DRIVER UPDATE 6 OVERVIEW and INSTRUCTIONS The Solaris x86 Driver Update is the mechanism by which new device drivers and video support are distributed to our customers. WHAT'S NEW Although Driver Update 6 does not include as many new drivers as we had hoped to complete during the past month, it does introduce Solaris 2.4 x86 PC Card (PCMCIA) support. PC Card drivers include support for: - the major PCMCIA controllers - several fax/modem cards - SRAM memory cards - the 3Com Etherlink III PCMCIA adapter (3C589, 3C589B) Please check the Solaris 2.4 for x86 Hardware Compatibility List for the specific PC Card (PCMCIA) devices tested with this driver update. The HCL is available by sending a message to the autoresponse email address x86hcl@sun.com (ASCII version) or x86hcl.ps@sun.com (Postscript version). Also available in this Driver Update are new video drivers including support for boards based on the S3 Trio64. Note that although the prior announcement memo indicated that the new "st" tape driver would be included in Driver Update 6, the "st" driver will not be generally available until Driver Update 7. Early access copies of "st" will be made available on a "special need" basis. Please send email requests to neal.pollack@west. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGEND: * - New driver in this release; u - updated in this release The Driver Update 6 includes support for the following devices: DISK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Enhanced IDE (large disk support) IDE CD-ROM (ATAPI) drives (see HCL for specific models tested) SCSI Host Adapter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Adapter/A IBM SCSI-2 RAID Controller IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Streaming RAID Adapter/A Adaptec AHA-2940/AHA-2940W, AIC-7870/7850 BusLogic BT-440C, BT-445C, BT-445S, BT-542B, BT-545C, BT-545S, BT-742A, BT-746C, BT-747C, BT-747S, BT-757S, BT-946C Trantor T348 miniSCSI Plus Adaptec AIC-6260/6360, AHA-1510A, AHA-1520A, AHA-1522A, AHA-1530P, AHA-1532P Siemens Nixdorf PCE-5S integrated SCSI (NCR53C71) Symbios Logic (formerly NCR Microelectronics) NCR53C815 SCSI NETWORK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * 3Com Etherlink III PCMCIA (3C589, 3C589B); Note 1 Integrated AMD PCnet-PCI Ethernet Allied Telesyn AT-1500T, AT-1500AT, AT-1500BT (ISA) Cabletron E2210 (AMD PCnet-ISA) D-Link DE-510CT (AMD PCnet32) Kingston KNE2121H (AMD PCnet-ISA) CNet CN970EBT (AMD PCnet-PCI) Mitron LX2100p (AMD PCnet-PCI) Samsung SEB-3000C (AMD PCnet-PCI) SVEC FD0455 EtherBoard (AMD PCnet-PCI) SVEC NE2100 (AMD PCnet-ISA) Novell/Eagle Technology NE2000 Accton EtherCombo-16 Alta EtherCombo-16 T/C Kingston KNE-2000T+ Kingston KNE-2031+ Kingston KNE-2002+ Olicom EtherCom ISA/II Microdyne NE2000 Thomas-Conrad TC5043-T Novell/Eagle Technology NE3200 Intel EtherExpress 32 Racal Interlan ES3210 Ethernet Intel EtherExpress PRO Intel EtherExpress 16 SMC EtherCard Family SMC EtherEZ Ethernet Adapter VIDEO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * AST Manhattan P5090 (Cirrus Logic GD5424) * Cirrus Logic 5420/5424/5428 w/512K memory * Cirrus Logic 5430/5434 * Compaq QVision 1024E * Compaq QVision 2000 (Rev. G) * Compaq ProSignia/ProLiant (GD5420) * Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM (S3 Trio 64) * Diamond Viper Pro (Weitek P9100) * Diamond Viper SE (Weitek P9100) * Number Nine Vision330 (S3 Trio64) * Micronics Mpower 4 Plus (ATI Mach64) * STB PowerGraph64 (S3 Trio64) * S3 Trio64 integrated video HP NetServer LC/LE/DF (Trident TVGA 9000i) HP Vectra VL2 (Cirrus Logic GD5428) HP Vectra XM2i (S3 Vision864) HP Vectra XU (S3 Vision864) Compaq QVision/E 1024 (EISA) Diamond Viper Pro PCI/VLB (P9100) Diamond Viper SE PCI (P9100) Everex FIC864P Everex ViewPoint 64P Acer ET4000/W32 ATI Graphics Ultra+ (ISA) ATI Graphics Ultra Pro (ISA, VLB, PCI) ATI Pro Turbo VLB (Mach64) ATI Pro Turbo PCI (Mach64) ATI WINTURBO PCI (Mach64) ATI Graphics Expression PCI (Mach 64) ATI Graphics Expression VLB (Mach 64) Compaq QVision 2000 Dell PowerEdge SP5xx (ATI Mach32) Diamond Speedstar 64 (ISA, PCI0 Diamond Viper VLB (P9000) Diamond Viper PCI (P9000) Diamond Stealth 32 VLB (ET-4000/W32p) Diamond Stealth 32 PCI (ET-4000/W32p) Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM VLB (Vision864) see NOTE_1 Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM PCI (Vision864) see NOTE_1 Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM