From: Sebastien Jan <s-jan@xxxxxx> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:20:36 +0200 > Hi Steve, > > Thanks for your answer. > > On 06/25/2010 10:43 AM, Steve.Glendinning@xxxxxxxx wrote: > [...] >> I can see you have a different use case, but I don't think this specific >> driver is the place for this logic. I'd rather see it added to either >> the usbnet framework or (preferably) the netdev framework so *all* >> ethernet drivers can do this the same way. otherwise we could end up >> with slight variations of this code in every single driver! > > I perfectly understand your concerns. Unfortunately, I will probably not be > able to implement these changes into the netdev framework. However, I'd be > happy to make some tests if someone proposes such changes. I don't think such logic belongs anywhere other than an initrd. We have mechanisms by which to handle this already, and contrary to what many people claim it is not at all so hard to create a custom initrd. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
