BigAdmin Tech Tip Shows How to Find Device Drivers for Solaris OS

A tech tip from the Sun BigAdmin site explains how to add device support to the SolarisTM Operating System by attaching an existing Solaris driver to a new device.

The tip directs users to the source of third-party drivers should they require support for a device that Solaris OS does not support. It also, of course, provides information on where to locate device drivers in the Solaris OS itself. There are detailed instructions for navigating the man pages on Device and Network Interfaces.

Authors of the tech tip also solicit information from users on successful searches for device ID/driver combinations.

Finally, the tip directs users to the Device Driver Tutorial for information on installing third-party drivers. [...read more...]

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Other articles in the Sysadmin section of Volume 110, Issue 4:

Porting to the Solaris OS -- A guide for Linux developers
BigAdmin Tech Tip Shows How to Find Device Drivers for Solaris OS (this article)

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