VLB (Vision964) Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM PCI (Vision964) Elsa Winner 1000 VLB (S3 86C928) Elsa Winner 2000 VLB (S3 86C928) Elsa Winner 1000 PRO VLB (Vision864) Elsa Winner 2000 PRO VLB (Vision964) Elsa Winner 2000 PRO PCI (Vision964) IBM PS/ValuePoint Performance Series (S3 Vision864) IBM PC Series 300-486 (Cirrus Logic GD5430) IBM PC Series 300 (S3 Vision864) IBM PC Series 700 (S3 Vision864) Intel Professional/GX (High Resolution) (ATI Mach32) Intergraph TD1 (S3 86C928) Matrox Impression Plus Matrox Impression VLB (MGA) Matrox Ultima Plus VLB (MGA II) Matrox Ultima Plus PCI (MGA II) Matrox Ultima 200 PCI (MGA II) miro CRYSAL 20SD (S3 Vision864) miro CRYSAL 40SV (S3 Vision964) Number Nine #9GXE ISA (S3 86C928) Number Nine #9GXE VLB (S3 86C928) Number Nine #9GXE64 PCI (Vision864) Number Nine #9GXE64 Pro PCI (Vision964) Number Nine Imagine 128 Orchid Fahrenheit 128O Plus VLB Orchid Kelvin PCI (Cirrus Logic GD5434) Orchid Kelvin VLB (Cirrus Logic GD5434) S3 Vision864+SDAC STB Nitro PCI (Cirrus Logic GD5434) STB Lightspeed VLB (ET-4000/W32p) STB Powergraph PRO PCI (S3 Vision864) Trident TVGA9000i AUDIO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Creative Labs Soundblaster AWE32 NOTES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Note 1: The 3Com Etherlink III PCMCIA card does not support network installation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOLARIS PATCH It is recommended that users of Driver Update 6 install 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; select Solaris Driver Update - The Internet server (via anonymous ftp) sunsolve1.Sun.COM in the directory /pub/patches - On COMPUSERVE in Library 15, "Solaris Recommended" as (10194608.taz). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver Update 6 consists of the following components: - Driver Update 6 DISK Boot Diskette (dd format diskette) - Driver Update 6 NET Boot Diskette (dd format diskette) - Driver Update 6 Distribution Diskette (patch format diskette) - Driver Update 6 (Video) Diskette (patch format diskette) - Driver Update 6 (PCMCIA) Diskette (patch format diskette) - Driver Update 6 Guide (ASCII and Postscript formats) Note that not all of these diskette may be required for your installation. Please refer to the Driver Update 6 Guide for instructions. The Driver Update 6 is available on diskette or electronically via the Internet (the World Wide Web and anonymous ftp sites), and CompuServe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNET via WORLD WIDE WEB (Access1.Sun.COM) To obtain files from the Access1 Web Page: 1) Open URL http://access1.Sun.COM. Click on "SunSoft's Support Resolutions Answer Center," and then select "Solaris," and then click on "Solaris Driver Update 6." You will be presented with a review of what drivers are available in this driver update and then a list of the following files to download: du6tar.3.Z -- compressed tar archive (includes 3 diskette images, 3.5") du6tar.5.Z -- compressed tar archive (includes 3 diskette images, 5.25") du6video.3 -- single 3.5" dd diskette image du6pcmcia.3 -- single 3.5" dd diskette image du6guide.ps -- Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 6 Guide, Postscript format du6guide.txt -- Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 6 Guide, ASCII text format README -- ascii file with update overview and access instructions 2) Download the desired files by selecting the file name and then specifying a local file name when prompted. 3) Uncompress the the archive(s). For example: uncompress du6tar.3.Z 4) Using the tar command, extract the diskette images from the archive(s). For example: tar xvf du6tar.3 (Note that the video file is not an archive). 5) Using the dd command, copy each diskette image to a diskette. For example: dd if=dsk_boot.3 of=/dev/rdiskette0 bs=1024k Note: if you are using a Solaris system running Volume Manager (vold) use the following commands: volcheck dd if=dsk_boot.3 of=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 bs=1024k eject floppy0 6) Follow the instructions in the Driver Update 6 Guide to install the update. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FTP.UU.NET (Anonymous FTP) 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 e-mail address. 4) At the ftp prompt, set file type to binary ftp> binary 5) cd /vendor/sun/sun-doc/x-86-driver/2.4 6) 'ls' will show you several directories named for the driver update number. For example, DU6. 