| To: | Russell King <rmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Configuring synchronous interfaces in Linux |
| From: | Francois Romieu <romieu@xxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Fri, 1 Dec 2000 14:00:42 +0100 |
| Cc: | Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>, Ivan Passos <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <200012011207.eB1C78523251@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| References: | <20001201233227.A9457@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <200012011207.eB1C78523251@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Sender: | owner-netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
Russell King <rmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> écrit : [...] > We already have a standard interface for this, but many drivers do not > support it. Its called "ifconfig eth0 media xxx": > > bash-2.04# ifconfig --help > Usage: > ifconfig [-a] [-i] [-v] [-s] <interface> [[<AF>] <address>] > ... > [mem_start <NN>] [io_addr <NN>] [irq <NN>] [media <type>] Ok. Hmmm... If I want to do something like 'ifconfig scc0 media some_frequency up' as I hope to set scc0 as a DCE (or ifconfig scc0 media auto up' for a DTE), I must teach ifconfig.c to distinguish Ethernet and synchrone interface based on interface.type, right ? -- Ueimor |
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