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Re: [RFC] Configuring synchronous interfaces in Linux

To: Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Configuring synchronous interfaces in Linux
From: Philip Blundell <philb@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 11:10:59 +0000
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Donald Becker <becker@xxxxxxxxx>, Francois Romieu <romieu@xxxxxxxxxx>, Russell King <rmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ivan Passos <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Message from Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org> of "Sun, 03 Dec 2000 18:47:12 +1300." <20001203184712.C1630@metastasis.f00f.org>
References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1001202130202.1450B-100000@mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com> <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com> <E142IrA-0007hG-00@kings-cross.london.uk.eu.org> <20001203184712.C1630@metastasis.f00f.org>
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>Does it? At which point? To me it looks like it calls dev->do_ioctl
>or am I missing something?

It uses SIOCSIFMAP, which (I think) winds up in dev.c here:

        case SIOCSIFMAP:
                        if (dev->set_config) {
                                if (!netif_device_present(dev))
                                        return -ENODEV;
                                return dev->set_config(dev,&ifr->ifr_map);
                        }
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
        
p.



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