Solaris Device Driver: |
pcic |
Bus Type: |
PC Card |
Connectors: |
Up to eight Type I, II, or III sockets |
The Intergraph TD-30/TD-40 machine might lock up. To avoid this, ground yourself by touching some metal on the computer case while inserting and removing the PC Card devices. The prtconf command output might mistakenly indicate that the device is in two sockets. If inserting and removing the card is not detected and the machine hangs, reset the machine.
Install your add-in PC Card adapter prior to Solaris installation.
Some systems have their built-in PC Card adapter disabled by default. Enable it prior to Solaris installation.
Requirements for a system depend on the combination of devices to be used. A typical two-socket system needs at least 8 Kbytes of address space, 16 bytes of I/O space, and three free IRQs. Following are general guidelines:
Address space |
At least 8 Kbytes are required with 4 Kbytes per socket in the 640K-1MB range (not necessarily contiguous); if there are three sockets, at least 12 Kbytes are needed |
I/O space |
At least 8 and preferably 16 bytes per socket |
IRQs |
One per socket, plus an IRQ for the pcic device driver itself |
Consult the Configuration Assistant for address space, I/O space, and IRQs already used by system devices.
Insert the PC Card adapter.
Install the Solaris software.
Reboot the system.
Become root.
Do a reconfiguration reboot to reallocate resources:
# touch /reconfigure # reboot
Insert the PC Card adapter and turn on the machine.
Boot the system so that the PC Card device driver begins running with the new resources allocated.
Boot with the Configuration Assistant so you can review the resource usage.
Select View/Edit Devices from the Device Tasks menu, and review the list of devices to see how many IRQs are being used.
There are 16 IRQs, from 0-15. Several IRQs are already assigned. For example, IRQ 3 is reserved for the second serial port, COM2, and IRQ 7 is reserved for the parallel port.
If your system has a COM2 port or a parallel port that is not being used, delete the device to free the IRQ resource for a PC Card.
Boot the Solaris software.