Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Dec 2000 14:00:42 +0100 | From | Francois Romieu <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Configuring synchronous interfaces in Linux |
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Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> écrit : [...] > We already have a standard interface for this, but many drivers do not > support it. Its called "ifconfig eth0 media xxx": > > bash-2.04# ifconfig --help > Usage: > ifconfig [-a] [-i] [-v] [-s] <interface> [[<AF>] <address>] > ... > [mem_start <NN>] [io_addr <NN>] [irq <NN>] [media <type>]
Ok. Hmmm... If I want to do something like 'ifconfig scc0 media some_frequency up' as I hope to set scc0 as a DCE (or ifconfig scc0 media auto up' for a DTE), I must teach ifconfig.c to distinguish Ethernet and synchrone interface based on interface.type, right ?
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