SOLARIS 2.4 DRIVER UPDATE 7 OVERVIEW and INSTRUCTIONS The Solaris x86 Driver Update is the mechanism by which new device drivers and video support are distributed to our customers. ========================================================================= LEGEND: * - New driver in this release; u - updated in this release The Driver Update 7 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Compaq SMART SCSI Array Controller * AMD PCscsi, PCscsi II, and PCnet-SCSI * DPT SmartCache III Models PM-2024 and PM-2124 * DPT SmartRAID Models PM-3222 and PM-3224 * Tricord Intelligent SCSI Subsystem Controller u Adaptec AHA-2940/AHA-2940W, AIC-7870/7850 u Mylex DAC-960P IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Adapter/A IBM SCSI-2 RAID Controller IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Streaming RAID Adapter/A 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 (NCR53C710) Symbios Logic NCR53C815 SCSI NETWORK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Compaq Netflex-2 DualPort ENET, NetFlex-2 ENET-TR Controller (Ethernet) u Integrated AMD PCnet-PCI Ethernet 3Com Etherlink III PCMCIA (3C589, 3C589B) 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 u Intel EtherExpress PRO Intel EtherExpress 16 Intel EtherExpress 32 Racal Interlan PCI T2-STR (AMD PCnet-PCI) Racal Interlan ES3210 Ethernet SMC EtherCard Family SMC EtherEZ Ethernet Adapter VIDEO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM (S3 Vision968) * Diamond Stealth 64 Video DRAM (S3 Vision868) * Matrox Millennium * Nanao EizoAccel AA51 (F82C480) * Nanao HA50/HL50 * Nanao HA60 * Number Nine 9FX Motion531 (S3 Vision868) * Number Nine 9FX Motion771 (S3 Vision968) * STB Velocity 64V (S3 Vision968) 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) Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM PCI (Vision864) 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 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Compaq ProLiant (Triflex) Tricord ES4000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOLARIS PATCH It is recommended that users of Driver Update 7 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 ========================================================================= Driver Update 7 consists of the following components: - Driver Update 7 DISK Boot Diskette (replacement MDB diskette for CD-ROM installation) - Driver Update 7 NET Boot Diskette (replacement MDB diskette for NETWORK installation) - Driver Update 7 Distribution Diskette (patch format diskette) - Driver Update 7 (Video) Diskettes (two diskettes, patch format) - Driver Update 7 (PCMCIA) Diskette (patch format diskette) - Driver Update 7 Guide (ASCII and Postscript formats) Note that not all of these diskette may be required for your installation. Please refer to the Driver Update 7 Guide for instructions. The Driver Update 7 is available on diskette or electronically via the Internet (the World Wide Web and anonymous ftp sites), newstop.ebay, the Sun-internal ftp site, and CompuServe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISKETTE To obtain Driver Update 7 diskettes, contact SunSoft Inside Sales at 1-800-SUNSOFT, option 3 or (415) 336-4960 and request the Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 7, Part No. ISOS-240-FP-DU7. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNET via WORLD WIDE WEB (Access1.Sun.COM) To obtain files from the Access1 Web Page: 1) Open URL http://access1.sun.com/gateway/drivergate/driverMain.html. click on "Solaris Driver Update 7." You will be presented with a review the drivers available in this driver update and then a list of the following files to download: du7dsk_tar.3.Z -- compressed tar archive (includes 2 diskette images, 3.5") du7net_tar.3.Z -- compressed tar archive (includes 2 diskette images, 3.5") du7video1.3 -- 3.5"diskette image, 3.5" du7video2.3 -- 3.5"diskette image, 3.5" du7pcmcia.3 -- single 3.5" dd diskette image du7doc.ps -- Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 7 Guide, Postscript format du7doc.txt -- Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 7 Guide, ASCII text format 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 du7dsk_tar.3.Z 4) Using the tar command, extract the diskette images from the archive(s). For example: tar xvf du7dsk_tar.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/rdiskette 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 7 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 email 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: DU7. 7) 'cd' into the UPDATE directory that is the most recent (or the one that contains the DU# you need). This location contains 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 pcmcia driver patch, if needed. 'get' the .ps file, for a postscript Driver Update Guide, and/or the .txt file, for a text Driver Update Guide. 9) Quit the FTP session: ftp> quit 10) Uncompress the the archive. For example: uncompress du7dsk_tar.3.Z 11) Using the tar command, extract the diskette images from the archive. For example: tar xvf du7dsk_tar.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 7 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDITIONAL INTERNET SITES Driver Updates are also available on NEWSTOP (newstop.ebay) the Sun-internal anonymous ftp site. Using ftp, log in as described in the above example and go to directory /sun/Solaris/x86driver/2.4/DU7 to "get" the desired archives. Follow the directions in the README file and then the Driver Update Guide to install the update. 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. DU7DSK.ZIP Driver Update 7, CD-ROM INSTALL, 3.5" diskette images DU7NET.ZIP Driver Update 7, NET INSTALL, 3.5" diskette images DU7VID1.3 Driver Update 7 Video Diskette 1 of 2 -- 3.5" diskette image DU7VID2.3 Driver Update 7 Video Diskette 2 of 2 -- 3.5" diskette image DU7PCM3.ZIP PCMCIA Diskette for Driver Update 7 -- 3.5" diskette image DU7DOC.PS Information on new x86 Driver Update 7 DU7DOC.TXT Information on new x86 Driver Update 7 DU7INF.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 diskette. The command syntax is: DD.EXE [FILENAME] [DRIVE]: Example: DD.EXE DSKBOOT.3 A: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7, Part No. ISOS-240-FP-DU7. 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 7, Part No. ISOS-240-FP-DU7.) SunSoft will send you the driver update diskettes. Outside the US and Canada, call 310-348-8677. You can also fax questions to 310-348-8601. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidates for Driver Update 8 (August) NCR 53C825 Fast/Wide SCSI Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Fast Ethernet DECchip 21040- and 21140-based PCI Ethernet Controllers (Cogent, SMC, D-Link, Zynx) Madge Token Ring Adapters BusLogic SCSI Host Adapters Adaptec AHA-3940 3Com Etherlink III PCI Bus Master 3Com Fast Etherlink 10/100 PCI SMC Elite32 Ultra (SMC 8232) SMC Ether 10/100 (SMC 9232) SMC EtherPower PCI (SMC 8423) MP modules for Intel Xxpress