On 3/31/06, Jan Hudec <bulb@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Have you ever seen kernel build system? I have indeed. > However, the above option should NOT be compile-time. Either implement > appropriate IOCTL so it can be set by ifconfig, > -- > Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@xxxxxx> Ok it's clear now for me that the mac address should not be passed this way. For the PHY layer address though, I still think its necessary. I couldn't describe my intention very well. My intention was that the parameter shouldn't be present in the driver but rather discovered during driver/device matching. The irq number is an example. The rationale is that it's defined on the device's side, and the driver finds out about it by probing, either examining the device itself or the device structure declared at compile time. So defines may not help there, it seems I need some data accessible from the device structure, and platform_data looks like a suitable field for this. I think I should look at the source perhaps there would be examples of this kind for arbitrary device parameters. Thanks, Bahadir -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
