From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268410AbTGOO6k (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:58:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268415AbTGOO6k (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:58:40 -0400 Received: from clem.clem-digital.net ([68.16.168.10]:43012 "EHLO clem.clem-digital.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268410AbTGOO6h (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:58:37 -0400 From: Pete Clements Message-Id: <200307151513.LAA09981@clem.clem-digital.net> Subject: 2.6.0-test1 and second 3c509 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (linux-kernel) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:13:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL48 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Just a reminder, I'm still backing out the 2.5.71 3c509 changes to get my second 3c509 card. Glad to test. Quoting viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 09:52:01AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > > From: Pete Clements > > Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:50:25 -0400 (EDT) > > > > >From boot log: > > > > Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=341 ether=9,0x310,4,0x3c509,eth1 > > > > Yes, that explains why the second card isn't found. > > > > The problem is: > > > > 1) the we can't assign a name to the device > > until we've registered it with the networking > > > > 2) without a name the boot argument lookup doesn't work > > > > 3) we have to register the device with the networking only > > after it is initialized > > > > Hmmm... > > Crap. AFAICS, the clean solution would be to pass these guys (blah_probe()) > expected device name. And let them do allocation, etc., themselves. > > Looking into it... > -- Pete Clements