Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:55:15 +0200 | From | Brice Goglin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] myri10ge: allow per-board firmware overriding |
| |
Stanislaw Gruszka wrote: > Providing module_param_id would address this issues, but I have some concerns > before doing it: > > - device have to access ID (like serial no) before initialization (at least > before driver will need parameter) > - why nobody already done it - perhaps such thing would be totally useless >
Per-nic module parameters are used in some Intel NIC drivers but it's not considered a very good solution in the general case:
http://kerneltrap.org/index.php?q=mailarchive/linux-netdev/2008/10/24/3801824/thread
But again, when talking about changing the NIC firmware, ethtool and friends are not that easy.
Brice
| |