Re: passing device parameters to driver

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Bahadir Balban wrote:

On 3/30/06, Bahadir Balban <bilgehan.balban@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It is a network device and the parameters are the PHY address and a
MAC address to optionally override the MAC stored in EEPROM. There may
also be more parameters eventually.

Thanks,
Bahadir


Another question is that, do you think an ethernet device can have
optional software MAC address parameter like this? Or should I remove
it completely and only refer to EEPROM?

Thanks,
Bahadir

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A better option would be to provide ifconfig support to your driver for changing the mac address...see man ifconfig


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