3c589 & pcelx on Sol 10 x86

...another problem with NIC's on x86:
according to pcelx(7D), 3c589C is supported by this driver under pcic, but prtconf doesn't show
any children under the controller. I've also tried:
1. 3c589D, it's not recognized as well.
2. pctc driver, although I got it to compile and eventually load (this driver requires "cs" which no longer ships with Sol10, so I've used the driver from Sol8), no luck.
3. initpcic driver (along with the all the steps from README ;), again, the driver loaded, but none of the 3com Etherlink III cards were being recognized by the system.
However, both cards work w/out issues on RH AS4-beta (2.6.5 kernel) which is installed on the same labtop (IBM T20).
Any suggestions, besides spending $$ @ http://www.lynnsoft.com, are appreciated.
PS: At least I got ext2fs work on Solaris 10 |-)
Patch posted @ http://www.webservertalk.com/message284284.html

s10 x86, 3com pcmcia 3c589 can not plumb.
Try initpcic
# pkgadd -d initpcic-1.7.pkg
The following packages are available:
1 XIGSpcic Xi Graphics PCIC adapter init driver
(i386) 1.7
Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]: all
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Xi Graphics PCMCIA patch
Additional PC Card (PCMCIA) adapter support for Solaris 6, 7 and 8 x86. This package tries to work around a problem in the Solaris bus enumerator boot code. While it detects that a PCMCIA bridge is present, it does not properly initialize the bridge, and therefore it is not available when the system boots. What this package does is to force the bridge into an ISA only mode so that the bridge is usable after boot. Of course this means that CardBus cards cannot be used with this package. This package does not provide support for any of the Solaris Card specific drivers, so if your card is not on the Solaris HCL, it still will not work with this patch.
So could u share the solve process in detail?
Thanks.

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