Stange lan0 problems

My hpux can't configure the network card all of a sudden, and I can't
quite figure out whether this is because of a HW error or not. The
thing is - I installed a few patches and modified the kernel parms,
then rebooted and had this problem.

The symptoms are:

lanscan says everything is fine (but the HW address is 0/0/0/0)

ifconfig says 'plumb error'; apparently a file is missing. When I run
it under tusc, it appears to be looking for /dev/10.7.16., which
doesn't exist - shall I create it (and which major/minor?)

landiag has nothing to say, and ioscan doesn't add cast anylight
either.

So - is this a HW error? Or what can I do to find out?

what does ioscan -fk say? Do you happen to have STM installed?

rick jones
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