Fw: BBK-S4 and Solaris 2.6

From: Ram Meenakshisundaram <rmeenaks_at_olf.com>
Date: Mon Dec 11 13:30:23 2000

r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Ram Meenakshisundaram wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>>
>
> Are you sure that it's not referring to Solaris 1.x? I don't think I've
> ever seen a Solaris 2 box with any /dev/sbus. I don't have access to a
> SunOS 4 box just at the moment to check that out, though.

It is Solaris 2.6 (aka SunOS5) NOT Solaris 1.x (aka SunOS4). The BTSS
supports both SunOS4 and SunOS5. The
university machines that runs BTSS also runs it on Solaris 2.6, but I
cant seem to get my system up
and running while their's is. The card is the exact same card they have
and the same version of the OS.
The documentation for the BTSS supposedly has instructions on how to
create the devices, but I dont
have it nor do I have access to it either. Doing a "ls -l" on the
university machine's /dev shows the same
symbolic links I put it, but it doesnt work :-(

>
> Another possibility is that this support is offered by a third-party
> driver.

I find that hard to believe as there MUST be some way to get access to
the raw sbus via Solaris to
communicate with ANY sbus-based cards. And besides, the BTSS is the
device driver software, but
it needs the /dev/sbus[0-3] devices to communciate directly to the card....


Ram
Received on Mon Dec 11 2000 - 13:30:23 GMT