Gigabit Ethernet on Solaris 2.6

by threecat » Wed, 28 Jun 2000 04:00:00

I'm doing some experimentation with gigabit ethernet on one of my
2.6 hosts. I'm using a 3Com 3C-985B-SX. Apparently 3Com doesn't
have any drivers for Solaris. I noticed that I don't have a
/kernel/drv/ge driver. Can someone tell me what Sun package
and/or patches I need to gigabit-enable my 2.6 host?

thanks.

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1. gigabit ethernet performance - Solaris 2.6, gem ethernet driver

Hi,

We have a Sun E4500, Solaris 2.6, with a gigabit nic installed.

prtdiag:
1 SBus 25 1 network SUNW,sbus-gem

prtconf:
Node 0xf00effe0
local-mac-address: 080020ff.0f28
gem-rev: 00000000
burst-sizes: 0078007f
shared-pins: 'serdes'
board-rev: 00000005
interrupts: 00000004
compatible: 'SUNW,sbus-gem'
model: 'SUNW,sbus-gem'
has-fcode: ' '
version: '1.7'
device_type: 'network'
address-bits: 00000030
max-frame-size: 00004000
reg: 00000001.00100000.00000014.00000001.00200000.00009060
name: 'network'

dmesg:
SUNW,sbus-gem0: Using Gigabit SERDES Interface
SUNW,sbus-gem0: Forced 1000 Mbps Full-Duplex Link Up

Driver rev:
what /kernel/drv/ge
/kernel/drv/ge:
Solaris 5.6 Sun Gigabit Ethernet 2.0, PatchID 106764-09

ndd settings:

Link status 1
Link speed 1000
Link mode 1
adv_1000autoneg_cap 0
adv_1000fdx_cap 1
adv_1000hdx_cap 0
adv_pauseTX 1
adv_pauseRX 1
1000autoneg_cap 0
1000fdx_cap 1
1000hdx_cap 0
asm_dir_cap 0
pause_cap 0
lp_1000autoneg_cap 0
lp_1000fdx_cap 0
lp_1000hdx_cap 0
lp_asm_dir_cap 0
lp_pause_cap 0