Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet device

2013-06-19 Thread David Miller
From: Stephen Moorby Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:19:31 +0100 > I will be using an Ubuntu 10.04 kernel with the 'eth_dev' module > parameter patch. I appreciate a better solution needs to be designed > but it is not one I can contribute to. I still advocate the patch as > an improvement on the cur

Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet device

2013-06-19 Thread Stephen Moorby
I will be using an Ubuntu 10.04 kernel with the 'eth_dev' module parameter patch. I appreciate a better solution needs to be designed but it is not one I can contribute to. I still advocate the patch as an improvement on the current non functional situation. On 19/06/13 20:18, David Miller w

Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet device

2013-06-19 Thread David Miller
From: Stephen Moorby Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:26:53 +0100 > The lapbether driver binds to the first ethernet device that comes up. > This causes problems in hardware with multiple ethernet interfaces, > potentially resulting in the LAPB traffic on the wrong interface. > Have added a module param

Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet device

2013-06-19 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2013-06-19 at 09:21 +0100, Stephen Moorby wrote: > From 35607dd0607bca5322860703143c31cb04377764 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Stephen Moorby > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:22:51 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet >

[PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet device

2013-06-19 Thread Stephen Moorby
The lapbether driver binds to the first ethernet device that comes up. This causes problems in hardware with multiple ethernet interfaces, potentially resulting in the LAPB traffic on the wrong interface. Have added a module parameter 'eth_dev' to specify the ethernet interface over which lapbether

Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet device

2013-06-19 Thread Sergei Shtylyov
Hello. On 19-06-2013 12:21, Stephen Moorby wrote: From 35607dd0607bca5322860703143c31cb04377764 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Moorby Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:22:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet device No need for this

Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet device

2013-06-19 Thread David Miller
Please no module parameters, provide a run-time, programmatic way to configure this aspect. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please rea

[PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet device

2013-06-19 Thread Stephen Moorby
From 35607dd0607bca5322860703143c31cb04377764 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Moorby Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:22:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/net: param for lapbether for specific ethernet device The lapbether driver binds to the first ethernet device that comes up. This