Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: lcs ethernet driver source | From | "Ulrich Weigand" <> | Date | Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:58:53 +0200 |
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David Woodhouse wrote:
>Erm, Linux on S/390 runs as a virtual machine, doesn't it? Does a lack of >network drivers not render it completely useless?
Well, you're right that without network connection, there's not much useful you can do. However, LCS and QETH are not the only options; you can also use a CTC or IUCV network interface (and those drivers *are* open source and in the tree); there's also a third-party open source driver to access CLAW network devices (not in the official tree, but e.g. part of the SuSE kernel).
Especially in a virtual machine, you can simply define a virtual CTC or IUCV connection and access your network via those devices.
If you are running Linux native on the S/390 (not in a virtual machine) and have *only* physical LCS or QETH devices, you must use the binary-only modules; but this doesn't appear to be fundamentally different from other devices where only binary drivers exist ...
Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best Regards
Ulrich Weigand
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