Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 07 Dec 2000 09:12:36 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [RFC-2] Configuring Synchronous Interfaces in Linux |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > I think we need few ioctl calls: get + set media (int argument), > > get + set speed (probably two - RX and TX), etc. > > In my 2.4 HDLC stuff - to be published :-( - there something like that > > (in private ioctl range, of course). > > I think we are agreeing > > I'm saying use something like > > struct > { > u16 media_group; > union > { > struct hdlc_physical ... > struct hdlc_bitstream > struct hdlc_protocol > struct fr_protocol > struct eth_physical
Not yet another one for eth... We now have ethtool for this. And a generic netdevice::set_config wrapper can be created that simply calls the ethtool ioctl with the proper info and locking.
Jeff
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