Ila,
You can do it, but it will require stopping any interfaces that currently
use the network module for that type of device.
I would recommend doing it manually to test, and then using YaST to update
the network configuration once you're satisfied. That way, if what you did
didn't work, you still have your original setup still in the configuration
files.
Unless the new OSA card was previously in the LPAR configuration, you will
need to re-IPL the image to make it available for detection. (Perhaps. You
may be able to configure the device online from the service console, but
I've never tried that.)
As Rob pointed out, if you're now dealing with a QDIO device, and had an LCS
device before, you shouldn't need to shut down your eth0 device (I think).
Just insmod the qeth and qdio modules with the appropriate parms, and you
should be in business. Then use YaST to update the configuration
permanently.
Mark Post
-Original Message-
From: Miller, Ila [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 3:30 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Changing the Network Device Address for SuSE on S/390
I have installed SuSE linux on an S/390 partition. We now want to begin
using a faster OSA ethernet card. When installing SuSE in the partition, we
needed to reply with OSA device address and port number right after the
kernel startup. Is it possible to change the device address and port number
without reinstalling Linux?
Is it possible to do an insmod with devno_portno_pairs= as a parameter with
the correct device number and port number? How can it be backed off if the
new device is not recognized?
Ila Z. Miller
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