Changeset 98363 in vbox for trunk/doc

Timestamp:

Jan 31, 2023 2:54:15 PM (2 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

Manual: Documented old Solaris problem with E1000 bus mastering (see bugref:9428).

File:

• trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Troubleshooting.xml (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Troubleshooting.xml

@@ -1470 +1470 @@
         solutions include restricting the number of virtual CPUs to one
         or possibly using a different storage controller.
+      </para>
+
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2 id="ts_solaris-no-e1000-bm">
+
+      <title>Older Solaris Releases Do Not Work with E1000 Ethernet</title>
+
+      <para>
+        Solaris releases before Solaris 10 1/06, including Solaris 9, Solaris
+        10 1/05 (GA), and Solaris 10 3/05 (HW2), are unable to communicate
+        through the Intel E1000 card. The Solaris e1000g driver does not enable
+        PCI bus mastering for the network adapter and is therefore unable to send
+        and receive data. This problem appears to be specific to the e1000g
+        driver and does not reflect general Solaris driver behavior.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+        The AMD PCnet emulation (using the Solaris pcn driver) can be used
+        instead of Intel E1000. Solaris 10 1/06 (U1) and later releases do not
+        have this problem and work with the emulated E1000 ethernet
+        controller.
       </para>