From: Ursula Braun <ubraun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:25:31 +0100 > Sounds like a good idea, but there exists a qeth-specific problem if > sniffer configuration should be switched to ethtool: Ethtool requires > the existence of the network interface for the network device. The > network interface for s390 network devices is defined within an > s390-specific initialization step called "online setting". The sniffing > characteristic must be configured before the online setting of the > device, since NTA-specific initialization steps are necessary. At that > point of time we cannot make use of ethtool, because the network > interface name is not known yet. That means switching to your proposed > ethtool-based configuration mechanism for HS NTA would result in an > additional major rework of qeth device setup. If you have a place to stick sysfs nodes, you've obviously instantiated the device already. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
