[laptop-discuss] Tadpole Talin wireless issue

[Garrett D'Amore]

Jeff Suchomel - Minneapolis SSE wrote:
> Trying to get wireless working on a Tadpole Talin laptop running 
> Solaris 10 x86.
>
> I have installed the pcwl driver for the Prism chipset, and added the 
> below
> entry to /etc/driver_aliases but can't seem to get things working.    
> Modload
> works, but that is as far as I get.  Attempting to plumb the pcwl0 
> interface
> results in a "no such interface" error.  Also tried rtls1 and eth0 
> interface names.
> (The built-in wired network is rtls0.)
>
> Any pointers are appreciated.

Hmm... it should have picked up on the pci1260,3873 compatible name, 
without needing to add another alias for it.

Try doing "devfsadm -i pcwl"

I seem to recall that there is "magic" in the ACPI code which Solaris 
lacks, which may mean that we cannot easily enable this device.

I certainly recall that there was difficulty in getting a Solaris x86 
port of my SPARC driver (for other Tadpole hardware) working on that 
platform.

    -- Garrett
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
>
> /etc/driver_aliases addition
>
> pcwl "pci144f,7000"
>
>
> Prtconf says this for the wireless card
>
> Node 0x1e3440
>                assigned-addresses:  
> c2021010.00000000.f0000000.00000000.00001000
>                class-code:  00028000
>                compatible: 'pci1260,3873.144f.7000.1' + 
> 'pci1260,3873.144f.7000' + 'pci144f,7000' + 'pci1260,3873.1
> ' + 'pci1260,3873' + 'pciclass,028000' + 'pciclass,0280'
>                device-id:  00003873
>                devsel-speed:  00000001
>                fast-back-to-back:
>                interrupts:  00000001
>                max-latency:  00000000
>                min-grant:  00000000
>                model:  'PCI: 1260,3873.144f.7000.1 - Network controller'
>                name:  'pci144f,7000'
>                power-consumption:  00000001.00000001
>                reg:  
> 00021000.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000.42021010.00000000.00000000.00000000.00001000 
>
>                revision-id:  00000001
>                slot:  00000000
>                subsystem-id:  00007000
>                subsystem-vendor-id:  0000144f
>                unit-address:  '2'
>                vendor-id:  00001260
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