Re: Changing the NIC on installed system?
Roger Schreiter writes: > Hello, > > I did not yet understand very well, how the NIC drivers are > selected. Is it done while installing OpenBSD or is it > done at boot? > > In the latter case, I assume, I can replace a PCI network > interface without changing any driver settings. NIC drivers are all in a GENERIC kernel, I think. So, if you are running a GENERIC, you don't have to change many driver settings. > > If the logical interface name will be different, I maybe > will have to rename hostname.vge0 to hostname.XX0 or similar. true. > > Or are there much more changes necessary, when replacing a > MikroTik NIC by an Intel one? System in OpenBSD-4.5 > If you write your interface name at somewhere else, you have to change them accordingly, I guess. > > Regards, > Roger. > > > regards. -- tamgya |aT| GmAiL |DoT| cOm
Re: Changing the NIC on installed system?
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 06:01:26PM +0100, Roger Schreiter wrote: > Hello, > > I did not yet understand very well, how the NIC drivers are > selected. Is it done while installing OpenBSD or is it > done at boot? > > In the latter case, I assume, I can replace a PCI network > interface without changing any driver settings. > > If the logical interface name will be different, I maybe > will have to rename hostname.vge0 to hostname.XX0 or similar. > > Or are there much more changes necessary, when replacing a > MikroTik NIC by an Intel one? System in OpenBSD-4.5 It identifies them at boot. Just rename your hostname.XX file accordingly and update any service configurations (e.g. pf, dhcpd) that may rely on the interface name. HTH. -- Jason Dixon DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net/
Changing the NIC on installed system?
Hello, I did not yet understand very well, how the NIC drivers are selected. Is it done while installing OpenBSD or is it done at boot? In the latter case, I assume, I can replace a PCI network interface without changing any driver settings. If the logical interface name will be different, I maybe will have to rename hostname.vge0 to hostname.XX0 or similar. Or are there much more changes necessary, when replacing a MikroTik NIC by an Intel one? System in OpenBSD-4.5 Regards, Roger.
