Re: netdev->mem_start, etc

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:50:50 -0800 "Feldman, Scott" <scott.feldman@xxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

| Is there any reason why these fields should be set for a PCI nic driver?
| 
|   netdev->mem_start
|   netdev->mem_end
|   netdev->base_addr
| 
| They seem to be vestigial.  
| 
| (I'm trying to prune a e100/e1000 dependency with a app that's matching
| on these fields to figure out PCI device ID).


In several drivers mem_start has been overloaded to pass something
often called 'options', like media type, connector, auto-negotiate,
duplex, etc. settings.

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~Randy
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