Path_to_inst - not picking up PCI hme adaptors

I need someone who knows about how path_to_inst is created

I have a Sun V240 - running Solaris 9
It is a firewall - Checkpoint - also running stonebeat

The box has the four port bge motherboard adaptor and second four port
qfe adaptor fully ocupied and working.

The box has two single port hme cards that will not come online to
solaris
That is I cannont get to work in path_to_inst.

There were instances in path_to_inst - but they would not plumb

I need the adaptors working and configured for Nov 5th - for a new DMZ.

So what I did last night
I thought removing and reinstalling the cards might pick them up

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Shut down - removed PCI adaptors

Reboot to K
Show-devs = no hme
Reboot -r to Solaris = path_to_inst still has old hme showing
Reboot -- -r = path_to_inst still has hme

Delete hme from path_to_inst

Reboot -- -r = path_to_inst clear of hme

So now everything is clear of the hme adaptors

Shutdown

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Replace ethernet cards

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Boot to K
Show-devs has hme - the following lines appear

/pci@1e,600000/SUNW,hme@3,1
/pci@1e,600000/pci108e,1000@3
/pci@1e,600000/SUNW,hme@2,1
/pci@1e,600000/pci108e,1000@2


Apply watch-net /pci@1e,600000/SUNW,hme@2,1

Checks out ok and sends mac frames ok

Boot -r to solaris

Path_to_inst has no instances of hme

Reboot -- -r = path_to_inst still has no hme

Delete entire path_to_inst

Reboot to K
Boot -ar
And reply yes to rebuild path_to_inst

Path_to_inst still does not have hme adaptors

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Try a few other things and look around in /dev and /devices
Give up (it is nearly midnight)

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Next day - I am looking at commands such as
Devfsadm ; devlinks ; drvconfig

Just tried a devfsadm -v
It gave no output but gave a new path_to_inst and still it does not have
the hme adaptors

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Does anyone have any idea what to look for



Regards
Dave
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