SOLARIS 2.4 FOR X86 DRIVER UPDATE 9 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 Driver Update 9 includes support for the following devices: DISK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - u 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 u 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, BT-742A, BT-746C, BT-747C, BT-747S, BT-757S, BT-946C 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 / EM960C (TP connector only) 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) SMC EtherPower (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 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 SMC Ether 10/100 (SMC 9232) VIDEO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AST Manhattan P5090 (Cirrus Logic GD5424) * ATI Mach64CT (Rev 1 and 2) u ATI Graphics Expression PCI / VLB (Mach 64) ATI Graphics Ultra Pro (ISA, VLB, PCI) ATI Graphics Ultra+ (ISA) u ATI Pro Turbo PCI / VLB (Mach64) u ATI WINTURBO PCI (Mach64) Acer ET4000/W32 Cirrus Logic 5420/5424/5428 w/512K memory Cirrus Logic 5430/5434 u Compaq ProSignia/ProLiant (GD5420 w/512K) Compaq QVision 1024E u Compaq QVision 1280 Compaq QVision 2000 Compaq QVision 2000 (Rev. G) Compaq QVision/E 1024 (EISA) Dell Optiplex DGX590 (ATI Mach64) Dell PowerEdge SP5xx (ATI Mach32) Diamond Speedstar 64 (ISA, PCI) u Diamond Stealth 32 PCI (ET-4000/W32p) u Diamond Stealth 32 VLB (ET-4000/W32p) Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM (S3 Trio 64) Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM PCI (Vision864) Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM VLB (Vision864) Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM PCI (Vision964) Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM VLB (Vision964) Diamond Stealth 64 Video DRAM (S3 Vision868) Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM (S3 Vision968) * Diamond Stealth64 Graphics 2000 (S3-764 and S3-864) * Diamond Stealth64 Video 2000 (S3-868) * Diamond Stealth64 Video 2001 (S3-765) * Diamond Stealth64 Video 3000 (S3-968 with TVP or IBM RAMDACs) u Diamond Viper PCI (P9000) u Diamond Viper Pro PCI/VLB (P9100) u Diamond Viper SE PCI (P9100) u Diamond Viper VLB (P9000) Elsa Winner 1000 PRO VLB (Vision864) Elsa Winner 1000 VLB (S3 86C928) Elsa Winner 2000 PRO PCI (Vision964) Elsa Winner 2000 PRO VLB (Vision964) Elsa Winner 2000 VLB (S3 86C928) Everex FIC864P 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 Thompson 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 86C928) Matrox Impression Plus Matrox Impression VLB (MGA) Matrox Millennium Matrox Ultima 200 PCI (MGA II) Matrox Ultima Plus PCI (MGA II) Matrox Ultima Plus VLB (MGA II) u 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 ISA (S3 86C928) Number Nine #9GXE VLB (S3 86C928) u Number Nine #9GXE64 PCI (Vision864) Number Nine #9GXE64 Pro PCI (Vision964) Number Nine 9FX Motion531 (S3 Vision868) Number Nine 9FX Motion771 (S3 Vision968) Number Nine Imagine 128 Number Nine Vision330 (S3 Trio64) * Oak OTI-107 based boards Orchid Fahrenheit 128O Plus VLB Orchid Kelvin PCI (Cirrus Logic GD5434) Orchid Kelvin VLB (Cirrus Logic GD5434) S3 Trio64 integrated video * S3 Trio64V+ integrated video S3 Vision864+SDAC SPEA V7-Mirage P-64 (S3 Vision868) STB Lightspeed VLB (ET-4000/W32p) STB Nitro PCI (Cirrus Logic GD5434) STB PowerGraph64 (S3 Trio64) STB Powergraph PRO PCI (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) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOLARIS PATCH It is recommended that users of Driver Update 9 install the Solaris 2.4 x86 jumbo kernel patch ID 101946-12 (patch 101946, revision 12) or the latest available revision. 