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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 14:00:42 +0100
From: Francois Romieu <romieu@cogenit.fr>
To: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Configuring synchronous interfaces in Linux
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Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> ?crit :
[...]
> We already have a standard interface for this, but many drivers do not
> support it.  Its called "ifconfig eth0 media xxx":
> 
> bash-2.04# ifconfig --help
> Usage:
>   ifconfig [-a] [-i] [-v] [-s] <interface> [[<AF>] <address>]
> ...
>   [mem_start <NN>]  [io_addr <NN>]  [irq <NN>]  [media <type>]

Ok. Hmmm... If I want to do something like 
'ifconfig scc0 media some_frequency up' as I hope to set scc0 as a DCE (or 
ifconfig scc0 media auto up' for a DTE), I must teach ifconfig.c to 
distinguish Ethernet and synchrone interface based on interface.type, right ? 

-- 
Ueimor
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