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This is an interesting Tech Tip recently published on sun.com.

Is it possible to add device support to Solaris by attaching an existing Solaris driver to a new device?

Given that many Solaris device drivers are written to be independent of the vendor and device IDs of that device, the driver module can potentially support a larger number of similar devices that use the same vendor chipset but might present different OEM IDs.

In short, if a device in your system doesn't seem to be supported by Solaris, try to look for a Solaris driver that supports a similar device -- and if you can't find a Solaris driver that supports a similar device, look for a third-party driver.

» Read Tech Tip: Assigning a New Device to an Existing Driver in the Solaris OS