7) 'cd' into the UPDATE directory that is the most recent (or the one that contains the DU# you need). It is here that you find the compressed tar archives, video drivers, README's, and DU documentation. 8) 'get' the compressed tar archive that you need (see above for the archive file names). 'get' the video driver patch, if needed. 'get' the .ps file, for a postscript Driver Update Guide, and/or the .ascii file, for a text Driver Update Guide. 9) Quit the FTP session ftp> quit 10) Uncompress the the archive. For example: uncompress du6tar.3.Z 11) Using the tar command, extract the diskette images from the archive. For example: tar xvf du6tar.3 (Note that the video file is not an archive). 12) Using the dd command, copy each diskette image to a diskette. For example: dd if=dsk_boot.3 of=/dev/rdiskette0 bs=1024k Note: if you are using a Solaris system running Volume Manager (vold) use the following commands: volcheck dd if=dsk_boot.3 of=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 bs=1024k eject floppy0 13) Follow the instructions in the Driver Update 6 Guide to install the update. NOTE: If you do not have access to Unix, and the Unix tar and uncompress utilities, there are equivalent uncompress and tar utilities available for DOS. These programs are be available in the SimTel MSDOS software collection. Two ftp sites that carry these programs are wuarchive.wustl.edu and oak.oakland.edu. You will also need to use dd to create DU diskettes. If you do not have access to Unix, and the Unix dd utility, you may obtain a DOS version of dd.exe from: /vendor/sun/sun-doc/x-86-driver -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNIX FILE CHECKSUMS File transfers may be verified by refering to the checksums below: (output from /usr/bin/sum) 37380 1455 du6guide.ps 11445 380 du6guide.txt 52250 2880 du6pcmcia.3 64216 4268 du6tar.3.Z 47387 4090 du6tar.5.Z 32639 2880 du6video.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDITIONAL INTERNET SITES DU6 is also be available at SunSITE USA at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. It is accessible via anonymous ftp from sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/sun-info/solaris-x86/sunsoft-drivers and via the WWW at URL http://sunsite.unc.edu in the Sun Archives (direct access URL file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/sun-info/solaris-x86/sunsoft-drivers) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPUSERVE To obtain files from CompuServe, establish a CompuServe session and at the prompt type "g sunsoft" or "go sunsoft". Proceed to the Solaris x86 Library ("lib 9"). You can then download the ZIP archive which contains the diskette image files you need. If you do not have an unzip utility (such as unzip, or pkunzip), they are available on CompuServe. DU6UP3.ZIP Solaris 2.4 Driver Update 6 -- 3.5" diskette images DU6UP5.ZIP Solaris 2.4 Driver Update 6 -- 5.25" diskette images DU6VIDEO.ZIP Video Diskette for Driver Update 6 -- 3.5" diskette images DU6PCMCI.ZIP PCMCIA Diskette for Driver Update 6 -- 3.5" diskette images DU6GUIDE.PS Information on new x86 Driver Update 6 DU6GUIDE.TXT Information on new x86 Driver Update 6 DU6INF.TXT ASCII file with update overview and access instructions Note that the diskette image files must be transferred to a diskette using the UNIX "dd" command or an equivalent DOS utility. The file DD.EXE posted here is a DOS executable that will allow you to make diskette copies on a DOS system. The utility accepts the name of the diskette image file and will copy it to the floppy. The command syntax is: DD.EXE [FILENAME] [DRIVE]: Example: DD.EXE DSKBOOT.3 A: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOS FILE CHECKSUMS File transfers may be verified by refering to the checksums below: (output from /usr/bin/sum) 37380 1455 DU6GUIDE.PS 18879 391 DU6GUIDE.TXT 31915 1309 DU6PCMCI.ZIP 55715 3085 DU6UP3.ZIP 63034 2960 DU6UP5.ZIP 45488 2699 DU6VIDEO.ZIP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6, Part No. ISOS-240-FP-DU6. SunSoft will send you the driver update diskettes. or FAX your name/address/phone # to 415-691-1158 and specify which Driver Update you need to receive. (Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 6, Part No. ISOS-240-FP-DU6.) SunSoft will send you the driver update diskettes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------