Perle Systems Adaptors - Manual (Page 77)

FAST Serial Adaptors User Guide
Installing under Solaris
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Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards
Port naming conventions
By default, each port is associated with two entries under the /dev directory. One takes the
form /dev/comfxy, where x is the card number (1-4) and y is a lower-case letter in the range
a-p. a is port 1, ..., p is port 16. These device names are intended for local devices or call-out
modem ports. The other device name takes the form /dev/term/comfxy, where x is the card
number as before and y is an upper-case letter in the range A-P. These devices are intended
to use with modems. These mappings can be altered by careful modification of the mkdev
and start_comf scripts in /usr/lib/i86.
Card Ordering
Cards are numbered by first taking AT-Fast cards in the order that there were entered in the
installation procedure, followed by PCI cards in PCI slot order.
Enabling logins
By default, logins on cards are not enabled. Use 'pmadm' to enable logins. For example, to
enable login on the fourth port of the third card, you would type #
pmadm -e -p comf3 -s 3d