Hi Thomas, I think Mark already pointed out a significant problem (the chandev parameter line inside /etc/chandev.conf). You can find out how much the channel device layer actually understood from your configuration file by showing the /proc/chandev output (cat /proc/chandev). You should see a table near the end of the output that lists the options (like portname) associated with different device ranges.
Also... your Q NIC shows 0E04, 0E05, 0E06 but your /etc/chandev.conf shows eth2 with 0xe03,0xe04,0xe05 (which must have led to some of the confusion during initialization. Please continue to define your NIC starting on an even device number and adjust your /etc/chandev.conf to match. The OSA Express now allows odd/even pairs for the read and write control devices, but Guest LAN does not allow that yet. You have portname defined for both interfaces in /etc/chandev.conf, and the portname does NOT have to match anybody else because you do not share these virtual NICs. I don't understand why the portname would be rejected unless the earlier problem (the extra line in your chandev.conf) prevented the channel device layer from processing the rest of the configuration file. Suggestion: Add the 'define nic' and 'couple' commands to your profile exec for this guest so they are done each time you start this guest. The devices exist (and are coupled) before you IPL Linux. If you modify your /etc/chandev.conf and don't restart Linux, remember to tell the channel device layer to read your configuration file and reprobe for devices (see 'man chandev' for specific commands that you can echo to /proc/chandev). Regards, Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dennis Musselwhite ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) +1(607)429-3831 z/VM Development -- CP Network Simulation -- IBM Endicott NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
