On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 01:08:49PM -0400, Bob Beers wrote: > Hi list, > > I have a 4-port T1E1 card with this lspci output: > > # lspci -n -s05:08 > 05:08.0 0280: 14f1:8474 (rev 0c) > 05:08.1 0680: 14f1:8474 (rev 0c) > # lspci -v -s05:08 > 05:08.0 Network controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. Unknown device 8474 (rev 0c) > Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 74 > BIST result: 00 > Memory at fe900000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] > > 05:08.1 Bridge: Conexant Systems, Inc. Unknown device 8474 (rev 0c) > Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel, IRQ 82 > Memory at fea00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] > > > I have the (GPL, but not in-kernel) driver compiled and when I > manually modprobe it, I get a low level device. Then I have to > set up the ports and create channels using the card specific > cfg utility. At this point I see new devices which I can manipulate > with my if[up|down]-hdlc scripts. Unfortunately, they are ethX > instead of hdlcX, but it all still works. > > So, finally, here are my questions: > > 1 - How can I get the driver to load automatically, and execute the > cfg calls to create the low level device? Fix the driver to have it load automatically. Do you have a pointer to the source code for it anywhere? > 2 - What is the proper way to create the upper devices as hdlcX > vs. ethX? The driver should do this for you. > I know that I can use 'ip link set dev eth4 name hdlc0' > or something like ifrename for renaming once they're created, > but maybe I can change something in the driver code to have > them start out with the right interface name. Yes, you can, or you can write a udev rule to rename the device when it is seen. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
