crossbow discuss - May 2007 - harware support for crossbow

Hi, I am very new with OpenSolaris and Crossbow.  I have followed the
instruction of how to install crossbow.  It finished installing and fixing the
conflicts.
But after I issue the reboot command then system keep rebooting.  It seems that
the kernel is panic.

My question is what kind of hardware does crossbow support?  purely SUN hardware
or it can be Dell, HP or any hardware for x86 machines?   Any documents that can
point me to there.  Thanks.
 
 
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Phuong-Lan Nguyen wrote:
> Hi, I am very new with OpenSolaris and Crossbow.  I have followed the
instruction of how to install crossbow.  It finished installing and fixing the
conflicts.
> But after I issue the reboot command then system keep rebooting.  It seems
that the kernel is panic.
>
> My question is what kind of hardware does crossbow support?  purely SUN
hardware or it can be Dell, HP or any hardware for x86 machines?   Any documents
that can point me to there.  Thanks.
>  
>  
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Any x86 hardware is fine, if it can run Solaris.  You need a GLDv3 nic, 
though.  Current GLDv3 nics are:

* bge
* e1000g
* nge
* rge
* dmfe
* nxge

Additionally, you really really want to use bge if you''re doing much 
with Crossbow.

    -- Garrett

Garrett D''Amore wrote:
> Phuong-Lan Nguyen wrote:
> 
>> Hi, I am very new with OpenSolaris and Crossbow.  I have followed the 
>> instruction of how to install crossbow.  It finished installing and 
>> fixing the conflicts.
>> But after I issue the reboot command then system keep rebooting.  It 
>> seems that the kernel is panic.
>>
>> My question is what kind of hardware does crossbow support?  purely 
>> SUN hardware or it can be Dell, HP or any hardware for x86 machines?   
>> Any documents that can point me to there.  Thanks.
>>  
>>  
>> This message posted from opensolaris.org
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>> http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/crossbow-discuss
>>   
> 
> 
> Any x86 hardware is fine, if it can run Solaris.  You need a GLDv3 nic, 
> though.  Current GLDv3 nics are:
> 
> * bge
> * e1000g
> * nge
> * rge
> * dmfe
> * nxge
> 
> Additionally, you really really want to use bge if you''re doing
much
> with Crossbow.
and to add to the confusion, *some* bges have multiple rx rings.

    The following bge MACs have 16 rx rings:
    BCM5700/5701/5702/5703C/5703S/5704C/5704S

I''ve run crossbow on Dell desktops and Acer laptops.   Check here
for specific hardware components and configurations.

   http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/

-Mike

Hi Phuong-Lan,
> Hi, I am very new with OpenSolaris and Crossbow.  I have followed the
instruction of how to install crossbow.  It finished installing and fixing the
conflicts.
> But after I issue the reboot command then system keep rebooting.  It seems
that the kernel is panic.
>   
It appears that you were able to install Solaris on your system. And 
which build of Solaris did you install? Was it build 61 (snv 61)? After 
that did you try to install the Crossbow bits based on snv 61? If you 
did that, the system should not panic. If it is, it is a bug and we need 
to fix that.

So can you outline the steps that you did to install Crossbow bits? And 
what is the panic message before it reboots? Give us all the information 
you have.

Thanks,
-krgopi