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PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:56 pm    Post subject: About to install sb100 , with pci realtek 8139, home router Reply with quote

Hi all,

I'm about to start an install this week on an extra SB100 to replace an x86 box.
It will be used as my router(nat - cable modem)/firewall/webserver/bind/ntp - no gui.

I'll need to use a PCI nic in it. I've got several realtek 8139 based cards around (who doesnt?) but was unable to make them work in my old Ultra5 before I gave up.

must-haves are:
bind
some dyndns.org client
apache
ntpd
PCI nic working

any known gotchas with my setup?
tips for making the pci nic work?
known issues to be aware of these days? (havent done a NEW sparc install since the 1.4 days .. havent needed too ...)
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Everything should be pretty straight forward, other than perhaps the card. We've started keeping a hardware compatibility list to document what non-Sun PCI hardware works for folks. So far it doesn't look like anyone that has tested that card has reported it, but there has been good luck with other cards.[/url]
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, the realtek card was autodetected on boot (in addition to the onboard) so thats a good sign. After I've passed packets over it for a few days I'll submit it for the HCL.

In building my system, I've noticed the docs tell me to still use devfs in my kernel .. is this accurate? No udev on sparc? (I'm going gentoo-sources 2.6.10ish)
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Up to 2.6.13, you can run either. Our docs don't mention udev as we typically don't recommend 2.6 kernels for everybody as there are still issues with them on some systems that don't exist in 2.4
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