>>>>> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:01:13 +0000, Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> said:
tbm> Some Ethernet hardware implementations have no built-in storage tbm> for allocated MAC values - an example is the Intel IXP420 chip tbm> which has support for Ethernet but no defined way of storing tbm> allocated MAC values. With such hardware different board level tbm> implementations store the allocated MAC (or MACs) in different tbm> ways. Rather than put board level code into a specific Ethernet tbm> driver this driver provides a generally accessible repository for tbm> the MACs which can be written by board level code and read by the tbm> driver. Slow response: It can be done with register_netdevice_notifier(). You can catch NETDEV_REGISTER event, check the device is what you expected by looking dev->irq or something, and initialize dev->dev_addr. Whole these can be implemented in your board level code. --- Atsushi Nemoto - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
