How to add stape driver to kernel without rebooting

[Otong Sunaryo]

Dear all,

My system rp4440, using HP-UX 11i. today i need to add stape driver to kernel.

Is it possible to add stape driver to kernel without rebooting server, since the server is production server.?

Thanks,

Otong

[Robert-Jan Goossens · Accepted solution]

Hi Otong,

No not possible, you will need to create a new kernel and boot the the kernel to activate the new driver.

Best regards,
Robert-Jan

[Vishwas Pai]

Unfortunatly stape is a static driver, so
you will have to reboot your machine after
installing it. Also I would suggest bundling
(swcopy both into one target depot & select
both for installation) both stape product and
latest patch for installing it in one go, so
that you can save another reboot for installing
the patch.

HTH - vishwas

[Slawomir Gora]

Hi,

system always will be rebooted after adding
drivers to kernel on hpux 11i v1 PA-RISC

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

You need reboot.
There are kernel modules that are online but stape is not :(

[Nguyen Anh Tien]

Rebooting is a must because stape is a static driver. 3 days ago I had to reboot my server (RP4440) to enable stape driver.

[andyfang1985]

It should be rebooted!

[Pete Randall]

@andyfang - This thread was last updated 7 years ago.  I hardly think there is any value in you echoing the same advice everyone else gave way back then.