Messages in this thread |  | | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Configuring synchronous interfaces in Linux | Date | Sat, 2 Dec 2000 19:46:01 +0000 (GMT) |
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Jeff Garzik writes: > Does 'ifconfig eth0 media xxx' wind up calling dev->set_config?
Yes. See drivers/acorn/net/etherh.c for an(other) example driver supporting 10baseT and 10base2.
> If yes, my guess is correct, I think the proper solution is to: > * create a generic set_config, which does nothing but convert the calls' > semantics into ethtool semantics, and > * add ethtool support to the specific driver
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