI T2-STR Samsung SEB-3000C SMC Elite32C Ultra (SMC 82M32) u SMC EtherPower (21040)(8432BT/8432BTA) u SMC EtherPower (21041)(8432BT/8432BTA) SMC EtherCard Family SMC EtherEZ Ethernet Adapter SVEC FD0455 EtherBoard SVEC NE2100 Thomas-Conrad TC5043-T Znyx EtherAction ZX312 FAST ETHERNET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cogent EM100 * Cogent EM100TX Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 SMC Ether 10/100 (SMC 9232) * SMC EtherPower 10/100 PCI (SMC 9332) * Znyx EtherXtend ZX342 FDDI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Cabletron F7069 VIDEO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AST Manhattan P5090 (Cirrus Logic GD5424) ATI Graphics Pro Turbo (ATI Mach64) ATI Graphics Ultra+ ATI Graphics Ultra Pro ATI Graphics Xpression (ATI Mach64) ATI WinTurbo (Mach64) ATI Mach64 ATI Mach64CT (Rev 1 and 2) * Boca Voyager 64 Cirrus Logic 5420/5424/5428 Cirrus Logic 5430/5434 Compaq ProLiant (Cirrus Logic GD5420) Compaq ProSignia (Cirrus Logic GD5420) * Compaq ProSignia 300 (Cirrus Logic GD5424) Compaq QVision 1024 Compaq QVision 1280 Compaq QVision 2000 Compaq QVision 2000 (Rev. G) DEC DECpc XL 590 (Cirrus Logic GD5428) Dell Optiplex DGX590 (ATI Mach64) Dell PowerEdge SP5xx (ATI Mach32) Diamond Speedstar 64 Diamond Stealth 32 (ET-4000/W32p) Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM (S3 Trio64) Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM (S3 Vision864) Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM (S3 Vision964) Diamond Stealth 64 Video DRAM (S3 Vision868) Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM (S3 Vision968) Diamond Stealth 64 Graphics 2000 (S3 Trio64 and S3 Vision864) Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2000 (S3 Vision868) Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2001 (S3 Trio64V+) Diamond Stealth 64 Video 3000 (S3 Vision968 with TVP or IBM RAMDACs) Diamond Viper (P9000) Diamond Viper Pro (P9100) Diamond Viper SE (P9100) ELSA Winner 1000 (S3 928) ELSA Winner 1000 Pro (S3 Vision864) ELSA Winner 2000 (S3 928) ELSA Winner 2000 Pro (S3 Vision964) Everex FIC 864P Everex ViewPoint 64P HP NetServer LC/LE/DF (Trident TVGA 9000i) HP Vectra VL2 (Cirrus Logic GD5428) HP Vectra XM2i (S3 Vision864) HP Vectra XU (S3 Vision864 w/ AT&T and STG RAMDACs) IBM PC Series 300 (S3 Vision864) IBM PC Series 300-486 (Cirrus Logic GD5430) IBM PC Series 700 (S3 Vision864) IBM PS/ValuePoint Performance Series (S3 Vision864) Intel Professional/GX (High Resolution) (ATI Mach32) Intergraph TD1 (S3 928) Intergraph G91 (P9100) u Intergraph G95 Matrox MGA Impression Matrox MGA Impression Plus u Matrox MGA Millennium Matrox MGA Ultima Matrox MGA Ultima Plus Matrox MGA Ultima Plus 200 Micronics Mpower 4 Plus (ATI Mach64) Miro CRYSTAL 20SD (S3 Vision864) Miro CRYSTAL 40SV (S3 Vision964) Nanao EizoAccel AA51 (F82C480) Nanao HA50/HL50 Nanao HA60 Number Nine #9GXE (S3 928) Number Nine #9GXE64 (S3 Trio64) Number Nine #9GXE64 (S3 Vision864) Number Nine #9GXE64 Pro (S3 Vision964) Number Nine 9FX Motion531 (S3 Vision868) Number Nine 9FX Motion771 (S3 Vision968) Number Nine Imagine 128 Oak OTI-107 based boards Orchid Fahrenheit 128O Plus Orchid Kelvin (Cirrus Logic GD5434) S3 Trio64 integrated video S3 Trio64V+ integrated video S3 Vision864+SDAC S3 Vision868 SPEA V7-Mirage P-64 (S3 Vision868) STB Lightspeed (ET-4000/W32p) STB Nitro (Cirrus Logic GD5434) STB Powergraph 64 (S3 Trio64) * STB Powergraph 64 Video (S3 Trio64V+) STB Powergraph Pro (S3 Vision864) STB Velocity 64V (S3 Vision968) Toshiba J3100 (WD90C31) Trident TVGA9000i AUDIO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Creative Labs Soundblaster AWE32 TAPE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The new "st" tape driver is expected to work with a wide variety of 4mm, 8mm, and QIC tape devices. The following tape devices have been tested by SunSoft: ARCHIVE Python 28454 4mm ARCHIVE 2525 QIC-525 Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm Exabyte EXB-4200 4mm HP