lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2003]   [Oct]   [14]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: Vortex 3c900 passing driver parameters
Karel Kulhavý <clock@twibright.com> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> How do I do a ether=... (kernel boot-time) equivalent of
> insmod 3c59x.o options=0x201 full_duplex=1 ?
>

Unfortunately you cannot. `ether=' is broken for all drivers which use the
new(ish) alloc_etherdev() API.

It is due to ordering problems: the name of the interface is not known at
the time of parsing the setup info and nobody has got down and worked out
how to fix it.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:49    [W:0.027 / U:0.072 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site