On Tuesday 13 February 2007 14:37, Johannes Berg wrote: > > So this isn't really consistent. I'm unclear as to why the ipw cards > > need it on init rather than on dev open, but hey, why make things > > easier? > > When is ->init() called anyway? Isn't it when you register the netdev so > it would be on probe? > Yes, ipw2200 does it on probe... but I know it can be pushed off to open. I've done it. However.. I think intersil cards really need firmware to read the eeprom. prism54 currently sets a fake MAC address so they can push it off to open, but I think this is wrong. -Michael Wu
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