On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Marc Lobelle <marc.lobe...@uclouvain.be> wrote: > Good morning all of you, > > I'm new to this list but using various versions of SunOS and Solaris since > the eighties, the last years mainly solarisx86 and opensolaris on servers, > desktops and laptops. > > I have let several useful add-ons be developed over the years by my master > students as master theses, such as camera support, IP over usb, and recently > wifi authentication with EAP-TTLS and EAP-PEAP. > Unfortunately the opensolaris version used as starting point for the last > development is not available anymore. > > Actually, I'm not too happy with the apparent changes of policy of Oracle in > comparison with what SUN used to do in recent years, so, I'm trying to > switch to openindiana. > > As a first step, I would like to move to open indiana, my hp mini 5101. I > tried last WE and first I asked the available tool if the hardware of this > netbook is supported. The answer was yes except the 3 network interfaces > (marvel Yucon gigabit interface, broadcom 4322AGN wifi interface and HP > un2400 3G interface) which would mean that openindiana is completely useless > on this computer. > > However, on http://wiki.openindiana.org:8080/display/oi/Ethernet+Networking, > one says the the yge driver supports the Marvel Yucon interface > > on http://wiki.openindiana.org:8080/display/oi/WiFi, I do not see any > support for the Broadcom interface > > So my questions are: > 1. should yge work with the marvel Yucon88E8072 interface of the 5101 > 2. are there drivers nearly ready to be announced for the broadcom 4322AGN > wifi interface and HP un2400 3G interface ? and, if not, are there other > cards that are supported: I assume that these little cards can easily be > replaced if I remove the keyboard. > > 3. When all this wil work, should I try to port the EAPTTLS/EAP PEAP > developments to openIndiana or is somebopdy else already busy with this.µ > > > 4. Finally, ih a few weeks I shall have to configure a pair of 12-core > servers with ARECA RAID controllers ARC-1212. Which solaris-like OS do you > recommend for this ? Still solaris 10 ? > > Best regards > > Marc >
Hi Marc, OpenIndiana is a distribution, the core OS development takes place in the illumos project. I have CC'ed the developer list for illumos, and I would recommend for you to subscribe to it ( https://www.illumos.org/projects/site/wiki/Mailing_Lists ). For the driver questions: Of Yukon 2 chips, I believe only the 88E8040, 88E8053/56/58 are supported right now but it should be very easy to add the 88E8072. Broadcom wireless is not supported. I suggest buying an Intel or Atheros mini PCI-e card (they're $5-10 in the US). HP un2400 is not supported. It needs a firmware blob and a Qualcomm specific serial driver. Other 3G devices that use the USB CDC standard are supported, not sure about PCI-e. We recently updated the Areca arcmsr driver and we're still working on a larger overhaul so I believe we have the best version of the driver currently available. I am extremely excited to hear about your master students' work in EAP support for wireless and would be happy to help with integration. There are only a few days left before the deadline, but your current students are still welcome to apply to Google Summer of Code for illumos: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2011/illumos Thanks, -Albert _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
