Fw: BBK-S4 and Solaris 2.6

From: Ram Meenakshisundaram <rmeenaks_at_olf.com>
Date: Mon Dec 11 12:50:34 2000

Thanks for the response, but there is no MAKEDEV on Solaris. You are
supposed to run "boot -r" to reconfigure /dev and /devices and it should
automatically appear. But it didnt happen. :-(

Ram

Mark Green wrote:

>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am trying to get a BBK-S4 SBus-based transputer card working on a SUN
>>> IPX workstation running Solaris 2.6. I have the Basic Transputer
>>> Support Software (BTSS 3.1) which has support for Solaris. However, I
>>> do not have any documentation. The BTSS requires the creation
>>> of "/dev/sbus?" in order for it to communicate with the transputer. I
>>> do not have any /dev/sbus[0-3] devices on my system. I tried to
>>> symbolically link one of the sbus psuedo devices that is found
>>> in /devices to /dev/sbus[0-3], but that doesnt seem to work. How do
>>> you create the /dev/sbus[0-3] devices? I am trying to get Parix 1.2
>>> running on a T8-based Xplorer. This is the 1st step in many to come to
>>> get this system up and running. Any help is much appreciated...
>>>
>>> Oh, before anyone asks, I booted using "boot -r" to reconfigure the
>>> system, but that didnt work either...
>>>
>>> Ram
>>>
>>>
>
> A symbolic link won't work, since its not the contents of the
> file that are important. The first place to look is the
> MAKEDEV script in the /dev directory. This should show you
> how to make the /dev/sbus files.
>
Received on Mon Dec 11 2000 - 12:50:34 GMT

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