unknown sparc network card

dj604 · n00b Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 26 Location: milwaukee

Ok, I got one of those Sbus cards that has both ethernet and scsi ports on it for my sparcserver 5. I can't seem to get it to work with my kernel- it's version 2.4.23-r1. I tried loading all the network drivers to no avail- the computer just doesn't seem to recognize it. It has a "100-3722" chip on it, which I'm assuming might help identify it. Where do I go from here to get it working?

ps. I do have an onboard lance network adapter that works just fine.

pps- yeah, I know, i should have looked for drivers before getting the network card.. my bad.

thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer!

squawker · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:14 am Post subject:

If its a 50-pin SCSI contact then it'll be Lance (10Mbps). If its a 68-pin fast-wide then it'll be Happy Meal (10/100Mbps).

The Sun part no. probably begins with 501- often its on a sticker on the SBus connector.

dj604 · n00b Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 26 Location: milwaukee

It actually has a 40 pin scsi connector. It is a Sun 501-2655 HME fast ethernet 1.0 SBUS card X1056A and requires the BigMAC kernel driver. I just had to recompile the kernel with that driver in it, and it was good to go.

squawker · Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 6:31 am Post subject:

Hey, wow, I've never seen one of those before. There's no SCSI on that card at all - the 40 pin port is actually a MII connector for an external transceiver.

And yeah, you need a Big Mac driver to go with your Happy Meal :lol:

(Happy Meal being Sun's internal nickname for the HME)

Glad you got things working.

-Andy