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You can also specify the properties described in the section “Setting Parameters in the /etc/system File” on page 25 on a per device basis by creating the hme.conf file in the /kernel/drv directory. The properties set in the hme.conf file will override the parameters set in the /etc/system file. Use hme.conf when you need to set a particular parameter for a device in the system. The parameters you set are read and write parameters that are listed in Chapter 3.

The man pages for prtconf (1M), system (4) and driver.conf (4) include additional details. For example:

▼To set ipg1 to 20 and ipg2 to 10 for the SUNW,hme device in SBus slot 0xe

1.Invoke the prtconf -vcommand and pipe the output to the more command ( prtconf -v more ) or redirect the output of the command to a file name ( prtconf -v > filename) and print the redirected file.

2.Find the section in the prtconf -voutput for SUNW,hme,instance #0, or SUNW,hme,instance #1, and so on.

The output for SUNW,hme,instance #0 for a Sun Ultra 1 Creator Series system follows:

SUNW,hme, instance #0

Driver software properties: name <pm_norm_pwr> length <4>

value <0x00000001>.

name <pm_timestamp> length <4> value <0x30743b26>.

Register Specifications:

Bus Type=0xe, Address=0x8c00000, Size=108

Bus Type=0xe, Address=0x8c02000, Size=2000

Bus Type=0xe, Address=0x8c04000, Size=2000

Bus Type=0xe, Address=0x8c06000, Size=2000

Bus Type=0xe, Address=0x8c07000, Size=20

3. Become superuser.

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