Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:11:08 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: ipw2100: firmware problem | From | "David S. Miller" <> |
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From: James Ketrenos <jketreno@linux.intel.com> Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:01:30 -0500
> The ipw2100 originally postponed doing any initialization until open was > called. The problem at that time was that distributions were crafted to > rely on link detection (I believe via ethtoolop's get_link) before they > would bring the interface up.
Yes, I see, and that does work for most ethernet devices. I noticed that Debian's 3.1 installer used this to determine which ethernet device it should use as the default in it's network device dialogue.
One idea, returning true for get_link when the device is down, may not be a bad idea for the wireless case. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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