Mark,
I added the stanza following the stanzas for my dasd(eckd then fba)
modules.

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I was going to add that <module_entry> section to my autoinstall file,  but
can't figure out where it goes.  I don't have a section in my previous
autoinstall file, when we were using LAYER3, that mentions qeth.

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 1:43 AM, John Dome
<[email protected]>wrote:

> >>> On 2/13/2009 at 12:08 AM, Tobias Doerkes <[email protected]>
wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > anyone out there using layer2 support during SLES10 autoinstall in
> parmfile?
> >
> >
> > layer2=1 works fine so far, but the system always asks for the MAC. Is
> there
> > a parameter to specifiy one in the parmfile?
>
> Yes, we just converted our vswitch to layer2 and then encountered the
> problem you describe.
> The OSAHWaddr is key to the parm file, but the value it's set to doesn't
> matter.  Along with
> that here is what I have in my autoinstall file:
>
>      <module_entry>
>        <ccw_chan_ids>0.0.f003 0.0.f004 0.0.f005</ccw_chan_ids>
>        <ccw_chan_mode>dontcare</ccw_chan_mode>
>        <ccw_chan_num>3</ccw_chan_num>
>        <device>qeth-bus-ccw-0.0.f003</device>
>        <module>qeth</module>
>      <qeth_layer2_support>1</qeth_layer2_support>
>      </module_entry>
>
> Apparently there is something amiss in the install, when I run through a
> manual install and
> choose layer2 the resultant xml content looks like this...
>
>        <options>QETH_LAYER2_SUPPORT='1'</options>
>
> Which results in the following hardware configuration which is in fact
> incorrect
>
> xg1dibld:~ # grep LAYER2
> /etc/sysconfig/hardware/hwcfg-qeth-bus-ccw-0.0.f003
> MODULE_OPTIONS='QETH_LAYER2_SUPPORT=1'
>
>
> --
> G. John Dome
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