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1. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: Andrew Morton <andrewm@xxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 23:37:59 +1000; OK, here's a first cut at fixing this. background for newcomers: the new alloc_etherdev() API broke the `ether=' boot option because the name of the netdevice is not know at the start of probing. Pat; /archives/netdev/2001-07/msg00000.html (64,840 bytes)
2. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: mike_phillips@xxxxxxxxxxx; Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 15:23:09 -0300; Doesn't cause me any problems with olympic. Mike Phillips; /archives/netdev/2001-07/msg00001.html (7,745 bytes)
3. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 23:43:23 +0200; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Don't send postings to the list owners address. And this is the culprit ... Ralf; /archives/netdev/2001-07/msg00002.html (8,213 bytes)
4. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: _Crowe@xxxxxxx>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 10:28:25 -0400; Here is my proposed -2.4- fix: ether=XXX is legacy mess that doesn't really apply in the present day. It is useful for managing a bunch of ISA drivers built into the kernel, and that's about it. This; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00180.html (9,481 bytes)
5. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:18:12 +0100 (BST); Sounds like a 2.5 fix And several PCI ones By all means add the extra setup options. It makes migration easier. However I would point out that the original implementation of eth= worked perfectly fo; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00181.html (9,300 bytes)
6. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:27:06 -0400; Not really, - init_etherdev - failure, call unregister_netdev - ether= is no longer correct or - init_etherdev, calls /sbin/hotplug - device comes up before dev->mem_start is read/set from ether= It; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00182.html (9,234 bytes)
7. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:37:02 +0100 (BST); I tested this path in 2.4.0pre - it worked then. The device is unregistered, the next device registered is created with the same name and assigned the same options If your device is coming up before; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00183.html (8,916 bytes)
8. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 01:46:28 +1000; Unfortunately there's an ordering problem. The driver doesn't know its value of `foo' until the final act, where it calls register_netdevice(). But it needs to know its setup parameters a long time b; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00184.html (10,120 bytes)
9. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: ewm@xxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:54:50 +0100 (BST); Which was the right thing to have done anyway Ok; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00185.html (8,443 bytes)
10. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:01:56 -0400; Yeah but I don't view that behavior as perfect :) For cases where the reason for device unregister is not ENODEV, you are now assigning device B options intended for device A. That sort of stuff has; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00186.html (9,684 bytes)
11. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:08:35 -0400; How does this solve the problem I just described, where device B gets options intended for device A? -- Jeff Garzik | Andre the Giant has a posse. Building 1024 | MandrakeSoft |; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00187.html (8,808 bytes)
12. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 10:55:02 +1000; Or where someone swaps your NICs around. Or where the kernel changes its bus scan direction. Or when you're using /sbin/hotplug to load the drivers and the wind is in the South East. It doesn't. We n; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00188.html (9,096 bytes)
13. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: ewm@xxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 23:14:56 -0600; ^^^^^^^^^^^^ /dev/netif/eth0 symlink to /dev/bus/pci0/slot1/function0/eth Regards, Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Current: rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00189.html (9,473 bytes)
14. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: Andrew Morton <andrewm@xxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 23:37:59 +1000; OK, here's a first cut at fixing this. background for newcomers: the new alloc_etherdev() API broke the `ether=' boot option because the name of the netdevice is not know at the start of probing. Pat; /archives/netdev/2001-07/msg00177.html (64,974 bytes)
15. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: mike_phillips@xxxxxxxxxxx; Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 15:23:09 -0300; Andrew: Doesn't cause me any problems with olympic. Mike Phillips; /archives/netdev/2001-07/msg00178.html (7,745 bytes)
16. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 23:43:23 +0200; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Don't send postings to the list owners address. And this is the culprit ... Ralf; /archives/netdev/2001-07/msg00179.html (8,356 bytes)
17. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 10:28:25 -0400; Here is my proposed -2.4- fix: ether=XXX is legacy mess that doesn't really apply in the present day. It is useful for managing a bunch of ISA drivers built into the kernel, and that's about it. This; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00370.html (9,534 bytes)
18. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:18:12 +0100 (BST); Sounds like a 2.5 fix And several PCI ones By all means add the extra setup options. It makes migration easier. However I would point out that the original implementation of eth= worked perfectly fo; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00371.html (9,323 bytes)
19. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:27:06 -0400; Not really, - init_etherdev - failure, call unregister_netdev - ether= is no longer correct or - init_etherdev, calls /sbin/hotplug - device comes up before dev->mem_start is read/set from ether= It; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00372.html (9,259 bytes)
20. Re: alloc_etherdev breaks ether= (score: 1): Author: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:37:02 +0100 (BST); I tested this path in 2.4.0pre - it worked then. The device is unregistered, the next device registered is created with the same name and assigned the same options If your device is coming up before; /archives/netdev/2001-06/msg00373.html (8,941 bytes)

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