Re: ifmap for ifconfig

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On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 04:16:14PM +0000, D Qi wrote:
> It will be nice if I can reconfigure the network device driver after it 
> being loaded. I found that ifconfig can pass some information to the 
> driver through (*set_config). Is it ok to use it? Also what is the 
> member ifmap.port for? Is this the thing I can use for PHY selection?

Probably depends on the driver. Some drivers might work, other will not.
My experience is, that for some drivers even unloading and reloading the
module with another parameters does not work.

You should try it, but it won't nessessarily work.

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