Colorado Memory Systems PowerTape 1100 QIC HP Colorado Memory Systems PowerTape 2400 QIC HP Colorado Memory Systems PowerTape 4000 QIC HP Colorado Memory Systems PowerDAT 6000 4mm HP 35470A DDS 4mm HP 35480A DDS/Data Compression 4mm HP C1533-00100 DDS2/Data Compression 4mm HP C1534A DDS Tape Drive 4mm HP C1536A DDS/Data Compression 4mm HP C1520F SureStore Tape 2000e 4mm HP C1525F SureStore Tape 2000i 4mm HP C1521F SureStore Tape 5000e 4mm HP C1526F SureStore Tape 5000i 4mm HP C1551A SureStore Tape 5000eU 4mm HP C1529F SureStore Tape 6000e 4mm HP C1528F SureStore Tape 6000i 4mm HP C1552A SureStore Tape 6000eU 4mm HP C1520E JetStore 2000e 4mm HP C1525E JetStore 2000i 4mm HP JetStore 5000e 4mm HP C1526E JetStore 5000i 4mm HP C1529A JetStore 6000e 4mm HP C1528E JetStore 6000i 4mm Sony SDT-5000 4mm Sony SDT-5200 4mm SUN DAT X822A 4mm WangDAT 3400DX DDS-2 4mm Wangtek 9500DC QIC Wangtek 51000 QIC Wangtek 9500DC QIC MP Modules - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - u Intel MP Specification 1.1-compliant systems Intel Xxpress Intergraph ISMP6 u Compaq ProLiant (Triflex) Tricord ES4000 PC CARD - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3Com Etherlink III PCMCIA (3C589/3C589B) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *******IMPORTANT***********WARNING**********IMPORTANT************** NOTE 1: Our testing has uncovered a problem in the firmware used with the AHA-2940U, AHA-2940UW, and embedded HBAs that use the AIC-7880 controller chip. (models of the Adaptec HBAs that use the AIC-7870 chip are not affected). This firmware problem may occassionally cause the SCSI bus to hang in a state from which it can not be recovered without doing a hard reset, potentially corrupt the data on your disks. So far this problem has only occurred on test systems after several hours of very heavy I/O stress testing using multiple SCSI devices. Because of the serious nature of this problem, an updated version of the adp driver will be provided as soon as this problem is fixed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOLARIS PATCH It is recommended that users of Driver Update 10 install the LATEST REVISION of the Solaris 2.4 x86 jumbo kernel patch ID 101946. This patch resolves problems known to cause user-level programs to core dump. This patch is posted on: - The WWW at http://access1.sun.com/recpatches/2.4_x86.html - The Internet server (via anonymous ftp) sunsolve1.Sun.COM in the directory /pub/patches - CompuServe in library 15, "Solaris Recommended" ========================================================================= The Driver Update 10 release consists of the following components: Device Driver Set: - Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 10 REALMODE Boot Diskette du10bt1.Z -- 3.5" diskette image du10bt1.zip -- 3.5" diskette image - Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 10 SOLARIS Boot Diskette du10bt2.Z -- 3.5" diskette image du10bt2.zip -- 3.5" diskette image - Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 10 Distribution Diskette (patch format diskette) du10d1.Z -- 3.5" diskette image du10d1.zip -- 3.5" diskette image PCMCIA Set: - Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 10 PCMCIA Diskette (patch format diskette) du10pcmc.Z -- 3.5" diskette image du10pcmc.zip -- 3.5" diskette image Video Set: - Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 10 Video-1 Diskette (patch format disk 1 of 2) du10vid1 -- 3.5" diskette image du10vid1.zip -- 3.5" diskette image - Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 10 Video-2 Diskette (patch format disk 2 of 2) du10vid2.Z -- 3.5" diskette image du10vid2.zip -- 3.5" diskette image Documentation Set: - Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 10 Guide du10doc.ps -- Postscript format du10doc.txt -- ASCII text format - Solaris 2.4 x86 Video Driver Update 10 Guide du10vdoc.ps -- Postscript format du10vdoc.txt -- ASCII text format Some of these diskettes may not be required for your particular installation. Please refer to the Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 10 Guide for instructions. The uncompressed (*.Z) and the unzipped (*.zip) files produce identical diskette image files. For each diskette image you only need to download ONE of these two file formats. Driver Update 10 is available on diskette or electronically via the Internet (the World Wide Web and anonymous ftp sites), CompuServe, and the Sun's internal ftp server (newstop.ebay). