Paul Gortmaker wrote: > Something to consider (while still restricting this discussion to ISA > junk), you can always get ethN <---> irq/ioport mapping via. SIOCGIFMAP. > But the only reliable way to query the kernel as to what compiled in ISA > net driver is installed is by a model name in /proc/[ioports,interrupts] > (Yes, I know, a minor issue...) I always use 'dmesg' for this... > Also, the trend for /proc/ioports (and interrupts) in other parts of the > kernel still appears to be based on hardware/model names and not kernel > device names, e.g. serial and not ttyS*, BusLogic BT-XXX and not scsi0, > soundblaster and not /dev/audio, etc. -- hence 3c509 and not eth0 would > be consistent? Especially for interrupts, it would be much smarter for the other devices to indicate their device, since that allows you to differentiate between adapters of the same type. Jeff -- Jeff Garzik | Dinner is ready when Building 1024 | the smoke alarm goes off. MandrakeSoft | -/usr/games/fortune - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
