I guess it's trivial, and I once knew the command to search for new
devices while a system is running, but ...

This is on solaris 8 sparc (and E450).

Which commands do I use to (re)install a new network interface? The
hardware is in place, and the device was, before the upgrade to solaris
8, registered as hme1. During the installation of solaris 9 there was
no cabel connected, which is why the interface wasn't configured.

I'm sure this can be done without having to reboot the system.

Many thanks in advace, Robert

In article <130820031957462521%robert.frank@unibas.ch>,
Robert Frank <robert.frank@unibas.ch> wrote:
>I guess it's trivial, and I once knew the command to search for new
>devices while a system is running, but ...
>
>This is on solaris 8 sparc (and E450).
>
>Which commands do I use to (re)install a new network interface? The
>hardware is in place, and the device was, before the upgrade to solaris
>8, registered as hme1. During the installation of solaris 9 there was
>no cabel connected, which is why the interface wasn't configured.
>
>I'm sure this can be done without having to reboot the system.

ifconfig hme1 plumb
ifconfig hme1 <address> netmask <mask>

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Robert Frank wrote:
>
> I guess it's trivial, and I once knew the command to search for new
> devices while a system is running, but ...

devfsadm will pick it up and create the device and links.

> I'm sure this can be done without having to reboot the system.

Yes.

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