[OpenIndiana-discuss] Missing Intel NIC Driver on OpenIndiana oi_148

[ken mays]

Hi Okky,

The Intel e1000e driver update was released months after after OpenIndiana OI_148 came out so you don't have the support in the distro at the moment. Maybe, it can be added during the next respin or in IPS.
 
The e1000e v1.2.20 driver for OpenIndiana will provide the support. This driver supports Intel 82563/6/7, 82571/2/3/4/7/8/9, and 82583 PCI-E family of network controllers.

Most likely this support will come from the Illumos team...

~ Ken Mays



--- On Mon, 1/31/11, Okky Hendriansyah <mawcikurl at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Okky Hendriansyah <mawcikurl at gmail.com>
> Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Missing Intel NIC Driver on OpenIndiana oi_148
> To: openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
> Date: Monday, January 31, 2011, 2:30 AM
> Hi All,
> 
> I've been monitoring this mailing list since day one, and I
> kept getting
> interested with OpenIndiana. Tried to install it on my old
> machine, most of
> the devices were detected and the system running smoothly.
> So I think it's
> about time I move to a younger, stronger system.
> 
> I just recently build a new rig for mostly virtualization
> lab and storage.
> It's a Sandy Bridge platform, with Intel motherboard (Intel
> DH67GD). Since
> it has an onboard Intel PRO Gigabit NIC (Intel 82579V), I
> was very confident
> it wouldn't have any installation issue or performance with
> OpenIndiana. It
> turned out that there are some missing drivers when I ran
> Driver Utility
> during Live DVD of OpenIndiana oi_148. For my surprise, one
> of the missing
> drivers is the onboard NIC! So I cancelled the installation
> and tried other
> distro and operating system to make sure that it wasn't a
> hardware defect
> issue.
> 
> Both OpenSolaris 2009.06 Live CD and Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD
> were also having
> the same issue. Furthermore I tried to install it with
> Windows 7, install
> its NIC drivers from Intel and whoila the NIC appeared and
> worked
> flawlessly. I also tried installing Ubuntu 10.10 and it
> successfully detect
> the adapter. Are there any missing steps that I overlooked
> on installing
> OpenIndiana? Shouldn't Intel NIC drivers support in
> OpenIndiana came out of
> the box right from its Live DVD session? Tonight I will try
> to install it
> with Solaris 11 Express and see if it recognizes the NIC.
> 
> Are there any output from a command that I should put in
> here for further
> investigation?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Best regards,
> Okky Hendriansyah
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