[illumos-Developer] Illumos device drivers (Was: Solaris Future?)

[Igor Kozhukhov]

Hi Gary,

Do you have experiences with PXE boot from network?

I tried load onnv_134 by PXE on my HW machine because I had problems with
IDE-CD/USB-CD drives.

For PXE boot you have to configure server, load miniroot by PXE and next you
will be able to use your CD/DVD drive - local or external.

It is not easy and need more time for investigation problems/PXE beet
configuration ...

I had about one week for setup environment.

Best regards,
Igor

> From: Gary Mills <mills at cc.umanitoba.ca>
> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:21:28 -0500
> To: "James C. McPherson" <james.c.mcpherson at gmail.com>
> Cc: "developer at lists.illumos.org" <developer at lists.illumos.org>
> Subject: [illumos-Developer] Illumos device drivers (Was: Solaris Future?)
> 
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:24:35PM +1000, James C. McPherson wrote:
>> On 27/07/11 11:19 PM, Gary Mills wrote:
>>> 
>>> Where do we start in writing illumos drivers?  Is there a document and
>>> a set of examples?  I'd like to help, but I understand that I'd also
>>> need both the associated hardware and the specifications for that
>>> hardware.  The selection of hardware I have now is quite limited.  I
>>> have no specifications for it.
>> 
>> I'm pretty sure that the Writing Device Drivers Guide
>> on OTN would be your best best.
>> 
>> http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19963-01/index.html, search for
>> the above title.
> 
> Thanks.  I've reviewed that document and the tutorial as well.  It's
> quite clear that the operating system aspect of device drivers is
> well-described and well-documented.  All I have to do is to follow the
> rules scrupulously.  The other aspect is, of course, the hardware.
> 
> The only hardware I have that doesn't work with Illumos now is my Acer
> AS3810T-6827 laptop.  It hangs part way through the boot process,
> apparently because of a USB problem.  This happens with both a USB
> stick and a USB DVD reader.  It doesn't have an internal DVD drive,
> making it difficult to debug this problem.  Is there a way to proceed
> with this one, or should I try something else?
> 
> -- 
> -Gary Mills-        -Unix Group-        -Computer and Network Services-
> 
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