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNLOADING FILES FROM THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To obtain files from the Access1 Web Page: 1) Open URL http://access1.sun.com/gateway/drivergate/driverMain.html click on "Solaris Driver Update 10." You will be presented with a list of all diskette images and documents available to download. 2) Download the desired files by selecting the filename and then specifying a local filename when prompted. An alternative WWW site for Driver Update 10 is SunSITE USA, at http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/sun-info/solaris-x86/sunsoft-drivers/2.4/DU10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNLOADING FILES VIA ANONYMOUS FTP (from ftp.uu.net) To obtain the files using ftp: 1) Use ftp to connect to ftp.uu.net: 'ftp ftp.uu.net' 2) At the login prompt, use 'anonymous'. 3) For the password, use your complete email address. 4) At the ftp prompt, set file type to "binary" ftp> binary [RETURN] 5) cd /vendor/sun/solaris/x86/2.4/DU10 6) 'get' the desired files ftp> get [RETURN] 7) Quit the FTP session: ftp> quit [RETURN] Alternative anonymous ftp sites for DU10 are: SunSITE USA (sunsite.unc.edu) in the directory /pub/sun-info/solaris-x86/sunsoft-drivers/2.4/DU10 Sun's internal anonymous ftp server (newstop.ebay) in the directory /sun/Solaris/x86drivers/2.4/DU10. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNLOADING FILES FROM COMPUSERVE To obtain files from CompuServe, establish a CompuServe session and at the prompt type "go sunsoft". Proceed to the Solaris x86 Library ("lib 9"). You can then download the ZIP archives which contain the diskette image files you need. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CREATING DISKETTES FROM DOWNLOADED FILES Files with .zip or .Z extensions must first be uncompressed. Utilities to uncompress files of either type are widely available for UNIX, DOS, and Microsoft Windows systems (CompuServe, and the SimTel archives which are mirrored on the anonymous ftp sites wuarchive.wustl.edu and oak.oakland.edu, are good sources for DOS and Windows utilities.) To uncompress a .Z file, type: uncompress To unzip a .zip file, follow the instructions appropriate for your unzip program. The uncompressed images must then be copied to diskettes with the dd command. (A DOS version of this command may be found in ftp.uu.net:/vendor/sun/solaris/x86/dd.exe.) Under UNIX: dd if=filename of=/dev/rdiskette bs=1024k Or, alternatively, if you are using a Solaris system running Volume Manager (vold): volcheck dd if=filename of=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 bs=1024k eject floppy0 Under DOS: dd filename A: Finally, follow the instructions in the Driver Update Guide to install the update. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ANY OF THE ABOVE: ---------------------------------------------- Call 1-800-SUN-SOFT, option #3 "software upgrades" and request the Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 10, Part No. ISOS-240-FP3-DU10. SunSoft will send you the driver update diskettes. Or FAX your name, address, and phone number to 415-691-1158 and specify which Driver Update release you need to receive. (Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 10, Part No. ISOS-240-FP3-DU10.) SunSoft will send you the driver update diskettes. If you're outside the US and Canada, call 310-348-8677. You can also FAX questions to 310-348-8601. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------