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 ========================================================================= The Driver Update 9 release consists of the following components (shown with the Solaris and DOS format files names): Device Driver Set: - DU9 REALMODE Boot Diskette (replacement MDB diskette, 1 of 2) du9boot1.Z -- 3.5" diskette image DU9BOOT1.ZIP -- 3.5" diskette image - DU9 SOLARIS Boot Diskette (replacement MDB diskette, 2 of 2) du9boot2.Z -- 3.5" diskette image DU9BOOT2.ZIP -- 3.5" diskette image - DU9 Distribution-1 Diskette (patch format diskette 1 of 2) du9dist1.Z -- 3.5" diskette image DU9DIST1.ZIP -- 3.5" diskette image - DU9 Distribution-2 Diskette (patch format diskette 2 of 2) du9dist2.Z -- 3.5" diskette image DU9DIST2.ZIP -- 3.5" diskette image PCMCIA Set: - DU9 (PCMCIA) Diskette (patch format diskette) du9pcmcia.Z -- 3.5" diskette image DU9PCMC.ZIP -- 3.5" diskette image Video Set: - DU9 Video-1 Diskette (patch format diskette 1 of 2) du9video1 -- 3.5" diskette image DU9VID1.ZIP -- 3.5" diskette image - DU9 Video-2 Diskette (patch format diskette 2 of 2) du9video2 -- 3.5" diskette image DU9VID2.ZIP -- 3.5" diskette image Documentation Set: - Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 9 Guide du9doc.ps -- Postscript format du9doc.txt -- ASCII text format DU9DOC.PS -- Postscript format DU9DOC.TXT -- ASCII text format Some of these diskettes may not be required for your particular installation. Please refer to the Driver Update 9 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 9 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). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISKETTE To obtain Driver Update 9 diskettes, contact SunSoft Inside Sales at 1-800-SUNSOFT, option 3 or (415) 336-4960 and request the Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 9, Part No. ISOS-240-FP3-DU9. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD-WIDE WEB To obtain files from the Access1 Web Page: (Note that the following instructions assume you are performing this process on a Solaris system. For notes on creating Driver Update diskettes on a DOS system, see the "NOTE" below): 1) Open URL http://access1.sun.com/gateway/drivergate/driverMain.html click on "Solaris Driver Update 9." You will be presented with a summary of the drivers available in this release and a list of all the files available to download. 2) Download the desired files by selecting the file name and then specifying a local file name when prompted. 3) Uncompress the diskette image file(s). For example: uncompress du9boot1.Z or: pkunzip DU9BOOT1.ZIP 4) Using the dd command, copy each diskette image to a diskette. For example: dd if=du9boot1 of=/dev/rdiskette bs=1024k Or if you are using a Solaris system running Volume Manager (vold) use the following commands: volcheck dd if=du9boot1 of=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 bs=1024k eject floppy0 5) Follow the instructions in the Driver Update 9 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 [RETURN] 5) cd /vendor/sun/sun-doc/x-86-driver/2.4/DU9 6) 'get' the desired files (as listed above). 7) Quit the FTP session: ftp> quit [RETURN] 8) Uncompress the diskette image file(s). For example: uncompress du9boot1.Z 9) Using the dd command, copy each diskette image to a diskette. For example: dd if=du9boot1 of=/dev/rdiskette0 bs=1024k Or if you are using a Solaris system running Volume Manager (vold) use the following commands: volcheck dd if=du9boot1 of=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 bs=1024k eject floppy0 13) Follow the instructions in the Driver Update 9 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 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: ftp.uu.net:/vendor/sun/sun-doc/x-86-driver -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDITIONAL INTERNET SITES Driver Update 9 is also 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) Driver Updates are also available on Sun's internal anonymous ftp server (newstop.ebay). Using ftp, log in as described in the above example and go to directory /sun/Solaris/x86driver/2.4/DU9 to "get" the desired archives. Follow the directions in the readme file and then the Driver Update Guide to install the update. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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]: For example: DD.EXE DU9BOOT1 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 9, Part No. ISOS-240-FP3-DU9. 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 9, Part No. ISOS-240-FP3-DU9.) 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------