9 Jun
2006
9 Jun
'06
1:24 a.m.
-----Original Message----- From: NZG Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 18:16 On Thursday 08 June 2006 5:58 pm, Rune Torgersen wrote:
Do the same. Pass the MAC to the kernel and let the driver
init set the MAC
to the hardware
Why is this a superior approach?
It is not necessarily superior, but works. One situation it is better (not that I have seen this used) is if the ethernet driver needs to reset the hardware ethernet. If it doesn't know the MAC, you are now without a MAC address.
It also means you depend on the state of the hardware. You cannot jut issue a full reset to the etherner chip, and set it up fully from there.