I am running opensolaris express developer edition snv_80. I would like to use xen, but it looks like my wired NIC is considered ''legacy'', so ''virt-install'' will not continue. I am using a Broadcom 4311 based network device. I am wondering if anyone can recommend a USB NIC that is known to work with Solaris, and that supports GLDv3, so that i can use it to get Xen going. I checked the HCL here: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/ But dont see any USB network devices at all. thanks, Kerry This message posted from opensolaris.org
>From researching, it appears that there are three chipsets for wired USB network cards:upf -- ADMtek Pegasus family usb1.x to fast ethernet controller axf -- ASIX AX88172 usb2.0 to fast ethernet controller urf -- Realtek rtl8150 usb1.x to fast ethernet controller I see that they are in the "Unbundled, not in Solaris" section of the driver list: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/device_drivers/projects/longriver/nic_driver_list/ I also see that Masayuki Murayama has drivers for these on his site: http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/ Are there any usb nic''s that are supported natively? Is getting one of these my best bet? This message posted from opensolaris.org
Kerry Randolph wrote:> I am running opensolaris express developer edition snv_80. > > I would like to use xen, but it looks like my wired NIC is considered ''legacy'', so ''virt-install'' will not continue. I am using a Broadcom 4311 based network device. > > I am wondering if anyone can recommend a USB NIC that is known to work with Solaris, and that supports GLDv3, so that i can use it to get Xen going. > > I checked the HCL here: > http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/ > But dont see any USB network devices at all. > > thanks, > Kerry > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > xen-discuss mailing list > xen-discuss@opensolaris.org >You want to go by the chipset itself, not the adapter. I''d recommend certain Linksys USB adapters, make sure any you chose are of Atheros, Intel, Cisco, Wavelan, or Ralink if you want it to work. I have no personal experience with USB wlan, but people say it works. I''d recommend a different discussion list to chose the adapter, it''d be best if it were fully supported under both OpenSolaris and the guest in case you need to troubleshoot. Theoretically any may work, but I''m not technically inclined with the USB internals of Xen. USB under Xen is not supported until Xen 3.1, which I don''t think it in B81 still. James
Kerry Randolph wrote:> >From researching, it appears that there are three chipsets for wired USB network cards: > upf -- ADMtek Pegasus family usb1.x to fast ethernet controller > axf -- ASIX AX88172 usb2.0 to fast ethernet controller > urf -- Realtek rtl8150 usb1.x to fast ethernet controller > > I see that they are in the "Unbundled, not in Solaris" section of the driver list: > http://opensolaris.org/os/community/device_drivers/projects/longriver/nic_driver_list/ > > I also see that Masayuki Murayama has drivers for these on his site: > http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/ > > Are there any usb nic''s that are supported natively? Is getting one of these my best bet? > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > xen-discuss mailing list > xen-discuss@opensolaris.org >Oh, regular NIC''s, I thought you wanted wlan. Well if it comes down to it, Linksys makes ethernet -> wifi bridges and wireless ethernet, and realtek is the best to go for if you simply need a USB ethernet device. James